The Daily life routine Dinacharya
The Daily life routine Dinacharya Dinacharya means Ayurvedic daily routine. Dina means daily, Charya means – regimen/routine. This chapter covers mental, speech and physical aspects of wellbeing, that you should follow every day. PRATARUTHANA / GETTING UP IN THE MORNING Healthy person should get up from bed at Brahmi Muhurtha. That is, before dawn, or around 45 minutes before Sun rise, around 5 – 6 am. Last three hours of the night – from 3 am to 6 am – is known as brahma muhurta. DANTADHAVANA / CLEANING OF TEETH Keeping in view, the condition of his body, the individual should pass urine and faeces, clean teeth with any of the twigs of following herbs – Arka (Calotropis procera), Vata (Ficus benghalensis), Khadira (Acacia catechu), Karanja (Pongamia pinnata), Kakubha (Terminalia arjuna) To use the twig as tooth brush, the thickness of the twig should be approximately equal to the tip of one’s little finger. It should be 12 Angula ...