A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c25.22

v1.c25.22

The rules for the proper way of getting up in the morning, attending to one’s natural urges, sipping water from the palm of one’s hand (ācāma) (3.2–12ab),22 and brushing one’s teeth (3.12cd–21)23 are elaborate. Scraping of the tongue (jihvānirlekhana) is added to the daily toilet (3.16cd–17).24