Indian Plants Commonly Used as Chewing Sticks in ancient india by Charak Samhita and Susruta Samhita... .
In India plant wealth is greatly used for its therapeutic potential and medicinal efficacy to cure various oral ailments since time immemorial. Neem (Azadirachta indica) is widely used to provide chewing sticks in the Indian subcontinent. it has been documented various plants being used in oral health care as chewing sticks (dantun) by the rural population of India. Some plants have been listed in Table. These are still used to clean the teeth as chewing sticks. These plants possess antiseptic, antibacterial, antifungal, astringent, styptic, anti-inflammatory, sialogogue, antiviral as well as anti-carious properties which was even written and shown in charak samhita and susruta samhita.
The Susruta Samhita contains numerous descriptions of severe periodontal disease with loose teeth and purulent discharge from the gingiva. In a later treatise, the Charaka Samhita, toothbrushing and oral hygiene are stressed – “The stick for brushing the teeth should be either an astringent or pungent or bitter. One of its ends should be chewed in the form of a brush. It should be used twice a day, taking care that the gums not be injured.”
and it was found very helpful with so many details and plants to be used .
In India plant wealth is greatly used for its therapeutic potential and medicinal efficacy to cure various oral ailments since time immemorial. Neem (Azadirachta indica) is widely used to provide chewing sticks in the Indian subcontinent. it has been documented various plants being used in oral health care as chewing sticks (dantun) by the rural population of India. Some plants have been listed in Table. These are still used to clean the teeth as chewing sticks. These plants possess antiseptic, antibacterial, antifungal, astringent, styptic, anti-inflammatory, sialogogue, antiviral as well as anti-carious properties which was even written and shown in charak samhita and susruta samhita.
The Susruta Samhita contains numerous descriptions of severe periodontal disease with loose teeth and purulent discharge from the gingiva. In a later treatise, the Charaka Samhita, toothbrushing and oral hygiene are stressed – “The stick for brushing the teeth should be either an astringent or pungent or bitter. One of its ends should be chewed in the form of a brush. It should be used twice a day, taking care that the gums not be injured.”
and it was found very helpful with so many details and plants to be used .
