Many of us sometimes experience sudden toothache, and it is very important to know how to reduce it in a safe natural way. There is a great number of natural herbal painkillers, such as mustard, black pepper or garlic, which can be effectively used to relief toothache. Below, you can find the tips on what to do and how to treat toothache naturally.

• Clove oil is considered to be one of the most effective herbal remedies for toothache. Mix clove oil with a pinch of black pepper powder, place to the affected tooth area.
• Mustard oil is another natural option to alleviate toothache. Mixed with a pinch of salt, mustard oil should be massaged into affected gum area.
• Several drops of lemon juice can alleviate toothache.
• To reduce sudden toothache and gum inflammation, it is recommended to use slight tea tree oil infusion as a mouthwash.
• Echinacea tincture cal be used to calm down toothache.
• Using a piece of bay berry bark dipped for some time in vinegar can be another great herbal remedy for toothache.
• It is possible to effectively alleviate toothache by placing a slice of fresh onion on the affected gum or tooth area.
• You can prepare homemade mouth washes using such herbal remedies form toothache as calendula (Calendula officinalis), myrrh (Commiphora myrrha) and sage (Salvia officinalis).
• Other useful medicinal herbs include basil, valerian root, marjoram, asafoetida and others.
• To calm down toothache it is possible to use usual ice cubes, applied from the outside.
• If you are affected by sudden toothache, strictly avoid all too hot, too cold and sweet foods as they will irritate your aching tooth.
• You should be careful about your diet, eat mostly vegetables, fruit, cereal and so on. Avoid junk food.

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Posted: May 28th, 2010 under Miscellaneous.
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Normal color of the tongue is pink, but many people usually have different tongue colors. For an experienced dental specialist it is enough just to cast a glance at the tongue of their client and tell everything about the diseases and ailments the client suffers from. Moreover, sometimes the color of your tongue can tell a specialist not only about your health problems, but also about your habits.

If the tongue is too red, it means that the patient suffers from the problems connected wit heat or dehydration. Those include problems with blood pressure, liver, bladder or possibly some physical injuries. If the tongues is dark-red or purple, it means that the patient has serious blood circulation problems and possibly the ailments connected with digestive system.

If the tongue is light color, it means that the patient has infections or bacterial diseases which are linked to digestive system as well. However, if the tongue has characteristic yellowish color, it means that the person has problems with kidneys and bowels. If the tongue is covered with spots and hubbly, it means that the patient’s bladder does not function properly.

Also, if the tongue has a clearly visible central line, it may signal about possible problems with the spine. If the tongue is too large, it can point on certain vitamin deficiency. Finally, specialists say that when during a dental examination a person’s tongue is constantly shaking and trembling, this means that the person suffers from apathy and possibly depression.

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Posted: May 4th, 2010 under Miscellaneous.
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It was one of the most controversial and most interesting scientific findings that were recently published in some reputable scientific journals like the Journal of Periodontology. A group of Swedish specialists found out that the number of the teeth a person has strictly linked to the person’s chances to have a stroke. Certainly, the less your own teeth you have, the higher risks you have to die of a stroke. This relationship between the risks of a stroke and the number of teeth was found and researched for the first time in history of the humanity.

The studies and experiments lasted for 12 years, and the scientists observed and analyzed the data of more than 7,500 men and women with various dental problems. Most of the participants had periodontal disease, and for the time of the research, 629 participants died, at that 299 of them died of a cardiovascular disease. Despite of the fact that the specialists had to omit other socio-economic factors, they came to a conclusion that the number of own teeth is directly linked to the risks of a stroke.

Anders Holmlund, the leader of the research, comments on the findings as the following: “A person with fewer than 10 of their own teeth has a seven times higher risk for death by coronary heart disease than a person of the same age and of the same sex with more than 25 teeth left.” He says that “The number of natural teeth a person had left could reflect how much chronic inflammation one has been exposed to in a lifetime.”

The specialists comment on the study saying that not the number of the teeth that are left in a person’s mouth, but the number of the teeth lost should be important for estimating the risks of having a stroke. They suppose that the decay and purulence can be absorbed by the blood and get collected in the heart, this way jeopardizing its normal function. In anyway, this subject can spark an interesting public polemic in the future.

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Posted: April 18th, 2010 under Miscellaneous.
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