Every person at least once in his life has experienced a toothache - painful sensations that do not allow him to eat or sleep. The only right decision is a trip to the dentist.
And what to do if hellish pain caught you in the middle of the night or you, by chance, are far from civilization, where you have not heard about dentists and there was no pharmacy nearby? In this article, we learn how to relieve toothache with garlic, as well as - recipes of traditional medicine for the treatment of toothache with garlic and other ingredients.
Does it help?
Come to the aid of "traditional medicine" and its main character against the toothache - garlic. This vegetable has been known for its bactericidal and bacteriostatic properties since ancient times - the ancient Greeks, Romans and Egyptians knew about its benefits. They widely used garlic in cosmetology and medicine, adding it to various drugs and creams.
How does it affect?
Garlic has antiseptic, antibacterial, anesthetic, antiparasitic effect, helps get rid of pathogens and fights infection. This is due to the content in it of a sulfur-like substance Allicin, which is formed in garlic when cells are destroyed, when it is crushed with a knife or frayed into mush.
But the treatment with this natural antibiotic has a downside - the therapeutic effect of anesthesia is temporary, and you still have to turn to the dentist.
It can also cause severe burns of the oral cavity up to necrosis of the pulp, so you should not use such an aggressive method of treatment for carious cavity, pulpitis or periodontitis, so as not to harm the body.
It should be noted that if there is no other way to relieve pain, you can use garlic.
Observing extreme caution and, at the slightest discomfort, you must immediately remove the garlic and rinse your mouth with warm water.
Contraindications for diseases
There are a number of diseases in which you can not eat garlic: these are diseases of the kidneys and gastrointestinal tract, including gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer, as well as gastritis (how garlic affects the gastrointestinal tract, you can read here).
We offer to watch a video about who is not recommended to eat garlic:
Step-by-step instructions for home treatment
Despite the danger of using garlic in the treatment of toothache, many people still use it as an effective means of pain relief. Here are some recipes.
Rinsing
Ingredients:
- garlic 100 g;
- Vodka 0.5-0.7 liters.
Rinsing the mouth with garlic tincture is the most effective and safe means of helping to relieve pain and at the same time disinfect the oral cavity.
The recipe tinctures such:
- take about 100 grams of garlic, chop and pour a bottle of 0.5-0.7 liters of vodka;
- plug and remove to infuse in a dark cool place (you can in the fridge);
- two weeks to get and strain;
- This tincture rinse your mouth.
Phytoncides contained in garlic will reduce inflammation and destroy harmful microbes, and alcohol will expand blood vessels and have an antiseptic effect. Gradually, the pain subsides briefly.
Lotions on wrist
Ingredients: garlic.
Old Siberian recipe, popular in our days. Unfortunately, its effectiveness has not been proven.
Application:
Putting gruel of garlic on the wrist - you must first rub garlic on the inner side of the wrist, and then apply a slurry of garlic on the pulse zone.
Moreover, if the right side hurts, then the manipulations are done on the left hand, if the left side, then - on the right.
Putting on a tooth
Ingredients: garlic clove.
Putting a clove of garlic on the affected tooth. Such an action will not lead to anything good - everything will end very badly.
Mixing with onions
Ingredients:
- garlic;
- bow.
Applying an application of a mixture of onions and garlic to the gums in the form of a gauze compress.
Recipe:
- onion and garlic in equal proportion to grind in mush;
- wrap in a napkin or gauze;
- Attach this mixture to the aching tooth.
Hold for 10-15 minutes, but if you feel an unbearable burning sensation, do not torture yourself and you should stop the application. At the end it is necessary to rinse your mouth with warm water or a decoction of herbs.
Compresses with salt or pepper
Ingredients: garlic, salt or ground pepper.
Try using salt or pepper instead of onions.
Bread Mix
Ingredients:
- garlic;
- Rye bread.
Rye bread recipe:
- soak bread crumb in water;
- squeeze and mix with chopped garlic;
- wrap in a napkin or gauze;
- then attach to the aching tooth;
- hold for about 15 minutes, then rinse your mouth with warm water.
Bread will soften the aggressive action of garlic, and with flux it will help to open the ulcer and pull out the pus.
Recipe with butter
Ingredients:
- garlic;
- vegetable oil.
A mixture of vegetable oil and chopped garlic can also provide temporary relief.
Recipe:
- Garlic chop or grind in mush.
- Mix with any vegetable oil (sunflower, olive, peanut, corn). Oil softens the burning action of garlic.
- The resulting mixture should be wrapped in a napkin, bandage or cheesecloth and attach to the aching tooth.
The use of tincture inside
The use of garlic tincture inside according to the recipe prepared above is not the best way to anesthetize. Such a "treatment" can lead to serious consequences, such as a burn of the gastric mucosa, an ulcer or pancreatitis.
Conclusion
Any of these recipes can alleviate pain for a short time, but with the same success can do harm, therefore should not delay with going to the dentist and, if possible, do not self-medicate, but use garlic in the treatment of toothache with caution and only as an emergency measure.
