Folk remedies for quick relief of toothache

Perhaps the main rule, according to which you can use folk remedies for toothache, sounds like this: to relieve pain does not mean to cure the disease. Even the most effective and safe folk remedies can be used to relieve toothache only as a temporary auxiliary measure. You need to understand that in case of serious problems with your teeth, they will not save you from a visit to the dentist, but will only help you endure discomfort before seeing a doctor.

Accordingly, you should not use folk remedies just to postpone, reschedule or, even more so, cancel a visit to the doctor. This, perhaps, will save you from a toothache, but such an approach is fraught with the most dangerous complications, among which the loss of teeth is far from the worst.

Having made these important reservations, we note a couple more. When choosing a suitable folk remedy for toothache, strictly follow the recommendations for its preparation and use: some of the remedies described below are not always safe, and they have certain contraindications. And some recipes, on the contrary, are quite safe, but their effectiveness is not at all the same as traditional healers promise.

The purpose of this article is just to consider the most famous folk remedies for toothache, and to help the reader figure out whether they will be effective or useless, and also to help understand in which cases the use of appropriate remedies will be justified and in which not.

On a note

Obviously, there are much more folk recipes, remedies and methods for getting rid of toothache than can be described in one review. We will consider the most popular and often used in practice, which underlie many other variations.

But let's talk about everything in order ...

Causes of toothache and general principles of anesthesia

It is important to understand that toothache never just happens. As a rule, the appearance of such pain is a symptom of a pathological process in the tooth, periosteum, gums or the jaw itself.

In some cases, toothache may appear for a short time and go away on its own without any treatment. For example, it can occur when the gums are irritated with food, quickly passing small inflammations in the soft tissues, and for some other reasons. In these cases, the pain is usually quite mild, and, as a rule, the person does not even think about taking it off with something.

If the pain is strong and prolonged (or regular), then in most cases this means that its cause is also very serious. These can be, for example:

1. Deep caries, in which the tooth can hurt from chemical, temperature and mechanical stimuli.
2. Pulpitis - inflammation of the pulp (dental "nerve").
3. Periodontitis is an inflammation of the tissues that surround the root of the tooth. This disease can often be accompanied by the appearance of fistulas and the flow of pus from them.
4. Periostitis is an inflammation of the periosteum, which usually develops if periodontitis is not treated, but only periodically suppresses the pain.
5. Osteomyelitis is inflammation of the jaw bone.

Most folk remedies can only reduce toothache in such pathologies, but not completely remove it. Moreover, if during caries or pulpitis in the early stages such a decrease is significant, then the pain associated with severe purulent inflammation will not subside in all cases, depending on the neglect of the problem.

On a note

There are no folk remedies that allow you to “kill the nerve” in the tooth, which is sometimes dreamed of by those who are ready to climb the wall from pain. Also, you can’t just wait, hoping that the pulp will eventually die on its own, and all the nerves in it will become insensitive. Of course, the pulp can die, but then it will begin to rot, and right in the pulp chamber. The pus will have nowhere to go, and it will head towards the root of the tooth: this process will be accompanied by extensive inflammation at the top of the root, which is fraught with abscess and sepsis, as well as monstrous pain, from which no folk remedy will help.

The basic principles of anesthesia used in medical practice are:

1. Blocking the synthesis of substances that stimulate irritation of nerve endings during inflammation. This is how Ketanov, Ketorol, Nise, Analgin and many other drugs work for various types of pain.
2. Violation of the conduction of a nerve impulse in neurons - this is how, for example, the well-known Novocaine and Lidocaine work.

Folk remedies work in a completely different way: with their help, it is possible to slightly weaken the inflammatory process, which ultimately leads to a decrease in the intensity of pain.

Hot rinses for toothache

Gargling with warm liquids is perhaps the most well-known folk method for briefly relieving a toothache. Often, doctors themselves prescribe it to their patients due to its safety and ease of use.

The most effective rinses are with purulent inflammation. During this procedure, blood circulation in the place of inflammation increases, the products of cell decay are removed from it faster, as a result of which the size of the inflammation, like the pain itself, decreases slightly.

You need to rinse your mouth with a liquid with a temperature of 50-60 ° C, but not higher, so as not to burn the mucous membrane. Rinsing should be carried out as often as possible, literally every 15-20 minutes - and so on for several hours until the pain is relieved.

Usually, for toothache, it is recommended to rinse your mouth with salt water or water with soda (often both are combined). You can also use plain water or tea. An even more pronounced effect on pain in the tooth will provide folk remedies in the form of herbal decoctions. We will talk about them further.

With a toothache, you need to rinse your mouth, or rather, a sore spot in it. It makes no sense to throw back your head and blow bubbles in your throat out of habit.

Due to its safety and effectiveness, mouthwash is the best folk way to relieve toothache in a child. When the pain is relieved only a few hours or days before the visit to the dentist, and the disease itself is not running, rinsing will allow you to endure quite comfortably until the treatment itself.

Less traditional folk recipes

Already not as traditional as rinsing the mouth, are the following folk remedies for toothache:

In general, all the folk remedies listed above and similar ones from severe toothache will not help. But be prepared for the fact that it is them that supporters of alternative medicine will especially strongly advise you.

Recipes for anti-inflammatory drugs

Some anti-inflammatory decoctions are more or less effective in relieving pain caused by soft tissue inflammation. In fact, their action is similar to plain or salty hot water, but additionally more pronounced due to the antiseptic and anti-inflammatory action of biologically active plant components.

Here are some fairly well-known folk recipes for such remedies for toothache:

1. 25 g of peppermint and 25 g of oregano are poured with 0.5 liters of water, boiled for 2-3 minutes, cooled a little and filtered;
2. 100 g of chamomile flowers, 100 g of blackcurrant leaves and 40 g of string are poured with a liter of boiling water, infused for an hour and filtered;
3. 50 g of yarrow herb, 50 g of immortelle flowers and 50 g of plantain leaves are poured with a liter of boiling water, infused and filtered.

It is only important to understand that a significant effect in such cases is provided precisely due to the temperature of the rinse solution itself. Therefore, before the procedure, the product must be heated to 60 ° C.

The beauty of such folk remedies is that they are quite easy to prepare at home, and if a tooth hurts, you can organize an effective decoction literally within an hour and a half.

In acute pulpitis, such remedies are ineffective. Moreover, a toothache in such a situation from hot can only intensify many times over.

Autosuggestion Methods: Do They Work?

It may seem surprising, but there is also a whole set of folk methods that help relieve toothache without the use of any means whatsoever. They are based primarily on self-hypnosis and the ability of a person to control their feelings and, if necessary, completely “turn off” the pain.

The most effective and even experimentally confirmed techniques are from yoga. They allow you to completely remove a toothache of any strength, but for their use you need to train for a very long time and have good control over your body and your thoughts. A person who has never practiced yoga, of course, will not be able to use them.

The techniques of self-hypnosis and simple hypnosis work similarly. But they also require good methodological preparation. Just like that, without experience and knowledge, it is impossible to take and introduce yourself into a state in which the toothache will go away.

Prayers known to the people and in most cases can only do harm. Even if the pain goes away (and such cases do happen), then this does not bring a cure - the problem remains. And if you let it take its course for several months or years, then in the future it will lead to much more serious consequences than if a person immediately turned to a dentist.

“I remember as a child I envied those people who are shown on TV and who pierce their arms and legs with needles and do not feel pain. I did not have a goal of yoga, but as I immersed myself in meditative practices, I began to practice in this direction. And although I have not yet reached the level of my teachers, if necessary, I relieve a toothache in 5-6 minutes, and pain after a severe bruise - almost immediately.

Leonid Konstantinovich, Moscow

"Folk" tablets for toothache

Some popular analgesics have become a kind of "gold standard" in home medicine, that is, they have become almost folk. And so it is impossible not to talk about them.

Tablets are very fast and effective remedies for toothache, and some of the drugs help to reliably relieve even acute toothache.

So, we note the most popular pharmaceutical preparations for toothache among the people:

In the vast majority of cases, if the pain is not too acute and is not accompanied by an extensive tumor, Aspirin and Analgin are quite enough for a person to feel normal and get a quick effect. Not surprisingly, these remedies are taken for toothache more often than traditional decoctions and infusions.

What can be dangerous to use folk remedies?

When using any means, including folk remedies, you should always remember about contraindications and possible side effects. For example, most herbal recipes can sometimes cause severe allergic reactions even when rinsing your mouth.

There are also remedies that are definitely harmful for toothache. For example:

1. Honey, which is sometimes recommended to regularly smear an aching tooth. With the constant presence of honey or its traces in the carious cavity, the activity of cariogenic bacteria will only increase, which will lead to increased pain. And some caries-affected teeth are generally very sensitive to sweets.
2. Drinking alcohol by mouth to relieve pain. Effective, but does more harm than good.
3. Applying aspirin to a diseased tooth. It will not give an effect, since aspirin for toothache should only be taken orally.
4. Warming bandages on the outside - with severe purulent inflammation, they only increase the risk of complications.

And remember: folk remedies can remove a toothache, but not cure the disease. If you just remove the pain and forget about its cause, then you can play to the development of life-threatening complications - sepsis or phlegmon.

It may seem surprising to some, but because of the consequences of neglected dental diseases, people still die today - due to severe complications, which, although rarely, sometimes lead to death. However, severe complications never appear in a healthy person in a few days - all of them are usually the result of the fact that a person suffers pain or regularly tries to calm it with improvised means, including folk remedies, and until the last he is drawn to a visit to the doctor.

Therefore, if you have a toothache, then call the dental clinic as soon as possible and make an appointment. Treatment at dentists today is almost painless, and the money given for it is an investment in your health and well-being. Do not let yourself go and be healthy!

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