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How to deal with toothache

Toothache is mostly caused by infection of pulp (tooth nerve) caused by gingivitis and periodontitis, caries (tooth decay) or broken teeth. According to traditional Chinese medicine, toothache is caused by exogenous wind evil, stomach fire, kidney deficiency and fire, insects corroding teeth, etc. Gingivitis is a common periodontal disease. It is caused by not paying attention to oral hygiene, long-term stimulation caused by soft tartar and hard calculus formed by food residues and bacteria around the teeth, incorrect brushing habits, vitamin deficiency and other reasons.

So what about toothache? In order to solve this problem, the reporter interviewed some traditional Chinese medicine and summarized the following practical and effective partial prescriptions for toothache.

1、 Mash the fresh horsetooth vegetables, then take the juice, gargle, and apply the juice stains of horsetooth vegetables to the sore area several times a day. Generally, it will get better after one day, and recover in three to five days;

2、 Take 9g prickly ash, 6G camphor and 6G Piper, add 200ml water, boil and take juice, then dip the disinfectant cotton swab in the medicine liquid to wipe the painful part, and soak the medicine liquid with cotton ball, and then put it on the affected part to bite tightly. This partial prescription for toothache has quick effect, generally it can relieve pain in 15 to 30 minutes, three to five times in a row, if the situation is serious, it can be properly extended.

3、 Acupoint massage method: when the toothache is severe, it is often not easy to fall asleep. At this time, you can use the method of pressing Jianjing acupoint, one acupoint on the left and one on the right, aim at the acupoint, press hard, subject to the maximum pressure you can bear, press for 30 seconds each time, then release and press again until the toothache is relieved.

4、 Take 30g of plantain, Houttuynia, Zanthoxylum, Lingxian, 50g of gypsum, 5.5G of liquorice, and 5.5G of chamomile respectively. Fry them in a casserole and take them. They will not have toothache for a long time.

These four partial prescriptions for toothache are widely used now. In addition, there are many other partial prescriptions for toothache. If you have used these partial prescriptions and still have no effect, you can try other ones. After all, everyone's situation is different, and you can't guarantee that each partial prescription is all applicable. However, the most important thing is to pay attention to dental hygiene and develop the habit of brushing teeth sooner or later, so as to avoid toothache.