Toothache-Natural Remedies

After a night of misery, I did a little research into natural remedies. There is only so much Bizocaine I want to ingest and I find the numbing of everything else around the tooth very annoying. So here is what I found.



GARLIC Take a clove of garlic and mix some rock salt with it. It help to crush the clove a little to get the oils released. Place this on the tooth. An alternative is to chew a garlic clove on the side of the ailing tooth. Garlic is a powerful herb, it contains antiseptic, antibiotic properties. Garlic has so many other great properties, but that's another post.

Just a warning though, if you have never eaten raw garlic before. It is strong! Let the burn begin, my husband likes the taste of fresh garlic. I have to eat it in very small amounts at a time.

ICE CUBE Take an ice cube and rub it in the V of your hand between the thumb and forefinger. This will help to alleviate the pain.

VANILLA EXTRACT This is not your vanilla flavoring for baking. You must make sure it is the extract. This is claimed to be instant relief. I'll be buying some on my next trip to town.

HOT TEA BAG Place a hot tea bag next to your tooth. It is like a mini heating pad and tea has properties that kill bacteria in the mouth. I have also drank hot tea, letting the liquid sit in my mouth around the tooth.

ONION Chewing on raw onion for approximately three minute kills all germs and helps relieve pain due to infection. Onion is a bactericide. So next time someone complains of your onion breath, just tell them you just want to keep your mouth healthy.

WHEAT GRASS Juice of wheat is a great mouthwash for overall dental health. It draws toxins from the gums and keeps bacteria in check within the mouth. This could be a natural substitute for Listerine.

SALT Gargling with warm salt water can help dislodge any food particles stuck in the teeth, causing you pain. Most of the remedies for this say one teaspoon salt to one cup water. In my opinion the more salt the better if you can stand the taste. Nothing can survive in pure salt. Be Gone Bacteria!

VIC'S VAPOR RUB Now this may not be the most natural, but there are natural homeopathic versions on the market. Which ever you choose. Rub the ointment on the side of the face of the ailing tooth. Place a cloth over this and lay down on top of that. The warmth from the salve and the build up of body heat combined are a very effective pain reliever.

CLOVE OIL Placing a drop of clove oil into the cavity will take the pain away. I have yet to try this but my father swears by it. Clove oil is a strong antiseptic, killing any infection.

NEVER USE DRY HEAT! This draws out any infection from the tooth compounding the problem. When I was a teenager I spent almost two days laying on a heating pad. The heat kept the pain away, which was horrible at the time. By my dentist appointment the whole side of my face was swollen and I had a puss pocket the size of a dime on the inside of my gum. The pocket had to be lanced and drained, and I ended up having an emergency root canal. Infected teeth will not numb, so I got to experience this lovely root canal feeling every bit of the pain.