Sometimes sudden toothache may appear unexpectedly, and often it is not possible to get to the dentist at this moment. Especially if the attack happened at night. Most people who have broken teeth, neglect such an effective way to deal with pain, as rinsing oral cavity. However, this method perfectly relieves inflammation and dulls pain for a while. To do this, use decoctions of herbs or other improvised means.
However, it is worth remembering that pain relief does not mean solving the problem. So that it does not recur, it is necessary to consult a dentist and cure a bad tooth.
For toothache, the following remedies are used:
- Broths of healing herbs.
- Rinse with soda.
- Rinse with salt.
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Rinsing a patient's tooth with decoctions of healing herbs
The pharmacy can be purchased special balms for rinsing with toothache. They are made from plant extracts and propolis. Such balms have a very unpleasant taste, but then in the mouth cavity a sensation of coolness is created, and the pain is eliminated for several hours. You can prepare healing herbal teas yourself home conditions.
The most effective tool for removing toothache is considered sage herb decoction. This herb must be purchased at the pharmacy and make a strong broth from it (one tablespoon of grass per cup of boiling water). Tooth rinse warm broth several times a day, and then applied to it with a cotton wool dipped in this solution.
Remarkable result gives the use of plantain grass. It relieves inflammation and pain very well. Due to its prevalence, this herb can be collected and dried by yourself, and can be purchased at a pharmacy.
The following herbs are also used to relieve toothache:
- Calendula.
- Chamomile.
- Calamus root
- Feverweed.
People-tested recipethat is passed from generation to generation, says: it is necessary to take two spoons of the eryngium, the same amount of mustard plaster and sage. Pour them half a glass of vodka. Having stood in such a liquid for several hours, the herbs will give all their useful elements to alcohol. After that, in a water bath, the mixture must be boiled, seeking evaporation of alcohol. Add so much water that the liquid was one or two glasses. Then the composition is cooled and filtered. Rinse the aching tooth once every two hours.
Rinsing soda for toothache
Soda solution for rinsing the patient's tooth is used as an auxiliary or additional treatment. Soda is an excellent tool to combat toothache. With regular use of soda solution, inflammation and pain in the tooth begin to decrease, and harmful microorganisms are destroyed.
For the preparation of rinsing need a glass of warm water, degrees 36-40. Add a teaspoon of soda into it and mix thoroughly until the soda is completely dissolved. After preparation of the solution, proceed with rinsing. A small amount of the solution is taken in the mouth and held for a few seconds in the part where the aching tooth is located. Then spit out and recruit the next batch. After rinsing it is desirable to eat nothing for about half an hour. Rinse a sick tooth should be immediately after each meal and before bedtime.
Rinsing salt with toothache
Rinse a bad tooth can and saline. Salt take the usual or sea.One teaspoon is put on a glass of warm water. Rinsing is done in the same way as with soda. In some cases, a solution of salt and soda is used, mixing in equal proportions in a glass of warm water.
How to rinse a bad tooth
- As a result, rinsing should warm up gums and a bad tooth. Because of this, purulent abscesses cannot be rinsed, otherwise the abscess may increase. Broths and infusions used for rinsing should be warm, not hot or cold, otherwise this can cause aggravation.
- Also very important rinse a sore spot very often and always after meals. The optimal number of rinses per day - 10 or more.
- In the process of rinsing, decoction or infusion warms up the place directly. have a bad toothand not at the throat, as most people do. Hold the broth needed a little longer.
It is worth noting that not always rinsing helps relieve pain. If it is too strong, then it is necessary to take analgesics, and rinse to use as an aid, which helps to disinfect the oral cavity. At the same time it is necessary to rinse the sore spot every 40 minutes. Hike to the doctor with any pain can not be postponed, because rinsing will eliminate only the symptoms, leaving the cause of the disease.