The Ways of Curing Toothache

Abstract: When having toothache, you should first consider the medication. Most people commonly use metronidazole and fenbid , but the western medicine may not cure toothache for the permanent and have side effect if using it in long-terms.

For the toothache such as periodontitis, pulpitis, abscess caused by inflammation, neurological tooth, tooth decay, etc. shanghai dental suggested using this kind of traditional Chinese medicine for external use , for example, Btibpse teeth cleaning powder has small side effect and isn’t dependent. It has a very good analgesic effect when adding teeth cleaning powder to Radix Saposhnikoviae medicinal material. It is a quickly way to relieve all kinds of toothache if you go to see the doctor.

If drug treatment doesn’t work, you should go to the hospital for further check, disease diagnosis and treatment. There are many other ways to cure the toothache, such as acupoint treatment, earpins method, TCM diet medication, heal self, etc. Shanghai dental hospital will introduce them in details in the following tips.

(i)Acupoint treatment

Press the brotherhood of yangming meridian acupoint to dispel wind-evil and discharging fire, which can stop the pain, or rub both sides of the nostril with thumb joint of both hands 36 times, and then press yingxiang acupoint at two side of the nose 50 times with thumb and index finger of the left hand.

(ii) Earpins method

Select the maxillary and mandible, Shenmen(HT7), toothache points, and acupuncture 2-3 acupoints every time, stimulating them strongly and keeping in 20 to 30 minutes.

(iii) TCM diet medication

Eat three bananas smeared little salt two times a day or the porridge mading up two salted duck eggs, 50 grams dry oyster and 60 grams polished round-grained rice. If you have the wind-heat toothache, the clinical manifestation shows chew or tapping pain, swollen gums or overflow pus, you can stew the soup with two bananas and 30 grams rock candy or loofah and fresh ginger. If you have deficiency fire toothache, which shows that the pain happen in the afternoon, gingival is reddish and have dry throat. You should have the soup made from radix rehmanniae, Rhizoma Drynariae and pig kidney. In a word, you should have different soup according to the different symptoms.

(iv) Heal self

Take the patent medicine yourself, such as metronidazole tablets, Bezoar Antidotal Pill, bushenguchi pill. Choose the reasonable diet, for example, drink bean soup made from 100 grams Mung bean and 15 grams licorice 2 times daily. Take the external treatment, for example, put liushen pills in in cavity, bite them tight which can stop the pain.

When you are in the toothache treatment, Shanghai dental remind you some attentions. First, you mustn’t eat spicy and fried food, such as pepper, ginger, fried dough sticks, baked wheat cake, cookies, instant noodles, etc. Second, you should have diverse diet. Eating more vegetables and fruit contain vitamin, such as apples, new green vegetables, spinach, carrots, etc. Third, you should keep cheerful mood, avoid thinking about trouble, play with friends and have a happy day. Fourth, you should have regular daily life and work, pay attention to have a good rest, never stay up late. Finally, you must pay attention to oral hygiene and brush your teeth in the morning and at night.

Plublish Date: 2013-11-29