What to do if you have a toothache

Tooth pain is a common phenomenon encountered in dentistry. If you encounter a friend who has a toothache, if the pain is not very severe, you can gargle with MSG solution, which will be relieved after multiple times; secondly, you can try ginger lozenges; white wine plus salt is also a good method; and you need to insist on brushing your teeth and gargling your mouth at ordinary times, and learn massage techniques to relieve pain; and if the pain is severe, you need to use ice cubes for cold compress.

1. Dissolve MSG in warm water at a concentration of 1:50, hold the solution in your mouth for a while and then spit it out. Do this several times in a row, and after two days the toothache will be cured.

2. When you have a toothache, you can cut a small piece of ginger and bite it on the painful area. You can reuse it when necessary, and it is also okay to hold it in your mouth when you sleep. This is a very safe and reliable recipe.

3. Put 100 grams of ordinary white wine into a teacup and add 10 grams of salt; stir, and after the salt is dissolved, put it on the stove and boil it. Hold a mouthful of it at the painful area, be careful not to swallow it, and the toothache will stop immediately.

4. Rinse your mouth: Take a mouthful of water (close to body temperature) and rinse your mouth vigorously.

5. Hand massage: This method can relieve 50% of the pain. Take a piece of ice and rub the "V" area between the thumb and index finger bones, and gently press the ice on this area for 5-7 minutes. A Canadian researcher found that 60-90% of people who used this method experienced relief from toothache. His research showed that this friction method can interfere with the transmission of toothache nerve impulses.

6. Massage the Hegu point with ice for 5 minutes.

Here are nine dietary recipes for treating toothache, you may want to give it a try.

Recipe 1: Salted Egg and Dried Oyster Porridge: 2 salted duck eggs, 100 grams of dried oyster meat, and an appropriate amount of rice to make porridge. Eat it for 2-3 days. It is suitable for people with toothache caused by internal heat.

Recipe 2: Preserved Egg, Bean Curd and Salted Lean Pork Porridge. 2 preserved eggs, 60 grams of soaked bean curd, 100 grams of salted lean pork, and an appropriate amount of rice (or millet) to make porridge. Eat it for 2-3 days. Suitable for people with tooth decay pain caused by internal heat.

Recipe 3: Dried oysters, preserved eggs and salted lean pork porridge. 100 grams of dried oysters, 2 preserved eggs, 100 grams of salted lean pork, and appropriate amount of rice to make porridge. It is suitable for people with yin deficiency, swollen and painful teeth, and hoarseness in the throat.

Recipe 4: Achyranthes bidentata, raw rehmannia root and black bean porridge. 12 grams of Achyranthes bidentata, 15 grams each of raw rehmannia root and cooked rehmannia root, 60 grams of black beans and 100 grams of polished rice. Wash each ingredient separately with water, chop the Rehmannia root, add appropriate amount of water and cook into porridge, remove the residues of Achyranthes bidentata and Rehmannia root, season with a little salt and eat at will. It is suitable for elderly patients with weak physique and weak vital energy.

Recipe 5: Mussel, Cistanche and Black Bean Soup: 30 grams each of mussels (clams, a seafood product) and Cistanche, and 150 grams of black beans. Wash off the sand and mud from the mussels, clean the black beans, slice the Cistanche deserticola, put them in a pot, add appropriate amount of water and boil for more than 1 hour, then take the juice and drink it all at once. Take one dose daily for several days until the toothache is cured. Mussels enter the kidney meridian, nourish yin and reduce fire; black beans nourish the kidneys, eliminate heat and numbness in the chest, and disperse accumulated heat in the five internal organs. It is suitable for people suffering from tooth decay, toothache and swollen and painful gums caused by internal heat.

Recipe 6: Dog Liver Vegetable and Tofu Soup 250 grams of dog liver vegetable (herb), 250 grams of tofu, wash both ingredients with water, add appropriate amount of water and cook, remove the dog liver vegetable, add seasoning, drink the soup and eat the tofu. It is suitable for people with liver fire, wind heat, tooth decay, redness, swelling, heat and pain. (Those with weak fire should not use)

Recipe 7: Willow root and lean meat stew: 50 grams of willow root and 100 grams of lean pork. Wash the two ingredients, add appropriate amount of water and boil together. After seasoning, drink the soup and eat the meat. It is suitable for people with toothache caused by wind or fire who have swollen gums and red and swollen cheeks.

Recipe 8: Mung bean and egg syrup 100 grams of mung beans, 1 egg, and appropriate amount of rock sugar. Mash the mung beans, wash them with water, put them in a pot and add appropriate amount of water, cook until the mung beans are cooked, beat the eggs into the mung bean soup, stir well, take it all at once after it cools down a little, and take it for 2-3 days. It is suitable for people with wind-heat toothache, redness, swelling, heat and pain in the mouth.

Recipe 9: Tiger Falling Fire Soup: 30 grams of raw gypsum, 9 grams of Chinese rhizome of Achyranthes bidentata, 6 grams of Cortex Moutan, 100 grams of mung bean, and appropriate amount of rice. First, crush the gypsum and mung beans, then put the medicines into a gauze bag, sew the mouth, put it into a casserole, add appropriate amount of water and rice to cook porridge, when the porridge is ready, remove the medicine bag and drink the porridge. Gypsum is very cold and can reduce inflammation and relieve fire; Achyranthes bidentata can guide heat downward to disperse stagnant heat; Cortex Moutan can promote blood circulation and relieve blood stasis; Mung bean can clear away heat, detoxify and reduce inflammation. It is suitable for strong patients with excessive heat and fire. People with weak constitution and weak stomach should not take it.