Toothache Chinese medicine prescription

Many friends who have experienced toothache will understand that toothache can be so painful that people want to die. Toothache can also be relieved through Chinese medicine. Although the effect will be slower, the lasting effect will be better. When using traditional Chinese medicine to treat toothache, you need to confirm the cause of the toothache in advance.

Traditional Chinese Medicine Dialectics on Toothache

1. Toothache caused by wind-heat

Main symptoms: paroxysmal toothache, which occurs when there is wind. The pain is relieved when the affected area is cooled and increased when heated. The gums are red and swollen, and the whole body may have fever, aversion to cold, thirst, red tongue, dry white tongue coating, and a floating and rapid pulse.

Symptom analysis: Wind-heat invades, fire accumulates in the gums, and blood vessels are blocked, so the teeth ache, and the pain is flared up when encountering wind, and the gums become red and swollen; wind-heat is a yang evil, and the pain is relieved by cold, but it is further encouraged by heat and the pain increases. Wind evil attacks the surface and fights with heat, so symptoms include fever, aversion to cold, thirst, red tongue, dry white tongue coating, and floating and rapid pulse.

Treatment: It is suitable for dispelling wind and heat, detoxifying and reducing swelling. The prescription is Yinqiao Powder with modifications. 18 grams of honeysuckle, 18 grams of forsythia, 10 grams of burdock seeds, 10 grams of bamboo leaves, 10 grams of schizonepeta, 10 grams of angelica, 10 grams of anemarrhena, 15 grams of rehmannia, 10 grams of bombyx batryticatus, 10 grams of scutellaria, and 6 grams of licorice.

2. Toothache caused by stomach fire

Main symptoms: severe toothache, severe redness and swelling of the gums, or pus and blood, swelling of the cheeks, headache, thirst, foul breath, constipation, thick yellow tongue coating, and rapid pulse

Symptom Analysis: The Stomach Meridian of Foot-Yangming runs along the human teeth. The stomach fire is raging and it goes up along the meridian to steam the gums. "Among the fires in the human body, the stomach is the most intense." Since the fire rises to the teeth, the teeth hurt and the gums are more red and swollen. If the fire is strong and injures the blood vessels, blood will ooze out; if it injures the muscle membrane, it will turn into pus. If the fire and heat gather and do not dissipate, the cheeks will swell; if the evil heat disturbs the body, it will cause headaches; the heat damages the body fluids, so there is thirst and desire to drink, constipation, bad breath, thick yellow tongue coating, and a rapid and strong pulse, all of which are signs of excessive heat in the stomach.

Treatment: It is suitable for clearing the stomach and purging fire, cooling blood and relieving pain. The prescription is Qingwei San with modifications: 10 grams of Coptis chinensis, 15 grams of Rehmannia glutinosa, 10 grams of Moutan bark, 6 grams of Cimicifuga heracleifolia, 12 grams of Scutellaria baicalensis, 30 grams of Gypsum Fibrosum, 15 grams of Forsythia suspensa, 10 grams of Angelica dahurica, 3 grams of Asarum, and 6-12 grams of Rhubarb. For those with yin deficiency, you can use Yunu Decoction with Rehmannia root bark and Scrophularia ningpoensis.

3. Toothache caused by deficiency of fire

Main symptoms: dull or slight pain in the teeth, slightly red and swollen gums. Over time, the gums will atrophy, the teeth will float, and there will be weakness when biting. The pain will worsen in the afternoon. Symptoms throughout the body include back pain, dizziness, dry mouth and no desire to drink, red and tender tongue without turbid coating, and fine and rapid pulse.

Symptom analysis: Kidney Yin deficiency, virtual fire ascending, and gathering in the gums, so the teeth have dull pain or slight pain, and the gums are slightly red and slightly swollen. The virtual fire burns for a long time, the gums are damaged and lack nourishment, resulting in atrophy.

Treatment: It is suitable for nourishing yin and kidney, reducing fire and relieving pain. The prescription is Zhibai Dihuang Decoction with modifications: 10 grams of Anemarrhena asphodeloides, 10 grams of Phellodendron chinense, 15 grams each of raw and cooked Rehmannia glutinosa, 10 grams of Cornus officinalis, 30 grams of Dioscorea batatas, 10 grams of Moutan bark, 10 grams of Alisma orientalis, 15 grams of Drynaria fortunei, 30 grams of Cibotium bark, 3 grams of Asarum, and 10 grams of Achyranthes bidentata.

4. Toothache caused by cold wind

It is paroxysmal, and may occur or worsen when exposed to wind and cold, and the pain may be relieved when exposed to heat. The gums may be swollen or not, and the whole body may be accompanied by symptoms such as aversion to wind and cold, no sweating, headache, heavy nasal congestion, pale tongue with white coating, etc. It is mainly seen in periodontal disease patients with yang deficiency constitution. The treatment is to dispel wind, dissipate cold and relieve pain. The prescription uses Chuanxiong tea to adjust the powder and add Piper.

There are many reasons for toothache, and the main reasons can be attributed to two types. One is not paying attention to oral hygiene in daily life, such as not brushing teeth and gargling properly; the other is from the diet aspect, eating more food that causes heat or is too cold, hot, sour or sweet, which leads to heat and invasion of evil toxins, which will also cause toothache.