White Peony Root Removes Bad Breath

When we say someone has bad breath, we usually suggest that he brush his teeth or chew gum. In fact, after understanding the cause, doing these things is basically useless, because the root cause of bad breath is in the stomach and large intestine. Chinese medicine says that it is caused by upward flow of stomach qi. We all know that white peony root is a traditional Chinese medicine, which can effectively relieve the problem of bad breath. In addition to white peony root, there are other TCM methods to treat bad breath.

1. Can raw white peony root cure bad breath?

Raw white peony root (used raw, mostly used to calm the liver), the white peony root, Hangzhou peony root, and large white peony root written in the prescription all refer to raw white peony root, which is the original medicine without impurities, moistened and sliced, and used raw as medicine. Used for headache, dizziness, flank pain, abdominal pain, cramps in the limbs, blood deficiency and chlorosis, irregular menstruation, spontaneous sweating and night sweats.

We also call bad breath oral odor. Bad breath is now treated as a disease, so we need to seek treatment for bad breath. There are two types of bad breath: physiological bad breath and pathological bad breath. Experts say that if bad breath comes from stomach heat, raw white peony can be used to cure it. Because white peony is bitter, sour and cool in nature, it enters the liver and spleen meridians, clears away stomach heat, and is a good medicine for treating bad breath.

2. Raw white peony root for treating bad breath

Secret recipe: 100g raw white peony root.

Usage: Boil 100 grams of raw white peony in water and take it. You will recover in three days. Never relapse.

Explanation of the prescription: Bad breath comes from stomach heat. A patient with bad breath for ten years can be cured in three days and it will never relapse.

White peony root is cold in nature, so it is not suitable for people with abdominal pain and diarrhea due to deficiency and cold, or for children suffering from measles. In addition, people who take the Chinese medicine Veratrum should not eat white peony root.

3. Chinese medicine treatment for bad breath

1. Bad breath accompanied by dry mouth, thirst, fever, irritability, or swollen gums, constipation, red tongue with yellow coating, mostly due to excessive fire in the spleen and stomach. You can use Xiehuang San with modifications: 9 grams each of Patchouli, Saposhnikovia divaricata, and Gardenia charred, 30 grams of Gypsum (fried first), 4.5 grams of Licorice, and 6 grams of Bamboo Shavings, decocted in water and taken orally.

2. Fishy breath, accompanied by cough and asthma, or sore throat and thirst, constipation, short and yellow urine, red tongue with yellow coating, are mostly caused by excessive lung heat. You can use Jiajian Xiebai San: 9 grams each of Morus alba bark, Platycodon grandiflorum, Rehmannia root bark, Anemarrhena asphodeloides, Scutellaria baicalensis, Ophiopogon japonicus, 6 grams of Schisandra chinensis, and 4.5 grams of Licorice. Decoction in water.

3. Bad breath accompanied by upper abdominal distension, belching, nausea and other symptoms are mostly caused by food accumulation. You can use 9 grams each of Patchouli, Cymbopogon japonicus, Gardenia charred, Barley malt, and Raw Hawthorn, and 4.5 grams of licorice, decocted in water and taken orally.

The above medicine can be taken as one packet per day, and 7 packets constitute a course of treatment. If used properly, it can generally achieve good therapeutic effects. In addition, there are many simple single-ingredient prescriptions that you may want to try. For example:

1. Boil 15g of Elsholtzia ciliata in water and drink it or gargle with it from time to time.

2. Boil 12 grams of Patchouli in water and gargle with it from time to time.

3. Boil white cardamom in water or make tea, or chew 1 to 2 cardamom kernels in your mouth each time, swallow the juice and spit out the residue.

4. Take 1 to 2 cloves orally or soak them in water.

5. Grind orange peel, cinnamon and perilla in equal parts, make pills with jujube paste, put them in your mouth and chew them from time to time.

6. If you have bad breath after eating leeks and garlic, take 6 grams of Forsythia powder with tea, or chew a few black dates, which can usually reduce the bad breath.

7. Hold an appropriate amount of jasmine tea in your mouth.

8. Grind an appropriate amount of cinnamon twigs into fine powder, take 3 grams each time and brew it with boiling water instead of tea to treat bad breath.

9. Grind 6 grams of Forsythia suspensa into fine powder and take it with green tea.

10. Brew 3 grams of osmanthus with boiling water and take it frequently as tea.