Dental problems: Remedies for you can find in your pantry!

Maybe you did not know, but the kitchen hides unexpected cures, which relieve toothaches and help to have fresh breath. This is how you get rid of toothache:

One of the most unbearable pains, the toothache usually occurs in the middle of the night, when it is more difficult to get to the dentist. You can find help in the pantry and the spice cabinet.

Garlic

Rub the gums around the painful with grounded garlic. If the pain is intense, you can keep the garlic on the gum for about an hour.

Coltsfoot/poppy seeds

If the symptoms appeared after an extraction, wash a few leaves of coltsfoot, apply them to the inflamed area and the ache will quickly disappear. You can also prepare an infusion of one teaspoon poppy seeds in a cup of boiling water. Rinse the mouth with it and the ache will gradually disappear.

Parsley/vanilla essence

Crushed fresh parsley leaves placed on the gum also sooths the pain, and so does vanilla essence. Soak a gauze in this essence and apply it on the aching tooth.

Cloves

Cloves help get rid of toothache caused by cavities. Rinse your mouth well with mouthwash (or with salt water), and chew a few cloves for a few minutes. You can also use them as a compress, as follows: crush a few cloves and put them on a gauze, then apply on the aching tooth. Keep the compress on your tooth until the pain disappears.

A fresh breath all day

Fresh mint is recommended for daily tooth brushing and oral hygiene. If you chew some leaf two to three times a day you will have a fresh breath.

For the same result, drink unsweetened mint tea after each meal, or chew some sunflower seeds and drink a glass of water. Pineapple juice removes mouth odors, while apples consumed daily help clean the teeth and remove bacteria that cause bad breath.

Season salads and other dishes with parsley. It keeps the breath fresh and banishes onion or garlic odors. If mouth odors persist, you should check your health because it can be a symptom of diseases such as diabetes, tonsillitis, sinusitis, gastrointestinal or mouth disorders.

Help for gum disease

Prepare a decoction of three tablespoons of chamomile flowers in a cup of water. Keep this hot tea in the mouth for a few minutes. Repeat the treatment four to five times a day. Equally effective is the infusion made of two tablespoons of water in one cup of water, used to gargle several times a day.

Infusion made of flowers and strains tops of melilot, collected during the flowering season has antiseptic, antibacterial, astringent, healing and anesthetic effect. It calms and has gingival anti-inflammatory effect. If your gums bleed after this treatment, go to the dentist.

Mouth and dental diseases (stomatitis, gingivitis) caused particularly by abnormal microbial flora, can be treated using the following remedies: bilberry, angelica, arnica, basil, sea buckthorn, mulberry, horseradish, licorice, hollyhock, nut, plantain, propolis, willow, sage, celery and garlic.

Prevention with Garlic

Cold and flu

The effects of garlic against flu are known for hundreds of years, and research studies have confirmed them. It was found that garlic contains more than 20 antiviral and antibacterial substances, so it is considered a true anti-flu medicine. Two cloves of garlic per day protect you from the cold, flu, respiratory problems, heart rate acceleration, or headaches. Also, if during a cold treatment you also eat garlic, the healing time is substantially reduced. In this case, garlic can be used in external poultices applied to the chest and back to remove hoarseness and cough.

Hypertension

A study done 12 years ago showed that people who ate garlic had significant reductions in blood pressure. A series of special treatments for hypertension have been released, with a high content of active substances similar to those of garlic.

Effeminacy

Testosterone in men can be enhanced with garlic. Garlic stimulates the testes and favors the increase of endocrine secretion of male hormones. These hormones help increase muscle mass in normal limits, increase sexual desire and develop traits such as courage or spirit of initiative.

Poor blood circulation

Blood circulation can be improved by regular consumption of garlic. This has been studied and demonstrated by German researchers in 1996. Those tested had peripheral artery disease. The experiment has proved that those who ate garlic had visibly improved their blood circulation.

Diabetes and gout

Garlic balances blood sugar levels, and prevents diabetic arterial disease and heart disease caused by diabetes. Meanwhile, garlic can treat gout, regulates metabolism, and because it is a natural diuretic, it helps to eliminate the excess urea in the blood.

Obesity

Garlic reduces fat storage in the body and hastens its elimination, and therefore it is recommended for people who want to lose weight. It can be easily "infiltrated" in diet recipes and slimming cures.

Otalgia

Garlic has analgesic effect and therefore can be used successfully in curing diseases of the teeth or ear. Wrap half a clove of garlic in gauze and insert one in each ear. It is important to take this natural treatment only after you have consulted a physician.

Cancer of the rectum and colon

A team of American doctors have made a scientific study on a group of people who consumed garlic and have consistently reached the following conclusion: if the food is introduced in the daily diet, the risk of colon cancer is reduced by 10% for meat consumers, and 50% for vegetarians.

Garlic treats ear pain and infection

Ear pain and infection can be treated at home, using the garlic. Garlic contains allicin, a natural antibiotic, the main ingredient of herbal remedies for curing ailments and infections.

Eaten fresh, garlic can treat other infections, acting as a tonic for the entire body. Pharmacies sell a lot of supplements and capsules having garlic as a unique ingredient. Their oil can be used in the same way as the one obtained from fresh, crushed garlic. If you choose to prepare this herbal remedy yourself, the steps are not complicated. Cut three or four cloves of garlic, put them in a pot, pour olive oil just enough to cover the garlic mixture and cook on low heat for an hour. After one hour strain the ingredients through a fine sieve into a glass and then you store it in the refrigerator.

According to the alternative medicine, one of the best remedies for getting rid of ear pain may be the solution contained in garlic, colloidal silver, extracts of tea tree oil, olive oil and apple vinegar. This mixture can be obtained following a simple recipe:

• three drops of tea tree oil
• one teaspoon of apple vinegar
• two tablespoons of olive oil
• one teaspoon of colloidal silver – an ingredient found in pharmacies in the form of solution

Heated, this mixture may be a good treatment for ear infections and pain. The results of this treatment will be visible within 24 or 48 hours. If you do not have all the ingredients, any combination of those mentioned is good. Oregano oil also successfully replaces the extract of tea tree.

A treatment somewhat easy to prepare and as effective has as ingredients garlic, honey and apple vinegar.

Before resorting to these remedies, easily prepared at home, be sure to consult a physician to avoid complications.

Sore throat remedies

Cold air has already made its presence; did it make your tonsils angry? Here are some ideas.

• Drink herbal teas made from a mixture of sage, colt’s foot, plantain, field horsetail, St. John’s wort, yarrow, chamomile (make an infusion of all the above) and add a few drops of Swedish bitter.
• Take two baths a day for 25 minutes.
• Apply a poultice of clay and grinded onions on the neck race for 2 hours per day.
• Place your feet in hot water for 30 minutes and take steam baths of chamomile and peppermint or lavender oil at the head and chest.
• Apply neck compresses the comfrey kernel, fenugreek or raw cabbage leaves.
• Do garlic, onion, lemon and oil gargle for 3-4 minutes.
• Gargle with tea as an infusion made of marshmallow, chamomile, marigold, yellow bedstraw, horsetail, sage and thyme.
• Apply warm compresses at night, with infusion of oak bark
• Massage your body with an alcoholic solution of peppermint and lavender.

Garlic helps you get rid of cough

The garlic has many beneficial effects for the body. Here are some of them:

Garlic replaces antibiotics:

It is known the garlic acts as a natural antibiotic. Moreover, it reduces the body's need for antibiotics because it prevents infections and colds. During the winter add plenty of garlic in soups, sauces or other dishes.

Very good sore throat remedy:

Ma a garlic infusion and use it for daily gargles. Do not worry if you swallow the tea, it has no negative consequences.

Garlic Syrup strengthens immunity:

Do you often catch a cold? Your immunity is low! The reliable aid in such situations is garlic. Syrup made of a few cloves of garlic mixed with honey instantly treats infections. How do you prepare it? 6-8 cloves garlic, finely minced, mixed with 8 teaspoons of honey. Allow a few days for the ingredients to pervade into each other and have a teaspoon daily.

Garlic ointment treats bronchitis:

In winter, respiratory diseases are the most common. What could help us better help than garlic? Prepare an ointment of some garlic cloves, finely chopped, cloves and oil. Boil this mixture on low fire, stir until it becomes a paste and let it to cool. Apply the ointment on the chest, stomach, throat; it will be effective against bronchitis and respiratory infections.

Garlic improves circulation:

Blood circulation can be improved by regular consumption of garlic. Furthermore, it lowers blood pressure by relaxing the walls of arteries and veins. Studies have shown that people who eat garlic have significant decrease in blood pressure.