This article aims to help the reader in the rapid identification of natural remedies useful in the treatment of various symptoms, disorders and pathologies. For some of the listed remedies, this utility may not have been confirmed by sufficient experimental tests conducted with a scientific method. Furthermore, any natural remedy presents potential risks and contraindications.
If available, we therefore recommend that you click on the link corresponding to the individual remedy to learn more about the topic. In any case, we remind you of the importance of avoiding self-treatment and to consult your doctor beforehand to ascertain the absence of contraindications and drug interactions.
Toothache is a very painful and difficult to bear disorder, which can have different origins: caries, gingivitis, periodontitis, pulpitis, excessive dental sensitivity ... In most cases, toothache is triggered by inflammation of the pulp, internal structure of the tooth particularly rich in blood vessels and nerve endings; this inflammation can be linked to the erosion of the enamel and of the underlying dentine: caries represents in this sense the main etiological agent.
Let it be clear that toothache must always be interpreted as an alarm bell, a clear invitation to undergo a check by the dentist. Ignoring the painful stimulus, or suffocating it with drugs or natural analgesic remedies, can only amplify the underlying problem over time.
Popular medicine ranks among its ranks a long series of useful herbal remedies in the presence of toothache, and it could not be otherwise, given that until a few decades ago dentistry did not offer great possibilities for treatment beyond the simple removal of the tooth ill.
Useful medicinal plants and supplements against the Toothache
Against toothache can be helpful plants with anesthetic, analgesic and anti-inflammatory activity, generally in the form of an infusion for rinses, mouthwashes with essential oils or tinctures: lemongrass, lemon grass, cloves, aloe gel, thyme, comfrey major, propolis, peppermint, menthol, mallow, cochlearia, parietaria, echinacea, nopal, copal, agave. The most indicated remedy for toothache in phytotherapy and natural medicine books is the essential oil of cloves: 2-4 drops on a cotton bud, possibly assisted by two other essential oil drops, such as that of mint or star anise, to be left in contact with the tooth until the pain has subsided. Also the hydroalcoholic dyeing of propolis is recommended: two drops to be applied to the tooth that hurts without rinsing.
