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Saturday, March 17, 2007

Mouth Ulcer Remedies

Mouth ulcers are open sores in the mouth that appear as white or yellow sores surrounded by a bright red area. Usually painful, they appear on non-keratinized mouth tissues including the inner surface of the cheeks, lips, tongue, soft palate, and the base of the gums. They usually begin with a tingling or burning sensation followed by a red spot or bump that ulcerate.

Occasionally, a severe occurrence may be accompanied by non-specific symptoms of illness such as fever or malaise. Recurrence is common and may continue for years.

There are many possible reasons why you have these recurring ulcers:

• You may be feeling run down or suffering from stress.

• Mouth ulcers may run in your family.

• Hormones also play some part- ulcersoften appear at puberty or during menstruation, if you are a teenaged girl.

• Your diet may be lacking green vegetables or you may be an anemic.

• You may be brushing your teeth over-vigorously. Such brushing causes abrasions on the gums that turn ulcerous.

• You may be irritated by particular chemicals, spices, tobacco or even alcohol.

Remedies For Curing Mouth Ulcer

• For immediate relief from ulcers, avoid hot and spicy food, coffee, tea, alcohol and tobacco. If the ulcers coincide with feeling run down, you should check if your diet is well balanced and possibly take more rest. Avoid sour things, including curd and pickles. Papaya and soorana kanda (jami-kand) in the form of food is very useful.

• Ulcers are associated with constipation. If you notice such a situation, you should take mild laxative, which will give some relief. Triphala choorna is the proper laxative for this purpose. You can take a teaspoonful of the same at bedtime.

• The decoction of the leaves of either aamla or henna (mehandi), or guava tree singly or mixed with alum powder is a very good gargle for oral ulcers.

• Fine powder of the Chebulic myrobalan (abhaya) macerated with honey is an excellent application that is very effective.


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