Everyone love eat. However, eating become torch if a small ulcers form inside your mouth.
The Canker sores are common mouth sores, and while they typically resolve on their own, their recurrence can be uncomfortable and make it challenging to eat and drink normally.
There are many home remedies that can help canker sores, including salt water rinses, yogurt, special mouthwash, and more. The following are useful tips from traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM) that help clear mouth ulcers fast and naturally.
What is a mouth ulcers?
Mouth ulcers are also known as canker sores which are usually small lesions that are painful and uncomfortable for eating, drinking and even talking. They usually form in the mouth or at the gums.
In Western Medicine, the causes of mouth ulcers can vary and include but not limited to factors such as minor mouth injury such as from an accidental bite, lack of vitamins such as iron and B12, allergic reactions to mouth bacteria, emotional stress, lack of sleep, hormonal changes during menstruation.
In TCM, mouth ulcers can be due to Yin deficiency from lack of rest and sleep, heatiness due to overindulgence of alcohol or fried or oily foods.
There are many ways that mouth ulcers can be cleared fast and naturally. Here are some of the TCM tips to do so:
Canker sores can not be cured thoroughly and it is like flu which cured on its own. Almost 80% of canker sores is on its way to recovery and it become recovery within 7-14 days.
Mouth ulcers is a self-limiting diseases which cannot be completely cured like flu. 80% of mouth ulcers can start to heal after 5 days and become recovery on its own within 7 to 14 days.
How to get rid of a mouth ulcers fast?
- Orange with salt
Mouth ulcers may be caused by bacteria in the mouth. Orange is full of vitamin C , taking orange can boost the vitamins and immunity in the body that can help to clear any bacterial infection resulting in the ulcers.
Salt has a cleansing and germ-killing property. Thus, both orange and salt can help to clear mouth ulcers fast through immunity boosting and anti-bacterial effects.
In TCM, orange and salt can cool down heatiness, which can help to bring down the mouth ulcers rapidly through cooling effects.
- Watermelon frost herb
Watermelon frost is a powdered herb that is used for relief of heaty symptoms such as sore throat, toothaches, minor burns and cuts. It has a very cooing and calming effect which can reduce swelling and redness and soreness of any form.
This herb has its record in the 17th century during the Qing dynasty and the way that watermelon frost can be obtained is by removing a watermelon of its content then pack it with salt. Then put it in a bowl, seal well and after a few days a ‘frost’ will appear on the skin.
For mouth ulcer, just spray the watermelon frost herb over the lesion areas to alleviate pain and swelling.
Home Tips for mouth ulcer
- Sleep early
Sleeping late will result in the body becoming Yin deficient and cause deficient heatiness to develop in the body. Mouth ulcers are signs that the body is weakened on the inside from lack of rest and sleep.
From Western Medicine point of view, sleeping late will cause the bacteria flora in the body to imbalance and cause soft moist mucosal tissues such as the mouth and gums to form ulcers, which are areas of inflammation.
- Eat fresh vegetables and fruits
Fresh vegetables and fruits are packed with minerals, vitamins and water that are essential to reduce any inflammation in the body and maintain good skin conditions. A rainbow colour of vegetables and fruits daily is highly recommended.
Home medicated diet
Lotus leaf winter melon soup
Materials: 60 grams of fresh lotus leaves, 300 grams of winter melon, and appropriate amount of sugar.
Efficacy: Suitable for oral ulcers, hot thirst, cough due to lung heat, yellow and sticky phlegm, short red urine, etc.
