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Making tooth powder | GreenCouple.com — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:47:43 +0000

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By: Relieved from Pain

Relieved from Pain — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:47:53 +0000

Here’s something that takes away pain from canker sores and heals them faster than anything else. I’ve had bad canker sores’ pain subside by 40-50% overnight and start to heal. It’s cheap, over the counter, natural, and you have got to try it if you’re serious about stopping pain during their formation or getting rid of them.

Buy Zinc tablets. Crush a zinc tabletl between two spoons. Grind, grind, grind back and forth. Or use a mortar if you have one to keep some ground for later in a container.

Next wash your hands, poor a half a cc (cubic centimeter) of powder in your hand. Drip just a few drops of water until you can make a paste. This is the tricky part … don’t add anything else to make it more pasty (the problem is it becomes too runny or brittle). Spread it over the sore.

It will feel like needles and afterward numb and swollen. Sleep on it, and do it before or after a meal. Beats any meds I’ve tried. You can feel the zinc just destroying the virus, blood rushing to the area, and since I’m a public speaker I know it takes away pain from dreadful sores and heals them because it lets me talk.

By: Anya

Anya — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:30:52 +0000

Will – I appreciate that info on SLS causing canker sores as I did not know that! I think I’ll switch to Ipsab:) By the way, thanks for talking about Ipsab – it is indeed a very effective tooth powder and we now have cinnamon flavor too. I want you to know that there is no magic or negative aspect to an Edgar Cayce formula, most of the 9,000 physical readings he gave were very practical natural suggestions that are now the basis for modern holistic health. As someone with a Master’s in Wellness Education, who has used many of these suggestions including castor oil packs, aura glow lotion, Mother Earth’s Respiratory Tonic, saffron tea, etc., (www.caycecures.com) I and millions of others can vouch for their efficacy and safety.
My very best to you.

By: Ted

Ted — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:02:41 +0000

I’m of the ‘if it doesn’t hurt, it can’t be working’ persuasion. For a long time, we had some 150 proof rum and I would apply that to canker sores.

By: Alder

Alder — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 05:53:32 +0000

When I get a canker sore, I put baking soda on it– it hurts, but it makes it heal way faster. I also use toothpaste with baking soda in it, which I think helps prevent them.

By: Will

Will — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 01:42:10 +0000

Andy: I might try just baking soda once we use up the tooth powder.

Linnea: I don’t know. Every toothpaste at the CVS had SLS as did most of the toothpastes at Whole Foods.

lauren: Cool, I’ll have to keep an eye out for it. I guess the Tom’s they had at the Whole Foods were the older kind.

John: Thanks for the tip! I’ll try that next time. Better a moment of searing pain than pain every time I want to eat (or talk).

By: John Borwick

John Borwick — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:34:29 +0000

For what it’s worth, once you have the canker sore you can put alum (the spice) on it. The canker sore will become numb once you have endured the searing pain of applying the alum.

In all seriousness I do this when I have a canker sore.

By: lauren

lauren — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:23:48 +0000

Tom’s has a line of SLS-free toothpaste now. It tastes a little different, but it’s not too bad.

By: Linnea

Linnea — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 02:20:13 +0000

Brushing your tongue (as opposed to just your teeth) might help with bad breath. I get canker sores every once in a while as well… Does something like ACT have SLS? I have to use fluoride products at least until my retainers come out. At the moment I’d rather have canker sores than soft enamel, but I’d be interested in your results.

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 02:14:14 +0000

I used baking soda for a few months. It worked just as well as toothpaste, and didn’t actually taste all that bad. I switched back to Toms because I think I need the fluoride and I don’t get it any other way.