For those people with bleeding and retracted and painful gums and or mouth ulcers, may I kindly suggest that you try gently brushing with very good quality olive oil, that is either preservative free or certified organic. It is not very expensive and is easily available at most grocery stores and a little will go a long way. God's word says we are to heal with oil and it speaks highly of healing with olive oil and this does heal gums.
Put a little on a dish or in a small jar, dip your clean, dry tooth brush into it, and very gently brush your gums and teeth. You may spit and rinse with fresh clean water if necessary. The oil, though a food, will heal and not harm your gums and does not need to be removed. Your mouth will feel clean after doing this and there should be no nasty after-taste. You should only need to do this once a day. If your gums are too sore for even the most gentle toothbrush, you could very gently rub your gums with the olive oil with a very clean finger.
This is especially good for people who are allergic and or intolerant to fluoride, and all the other ingredients found in commercial toothpastes and mouthwashes. By using a healing oil to clean your teeth, rather than a toxic paste, your gums should improve very quickly. Typically within a week, you should notice a significant improvement if you follow Godly wisdom with what you eat and drink as well.
If you are struggling with the pain, cloves are a very good natural pain reliever. Put a tea spoon of cloves in a tea pot and make a pot of hot tea. Allow the tea to cool and then gently swirl the tea around your mouth and either swallow it or spit it out. That is up to you.
The herb thyme is also very good in this situation. You can make a pot of tea with this herb also and do the same as for the clove tea. The thyme has natural anti-infection qualities which will help to heal any infections that are causing the gums to bleed. Thyme tea is also a very good expectorant for coughs and colds and viruses, so feel free to use it at other times, once your gums are healed.
Non homogenised milk strengthens the teeth and whitens them. Have as many cups of milk as you need, within reason. it will help with any painful aches int he jaw as well.
It is important to drink water that is clean and filtered and does not contain fluoride or chlorine or other toxic chemicals. Pure filtered spring water or pure filtered rain water is very good.
It would also be worth while looking at what you are eating and removing any causes of gum decay. The same foods that the Living God told us to avoid in his wise law, to help us stay strong and healthy, are the same foods that need to be avoided to have healthy gums. I have a blog post titled "Healing Allergies and Diseases" where I have written in more detail on this. White sugar and icing sugar is particularly bad and it is amazing how big an improvement can occur, just by changing to eating raw sugar that has been minimally processed and is more nutrient dense. Brown sugar does not seem to cause the same level of gum disease. Most recipes will allow white sugar to be swapped for raw sugar with little to no effect on the recipe and the taste, yet a huge improvement on the overall health of a person.
Increasing the amount of orange juice (pulp in) you drink is also helpful. The nutrients in it, improve the rate of healing. Fill a 1/4 of a large glass with the orange juice and fill the remainder of the glass with fresh, filtered water as I spoke of above in this article. Drink this several times a day if necessary. If you can't squeeze fresh orange juice, find a good quality fresh orange juice that is preservative free and free of other colours, flavours, reconstituted orange and vitamin c.
Don't forget to clean your toothbrush after brushing and keep it in a place where it will not grow mould or fungus or pick up germs in the air from toileting.
Obeying the Living God in what we eat and drink, is worship.
Kind Regards,
Mrs Sharon Joy Stay.
Occupational Therapist.
