A mouth ulcer is a painful sore in the mouth. It appears on the tongue, the lips, and the gums or inside the cheeks. The first sign of the sore may be a tingling, burning sensation inside the mouth. They can occur either singly or in clusters. They are usually white or yellow in color, surrounded by red halos.
Mouth Ulcer Causes:
In fact, Mouth ulcers are not at all contagious but are rather said to be caused by a problem with the immune system.
Mouth Ulcers can also be triggered by a number of factors such as emotional pain or stress, fatigue, physical injury to the mouth (often by biting the cheek, or from dental work), and dietary deficiencies (most commonly a lack of vitamin B12, iron and folic acid).
Mouth Ulcer Symptoms:
1. Burning sensation in the mouth.
Tips for Mouth Ulcer:
1. Practice good oral hygiene by brushing and flossing twice daily as this will reduce the chances of developing an infection. However, be sure to brush gently so that you do not further aggravate the Mouth Ulcers.
2. Be sure to avoid hot and spicy foods as these will more than likely sting the affected areas.
3. Try sucking on ice chips or applying ice directly to affected areas for fast pain relief.
4. Add a dose of vitamin B12 to your daily supplements and make sure you are getting enough iron and folic acid.
Mouth Ulcer Home Remedies:
1. Gargling with coriander decoction will give instant relief from mouth ulcer and teeth pain.
2. Brushing with Indian beach (Kanuga) tree will cure mouth ulcer and all types of teeth problems very effectively.
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Mix 7 parts of sugar candy (mishri) with 1 part of camphor. Apply on the blister.
4. Eating of coconut is a very good treatment for mouth ulcer or Extract the milk and gargle with this 3-4 times a day.
5. Mix a pinch of turmeric powder to 1 tsp glycerine and apply.
6. Gargling with juice extracted from dates flower (karjurapu puvvu) or coconut flower (kobbari puvvu) or wild date flower (eetha puvvu) or palm fruit flower (tati puvvu) will give instant relief from mouth ulcer.
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Boil 2 cups of water. Add 1 cup fenugreek leaves and remove. Cover and keep for sometime. Strain the water and gargle 2-3 times a day.
8. Gargling with gorintha akula decoction will cure mouth ulcer, stomatitis, sore mouth and eruption in the mouth.
9. Applying the tella maddi churnam with oil will give relief from mouth ulcer.
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Chew on 5-6 tulsi (holy basil leaves) and sip some water. Repeat 5-6 times a day.
11. Gargle with decoction made from pomegranate tree roots will cures mouth ulcer immediately.
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Eating raw tomatoes helps rid mouth ulcers. Can also gargle with tomato juice 3-4 times a day.
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Gargle with babool black (nalla tumma) tree decoction is a very good remedy for mouth ulcer.
14. Gargle with candy sugar (patika bellam) water.
15. Gargling with complete Land – Caltrops juice mixed with honey will cures mouth ulcer as well as foulness of the breath.
16. Gargle with milk of banyan tree cure mouth ulcer.
17. Gargle with metta tamara leaves juice or decoction cures mouth ulcer and stomatitis.
18. Gargling with juice made from raw elephant apple or wood apple extract will cure mouth ulcer.
19. Chewing and eating of Poppy Seeds about three to four days helps to reduce over heat in the body and also cures mouth ulcer.
20. Chewing and eating of common Jasmine leaves helps to cure mouth ulcer. This is one of the very useful and natural remedy mouth ulcer.
21. Make a decoction with the help of Common Jasmine leaves about 20 to 25. Gargling of this decoction will helps to give instant relief from mouth ulcer.
22. Applying Honey or pure Ghee or Glycerin or the bubbles helps to cure Mouth ulcer faster.
23. Eating banana mixed with Curd in the morning gives instant relief from Mouth ulcer.
24. Slowly chewing Valli leaf ( Basale soppu in kannada) gives a quick relief from Mouth ulcer.
25. Eating a raw Tomato or washing mouth with Tomato juice helps to cure Mouth ulcer.
26. Durva (Dub, a grass used to worship Lord Ganesha ) boiled in water, filtered and this decoction used as a mouth wash cures mouth ulcers.
27. Washing mouth with warm Bitter gourd ( karela ) juice mixed with a pinch of Plum powder (phitkari) or only Bitter gourd juice, gives relief from Mouth ulcer.
28. Warm water mixed with Salt and Lemon juice used as a mouth wash helps to get relief from Mouth ulcer.
29. Tender Guava (Amrud) leaves boiled in water with Salt and filtered. This decoction used as a mouth wash cures Mouth ulcer.
30. Gooseberry (Amla) leaves boiled in water and filtered. Washing mouth with this decoction helps to cure Mouth ulcer faster.
31. Harad (Haritaki) powder mixed with Honey applied on the bubbles helps to cure Mouth ulcer.
32. Chewing poppy seeds (khus khus) with dry Coconut or dry Coconut with Sugar candy (Mishri) helps to get relief from Mouth ulcer.
33. Camphor (karpoor) with pure Ghee can be applied on the bubbles and washed later. This can be done 2-3 times a day to get relief from Mouth ulcer.
34. Chewing Henna (Mehendi) leaves, or Henna leaves boiled in water and filtered, and use of this decoction as a mouth wash, helps in curing Mouth ulcer.
35. Boil Turmeric power in water and this warm decoction used as a mouth wash helps in curing Mouth ulcer.
36. pomegranate (Anar) skin boiled in water, filtered and this decoction used for washing mouth gives a great relief from Mouth ulcer.
37. Take juice of the root bark of Peepal tree. It heals ulcers and enhances granulation.
