I had a bad flu 5 months ago and it started when I felt intense pain at the root of my rightest upper molar. While the flu is gone, there is still minor pain once in a while there when I chew. It seems that the tooth is still infected.

I know garlic is antiviral. So a few weeks ago, I put a small piece of garlic there and chewed so that the juice hit the infected area. About 30-60 minutes later, the flesh, including the gum, inside the right side of my mouth began to swell. The swelling was quite bad as the right side of my mouth looked disfigured. The swelling subsided after a few days.

At that time, I wasn't sure if the swelling was caused by the garlic. So some days later, I did the garlic experiment again. The right side of my mouth swelled again, but not as much as the first time. I did the same experiment two more times and there were swellings afterward, but the swelling wasn't too bad.

Would you tell me why there was swelling when garlic hit the infected area and would garlic help fight the infection?

Also, I wonder when the infection will go away (I thought it would go away with the passage of time). I tried silver colloid and silver pulser and other things, but they are of little use for my condition. I am now swishing and gargling with MMS and it seems to help.