For the past few years, since I sustained injury working at an organic farm, I have had pain when sitting to meditate. I noticed recently that I lacked the excruciating pain I usually have had. I ran through all the possibilities of doing anything different. Two things: at times I have been more active and I have been doing more oil pulling. I had been inconsistent about oil pulling until my gums were bleeding when I brushed my teeth. So I did oil pulling and brushed my teeth in the AM as well as my regular tooth brushing at night.
My understanding is that it is parasites that get into our joints and cause problems. My thoughts are that the oilpulling is helping remove parasites from my system. How could that be? In TCM and Ayurveda, your teeth and toungue relate to parts of the body, just like your face, ears, hands and feet do. Pulling with oil leaches toxins from the body even though the detox is localized at the mouth.