BAD BREATH & HOMOEOPATHY

WHAT IS BAD BREATH
HOW TO KEEP AWAY BAD BREATH
WHAT CAN HOMOEOPATHY DO
COMMON REMEDIES TO TREAT BAD BREATH

Man is a social animal. His attitude, culture is evident in his behaviour and demeanour. God has also given humans this unique capability of expression through words or conversation. If you have a bad breath all this can be marred and termed under bad manners. If you are also in any profession where interaction with people is more this could be irritating when people try to keep a distance from you. But alas the person suffering from it would not know because he does not smell that odour.

WHAT IS BAD BREATH

Bad breath is unpleasant, unusual and offensive odour to the breath. It can occur due to the local causes in the mouth or could be due to some disease in the body. The common causes are:

• Poor oral hygiene and improper brushing of teeth.
• Smoking alters the harmony in the mouth.
• Inflammation of the gums, infection of the roots holding the teeth, abscess in the tooth, impacted wisdom tooth can all cause bad breath.
• Throat infections, tonsillitis, adenoidal hypertrophy can contribute to the problem in children.
• Infection of the nasal polyps, sinusitis causes falling of mucus from the nose into the throat causing bad breath.
• People who tend to fast regularly have it too.
• Intake of garlic, alcohol or pungent foods also cause halitosis or bad breath.
• Constipation is a commonest cause.
• Dryness of mouth due to diseases and drugs also causes bad breath.
• Long-standing illnesses like kidney and liver failure also cause the same.

HOW TO KEEP AWAY BAD BREATH

• Brush you teeth properly. Also before going to bed.
• The back of the tongue also has to be cleaned.
• Intake of odorous food like garlic and alcohol to be avoided. Alcohol also causes dryness of the mouth.
• Intake of water should be good.
• Patients suffering with Sinusitis should regularly take steam to clear the phlegm.
• Clove is a good home remedy for bad breath.

WHAT CAN HOMOEOPATHY DO

Homoeopathy comes as a breath of fresh air to people suffering from bad breath. It maintains the equilibrium of the flora of the mouth and staves away bad breath. It has good remedies to get rid of the various causes and see that bad breath does not occur.

COMMON REMEDIES TO TREAT BAD BREATH

ANTIM CRUD cures the bad breath of children when their tongue is coated.
ARSENIC ALB cures the bad breath due to illnesses like kidney and liver failure.
CARBOLIC ACID cures the constipation and relieves bad breath.
DIPHTHERINUM cures the throat infections and pus indented tonsils and thereby bad breath.
HEPAR SULPH cures the abscess of the tooth and bad breath.
KALI BICH cures the post nasal drip of mucus, sinusitis and thereby bad breath.
MERC SOL cures the infection of the gums, tissues holding the gums, cures receding gums and due to the same bad breath too.
NITRIC ACID cures the recurrent ulcers in the mouth and bad breath.
QUERCUS decreases the desire for alcohol in people habituated to it and also bad breath due to it.
KREOSOTE mother tincture about five drops gargled with water acts as a perfect mouth wash.

Dr. Venugopal Gouri
Consultant Homeopath