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Toothpastes & Tooth Cleansers

·         Homemade Mint Tooth Paste
Ingredients:
6 teaspoons baking soda
1/3 teaspoon salt
4 teaspoons glycerin
15 drops peppermint
Directions:
Mix thoroughly. Should be a tooth paste consistency. For flavor you can add a few drops of peppermint or wintergreen. Store in a  container. You'll be surprised with how fresh your mouth feels. Bananas.  Eat at least three bananas a day. This will coat your stomach and sooth your ulcer pain.

·      Super Cleanser
Ingredients:
Hydrogen peroxide (a few drops)
Baking soda
Directions:
Make a paste by combining the two ingredients. Use this paste on
your teeth and also gently rub along your gums two times a week.

      Homemade Mint Tooth Paste
Ingredients:
6 teaspoons baking soda
1/3 teaspoon salt
4 teaspoons glycerin
15 drops peppermint
Directions:
Mix thoroughly. Should be a tooth paste consistency. For flavor you can add a few drops of peppermint or wintergreen. Store in a  container. You'll be surprised with how fresh your mouth feels. Bananas.  Eat at least three bananas a day. This will coat your stomach and sooth your ulcer pain.

·      Toothpaste Recipe
Ingredients:
1/4 tsp peppermint oil
1/4 tsp spearmint
1/4 cup arrowroot
1/4 cup powdered orrisroot
1/4 cup water
1 tsp ground sage
Directions:
Mix all dry ingredients in a bowl. Add water until paste is desired
thickness / consistency. Store at room temperature in a tightly
covered jar.
Substitute 1/2 tsp each of oil of cinnamon and oil of cloves for
peppermint/spearmint if desired.

·       Old Fashioned Tooth Powder
2 Tbsp dried lemon or orange rind
1/4 cup baking soda
2 Tsp salt
Place rinds in food processor, grind until peel becomes a fine
powder. Add baking soda and salt then process a few seconds more
until you have a fine powder. Store in an airtight tin or jar. Dip
moistened toothbrush into mixture, brush as usual.

·        Loretta's Toothpaste
1 Tsp baking soda,
1/4 Tsp hydrogen peroxide
1 drop oil of peppermint
Mix to make a paste, dip toothbrush into mixture, brush as usual.

·        Basic Toothpaste
1 Tsp of the Old Fashioned Tooth Powder
1/4 Tsp Hydrogen peroxide
Mix into a paste and brush as usual.

·       Strawberry Tooth Cleanser
1 Tsp of the above Old Fashioned Tooth Powder
1 Tbsp crushed ripe strawberries
Mix strawberries and powder into a paste and brush as usual.

·       Vanilla & Rose Geranium Toothpaste
1/2 ounce powdered chalk
3 ounces powdered orris root
4 teaspoons of tincture of vanilla
15 drops oil of rose geranium
Honey, enough to make a paste
Combine all ingredients and mix until you have a paste the
consistency you like. Store in an airtight container. Use a clean
stick (popsicle) to scoop paste onto brush. Store the stick in same
container.

·       Ben Franklin's Toothpaste
Honey
Ground charcoal
Mix into a paste and rub on teeth for whiteness.

·       Lemon Clove Tooth Cleanser
Mix:
Small amount of finely powdered sage
1 ounce of finely powdered myrrh
1 pound powdered arrow root
3 ounces powdered orris root
20 drops oil of lemon
10 drops oil of cloves
12 drops oil of bergamot
Rub oils into the powdered ingredients until thoroughly mixed

·       Simple toothpaste mixture
Bicarbonate of soda
Salt
Water
Glycerine
Peppermint oil
Mix 3 parts bicarbonate of soda with one part salt. Add 3 tsp of
glycerine for every 1/4 cup of this mixture, then add enough water
to make a thick paste. Add a few drops of peppermint oil for better
taste

·        Fruit teeth cleaners
1.Rub a lemon rind on your teeth to remove brown stains. Rinse your
mouth thoroughly afterward. (not sure about that one - lemon juice on the enamal and all - DQ)
2.Clean your teeth with a fresh strawberry. Rub it over and between
your teeth