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Did you know that tooth pain has been known to be the closest type of pain to child birth? No, it is still not as bad as giving birth, nothing is. However the type of pain is similar. I had my wisdom teeth out on Tuesday…..Giving birth was way worse and I would have my wisdom teeth out ten times over before I went through my induced labor again. But, I would be a liar if I said I wasn’t in severe pain right now….. 4 days later. Actually I am in so much pain I am upstairs in my bedroom hiding from my wonderful husband and precious child right now. I miss them and I love them but I have no patience in my current state and I really just need to cool down alone. Well what better time than to catch up on some reading and research and post a helpful blog for others who might be having some similar feelings.

The first one I would like to talk about is peppermint tea bags. So there is a trick to this. Make yourself a cup of peppermint tea, after it seeps pull out the tea bag and let it cool until it is warm but not hot. Place it inside your mouth in the area that is hurting you. Leave it there until you cannot feel a temperature difference anymore, now pull it out and put it in the freezer. Once it is very cold, put it back in your mouth on the sensitive area again, until you can not feel a temperature difference inside your mouth. Now throw away the tea bag and enjoy your tea. Why does this help? Peppermint leaves have a numbing affect and a cooling affect when places on sore gums these two characteristics can come in very handy. They soothe the gums and numb just enough to ease the pain but not enough to make you drool like local anesthetics. And it tastes good!

So peppermint tea can help you out with dental pain and bad breath. On the other side of the spectrum we have option number two. This remedy will help you out with the pain and will make your breath smell horrible, but at least you will feel better. This remedy is garlic. Garlic will kill harmful bacteria that could be causing pain, infection, plaque and all sorts of other chaos in your mouth and it is a natural pain reliever! Depending on your pain level you can either slowly chew the garlic clove or you can crush it and make a paste to rub onto the sore or sensitive areas.  My mouth hurts way to much to chew so I am going to stick with the paste. Let me know what you chose and how it works for you!

I hope this helps,

xoxo

Mrs Farminsteadical