Mouth Ulcers are the grossest thing that can happen to anyone of us! That’s the first thought that comes to our mind when we think about ulcers in our mouths! But they are far more than that, they are painful, uncomfortable, and may last longer than you think.
Mouth Ulcers are normally painful lesions that happen in your mouth, under your lips, or at the base of your tender gums. They are also known as ”canker sores” or ”aphthous ulcers” which means ”to set on fire” and this is because they can make your normal eating, drinking pattern difficult.
The population who can be commonly prone to get infected by mouth ulcers could be women, adolescents, and people with family histories.
Luckily, it is not a contagious disease and it can be easy to treat them at the early stage through useful home remedies. These home remedies for mouth ulcers can help dispose of them in 1 or 2 weeks.
There is no exact cause for mouth ulcers, it can happen either due to incidence like accidental biting or brushing your teeth very forcefully. Let’s list down a few of the common causes for mouth ulcers:
There are specific symptoms apart from the ulcer in the mouth, which can range from mild to moderate to major. The pain can vary as per the range and it subsides with 1 or 2 weeks if proper care is taken. A person may face problems in eating, swallowing, or drinking water, and major mouth ulcers may take weeks to get healed and may leave a scar.
This makes it very important to understand simple 6 kitchen secrets which can help you treat mouth ulcers:
Being an antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory agent in it, coconut oil can help slowly reduce the swelling and the pain associated with the ulcer. Take dry clean cotton, soak it in the plain coconut oil and place it gradually on the sores and let it remain there for the whole night.
You can try plain coconut oil or even virgin coconut oil. If you are not comfortable with the cotton, you can apply the oil directly to the sore. You can follow the same procedure for clove oil too.
One of the simplest and the best remedy is salt water gargling. Saltwater acts as an osmotic agent and helps to cleanse and support healing by a process called osmosis. Sodium chloride takes away all the water from the cells and moves them out of the body when gargled.
This helps to even remove harmful bacteria from the mouth, leaving the ulcer clean. Take 1 tablespoon of saltwater in lukewarm water and gargle it twice a day. You can replace saltwater with baking soda too. It will provide a similar benefit.
Tulsi, also known as Holy Basil and has many health benefits. Tulsi has an anti-bacterial property and this activity can act as an effective oral disinfectant for killing germs inside your mouth.
This can help relieve the symptoms of mouth ulcers. It also reduces the acidic environment inside the mouth hand thus reduces the damage caused by the acid. Chew 5 – 6 clean and fresh tulsi leaves in the morning and drink water over them. Try following this pattern for a minimum of 2 or 3 times.
Every house will have honey in the kitchen. It is used for many purposes – morning drink, for breakfast, for medication etc. For ages, honey has been part of our daily life because of its antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties.
A study done in 2014 observed that honey is significantly effective in reducing the size, pain, and soreness of mouth ulcers. Apply little honey daily on the affected area 3 to 4 times a day. Make sure, you buy unfiltered raw honey and avoid pasteurized one which kills most of the nutrients.
Apart from these 4 simple home remedies, try to have a balanced diet and avoid very oil and spicy food in your daily routine. Certain foods may increase the acidic environment inside your mouth and aggravates the symptoms.
Choose the right kind of foods and keep your affected area clean and away from harmful bacteria. Include soft and mushy foods like soft khichdi, yogurt, banana, papaya, boiled eggs, cheese etc. which also helps to keep your mouth PH value in check.
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