Many people are concerned about extracting a tooth to solve a toothache, but in fact, the problem behind the toothache is often not the tooth itself, but the performance of the body imbalance. Tooth extraction may treat the symptoms but not the root cause, the real solution lies in the conditioning of the body. Below I use a real case and common language, help clear.
A 21-year-old girl's story of toothache
Symptoms:
In March of this year, I was approached by a 21 year old girl who had a toothache for 3 days and the pain was getting worse. By the 3rd day, her face was swollen and it hurt like hell to talk, along with her back teeth feeling swollen. She was usually on the weak side and hadn't been able to get a good night's rest because she was working late a lot.
Reason:
Her toothache had a lot to do with the time of the year and the season. It was the rainy season, with high humidity, coupled with continuous sunny days without rain, dampness and heat were particularly heavy. Coupled with the fact that she had been working late at night, her body's yin deficiency and fire were on the rise (simply put, staying up late hurt her kidneys, and her body's deficiency fire was on the rise). Damp-heat and deficiency-fire mixed together, and phlegm and blood stasis were generated, which led to the swelling of her face and the toothache that was so severe.
[Initial diagnosis and prescription]
Mentha piperita 5g Forsythia 8g Fructus schisandrae 8g Radix Bupleurum Chinense 8g Radix Scutellaria baicalensis 15g Radix Scutellaria baicalensis 3g Fructus Hangchu 10g Fructus Cambogia 15g Radix Bupleurum Chinense 20g Radix et Rhizoma Gastrodiae 20g
Silkworm 15g Acorus calamus 10g Phellodendron Bidentata 20g Peach kernel 15g Astragalus Membranaceus 30g Radix Codonopsis Pilosulae 20g Semen Aristolochiae 20g Ginger Huperziae 20g Zingiber officinale 30g.
Poria cocos 20g, hyssop 20g, magnetite 15g, raw oyster 15g, stevia 6g.
[Analysis]
The mechanism of this disease is also closely related to the time of the year and the season, because of the heavy humidity during the rainy season, coupled with the recent lack of rain and continuous sunny days, when dampness and heat will increase significantly.
Coupled with continuous work, often stay up late, so the yin deficiency fire, which led to the accelerated development to become serious.
At this point, you can't just reduce inflammation because it has become a complex disease mechanism that entraps phlegm and stasis before it swells.
The Truth About Toothaches: It's Not Just About the Teeth
Toothaches can be maddening, but it's often not as simple as a "broken" tooth. Here are some common causes of toothaches:
- Internal causes: staying up all night hurts the kidneys and inflames the fire.
Chinese medicine says "kidney main bone, tooth for the bone of the rest", long-term stay up late to hurt the kidney essence, kidney deficiency will be born false running fire, fire along the meridians to the teeth, causing toothache. - External factors: seasonal and lifestyle habits
If the dampness and heat are heavy in the rainy season, the spleen and stomach will be damaged if the diet is irregular (hungry and full, or messy eating). When the spleen and stomach are weakened, the dampness is in the body and turns into phlegm-dampness, together with the upper kidney deficiency and fire, it is easy to trigger toothache, swollen face, and even headache and distended eyes. - Breathing for tooth extraction
If the tooth in question is just too rotten to be fixed, or if the wisdom tooth is repeatedly inflamed, extraction may be the last resort. But more often than not, toothache is the "sick soil" of the body. When a tooth is extracted, the next tooth may suffer from pain, and may even cause facial neuralgia, otitis media, and other problems. So, if your body is not healthy after a tooth extraction, the problem will return.
What can moms learn?
- Don't rush to pull out your toothache, conditioning is more important
Toothache is most likely the body is alarming, extracting the tooth is only a temporary pain relief, can not cure the root. Just like that girl, she didn't have her teeth extracted, and she got better through traditional Chinese medicine and adjusting her lifestyle habits. - Daily nurturing is key
- Compliance with the season:Eat less cold and raw food and more light food to protect your spleen and stomach during the rainy season.
- Regular work and rest:Stay up less late, let your kidneys rest, and the fire will naturally come down.
- Eat and drink in moderation:Don't overeat. When the spleen and stomach are comfortable, dampness won't be sturdy.
Tips on proprietary Chinese medicines
If the toothache is related to dampness and heat, try it:
- Ichigo pills/granules/liquid
It is suitable for external wind-cold and internal dampness stagnation, which can relieve the surface and dissolve dampness, regulate qi and harmonize the middle. For example, it is good to use it to regulate poor spirit, bloated stomach and poor abdomen during the rainy season.- Liquid formulations:Quickly absorbed and suitable for quick relief from hot and humid sleepiness.
- Pills/Granules:The action is slow and deep, suitable for regulating the dampness in the intestines and stomach.
Advanced Perspectives for Chinese Medicine Listeners
From the Chinese medicine point of view, this girl's toothache was a result of body weakness coupled with wind and fire evil below the yangming meridian (yangming meridian governs the face and teeth). For treatment, I used the practice of clearing heat and removing toxins (Scutellaria baicalensis, Huanglian, etc.), dispersing wind and dispersing evils (Mentha piperita, Forsythia, etc.), resolving phlegm and dispersing phlegm (Knotting zeppelin, Peach kernel, etc.), and supporting the positive to dispel evils (Astragali, Radix et Rhizoma Ginseng, etc.). The whole formula regulates qi and blood, clears heat and toxins, and resolves phlegm and dampness, and the toothache naturally subsides.
Summarize: keep the "original teeth", from the beginning of conditioning
When you have a toothache, don't rush to pull out the tooth, how precious the original tooth is! Like the girl in the case, through physical conditioning, the toothache is better and the tooth is preserved. In your daily life, you should take care of your work and diet, follow the seasonal patterns, and nourish your spleen, stomach and kidneys, so that your toothache will naturally be far away from you.
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