Children often have toothaches, which can be relieved by doing this

Children's habit of eating sweets and snacks, coupled with not paying attention to brushing their teeth over time, will cause toothache. Patients with toothache should use cold compresses, brushing teeth, cleaning teeth, ice compresses, etc. for daily care. Children's teeth should also be brushed in the morning, noon and evening to prevent toothache from worsening.

How to relieve toothache in children

1. Brush your teeth with tooth powder

Brush your teeth after lunch and dinner every day, brush your teeth with tooth powder in the morning, and rinse your mouth with warm water.

2. Cold compress

Apply a cold, wet towel or ice pack or ice cubes to the cheek near the toothache area. Do it for about 15 minutes each time, 3-4 times a day, to relieve pain. The quickest way to relieve toothache is to use Pafuo Toothache Spray. Just spray it gently and the toothache will be relieved in one minute.

3. If a child has toothache, you can use cooler foods to relieve the child’s inflamed gums.

This can divert the child's attention and reduce his or her pain. Food options include frozen bananas, carrots, etc.

4. Pinch the Hegu point

Pinching the Hegu point (where the thumb and index finger bones intersect) with your fingernails or fingertips can relieve or eliminate toothache. If you have toothache on the left side, pinch the right Hegu point; if you have toothache on the right side, pinch the left Hegu point.

5. Ginger moxibustion

1 slice of fresh ginger and 2-3 pieces of moxa. Cut fresh ginger slices into the size of a five-cent coin, place them on the Hegu point or the toothache point (the 3rd and 4th metacarpal bones on the palm, 1 inch away from the palm print), put the moxa stick on the ginger slices, and apply moxibustion for 2-3 times. For toothache on the left side, apply moxibustion to the right side acupoints; for toothache on the right side, apply moxibustion to the left side acupoints. If the pain still persists, you can apply moxibustion on the cheek car, Xiaguan, and Sizhukong points at the same time. For maxillary toothache, you can also use Sibai, while for mandibular toothache, you can use Chengjiang.

5. Diet therapy

100 grams of mung beans, 1 egg, and appropriate amount of rock sugar. Mash the mung beans, wash them with water, put them in a pot, add appropriate amount of water, put in rock sugar, and cook until the mung beans are cooked. Beat the eggs into the mung bean soup, stir well, and take it all at once after it cools down a little. Take it for 2-3 days in a row.