How to deal with toothache caused by tooth decay in children

Many children love to eat sweet foods such as candy, but this kind of food is very harmful to children. If you eat candy for a long time, it is likely to cause tooth decay. Tooth decay is very painful. As the saying goes: toothache is not a disease, but it is really painful. Children need to endure tremendous pain at a young age, so we must try our best to help them relieve the pain. Let's learn about what to do if children have tooth decay and toothache.

1. Dietary self-therapy

(1) Boil 100 grams of mung beans and 15 grams of licorice in water, remove the residue, eat the beans and drink the soup, twice a day, one dose per day.

(2) Boil 1 pig kidney, a little salt, and 15 grams of Drynaria fortunei in water, eat the meat and drink the soup, 1 dose per day. It is used for those suffering from kidney deficiency, floating teeth, hidden toothache, which is prone to occur after fatigue.

(3) Take an appropriate amount of brown sugar and a handful of buckwheat roots, decoct in water, and take it in several doses. Used to treat toothache in children.

(4) Boil appropriate amount of pork and 30 grams of fresh water celery root in water and take it in several doses.

(5) 100 grams of fresh ginger and 500 grams of loofah. Wash the fresh loofah and cut it into sections. Wash the fresh ginger and slice it. Add two leaves to water and boil for 3 hours. Drink soup twice a day. This prescription is used to treat swollen and painful gums, dry mouth and nose, and bleeding nasal membranes (nosebleeds). It has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, reducing swelling and relieving pain.

2. External treatment and self-therapy

(1) Add Yunnan Baiyao powder to hot water and mix it into a thin paste. Apply it directly to the cavities and gums.

(2) Use a pain-relieving tooth powder made of angelica dahurica, cloves, asarum, galangal and borneol to stuff into the gaps between teeth.

(3) Take a few Liushen Pills, place them in the cavity, and bite down on them to relieve the pain.

(4) Cut a piece of ginger and bite it on the painful area. Repeat if necessary to relieve the pain.

(5) Grind appropriate amounts of camphor and borneol into a fine powder, apply it to the area of ​​toothache, and ask the patient to inhale it to relieve the pain.

(6) Take 10 lychees, stuff a little salt into their flesh, simmer until dry, grind into powder, and rub on the painful area.

(7) Take 120 grams of aged vinegar and 30 grams of Sichuan peppercorns, boil for 10 minutes, and hold in your mouth for 3-5 minutes after it becomes moist and spit out (do not swallow). This can relieve toothache.

(8) Take a small amount of salt, dissolve it in an appropriate amount of clean water, and hold it in your mouth until you feel the saltiness. The effect will be seen in 3-5 minutes.

The above content introduces what to do if children have tooth decay and toothache. We can use the above methods to effectively treat our children's toothache. We should also do a good job of prevention for children who have not developed major tooth decay. The main cause of children's tooth decay is excessive consumption of sugar, which must attract the attention of parents.