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Your complete solutions and treatment to Bad Breath (Halitosis) by Ultimate-Cosmetics.com

“Call it bad breath or halitosis; it’s an acutely unpleasant situation that’s the real reason for embarrassment. Many of us with bad breath aren’t even aware there’s a real problem.”

Home Remedies, Herbs, Home Care to cure Bad Breath

You can use commercially available breath fresheners or mouth washes for temporary relief from bad breath. However, most of them are temporary and act by masking the smell producing layers of tongue, once the effect wears off, the bad breath will resurface with renewed vigor.

Using anti-bacterial mouth rinses may provide you better results in controlling bad breath. Always avoid alcohol containing mouth rinses as alcohol is a drying agent and will worsen the problem sooner or later.

Acute bad breath may be temporarily controlled by using a hydrogen peroxide rinse in your mouth. Hydrogen peroxide at a minute concentration of 1.5% can be taken as an oral antiseptic by gargling 10 ml, for a few minutes.

Hydrogen peroxide is commonly available at a concentration of 3% and should be diluted to 1.5% by mixing it with an equal volume of water.

Hydrogen peroxide is a powerful oxidizer which kills most bacteria, including useful aerobic bacteria.

Evidence suggests the most effective products are generally unavailable in drugstores and usually found on the internet pharmacies.

Top of the brand home breath tests and antibacterial rinses, toothpastes, gums, mints, and tongue gels are always costlier like any premium product; but unlike the well-known inexpensive brand names, they can really control your problem to a marked degree.

However, you need to be extra cautious in finding remedies on internet as there are chances of you getting ripped off for a higher price or you may not simply find the right medication. In such cases, you will have to do trial and error exercises to find the best pharmacy.
 
Never forget to brush your teeth after meals and a regular flossing at least once in a day will remove putrefying food debris from between the teeth, especially at the gum line and posterior of the tongue.

Gently cleaning the tongue surface twice daily with a tongue brush, tongue scraper or tongue cleaner will help you keep your tongue and teeth in good shape and health.

Alternatively, you can also use an inverted teaspoon to scrap the surface of your tongue. Tooth brush will not work well in scraping the back of your tongue as the bristles will not reach the back parts of your tongue. Be careful to avoid scraping the V-shaped row of taste buds found at the extreme back of the tongue. Brushing a small amount of antibacterial mouth rinse or tongue gel onto the tongue surface will further inhibit bacterial action.

Since a dry mouth can increase bacterial buildup and cause or worsen bad breath, chewing sugarless gum can help with the production of saliva, and thereby help to reduce bad breath. Some gums, toothpastes, sprays, and gels which combat dry mouth for several hours have recently been marketed over the counter.

Maintain water levels in the body by drinking several glasses of water a day. Adding lemon juice to your water is refreshing and also beneficial. Parsley is a natural breath freshener when chewed slowly, and is easy to grow at home.

Some studies have shown eating yoghurt, drinking green tea, or chewing cinnamon or sugarless cinnamon gum can also reduce bad breath.

Simple Home Remedies to Cure Bad Breath

Though the use of home remedies to cure bad breath is yet to be scientifically proved, the extent of bad breath can definitely be reduced by using some of the home remedies available right in your home.

Here are some tips and suggestions to help you out in reducing your bad breath.

Most common herbals to reduce bad breath

1. Parsley (Petroselinum sativum): It has been used to correct bad breath traditionally to minimize odors associated with garlic and onion intake. Eat fresh as dried parsley is not effective.

2. Sage (Salvia officinalis): It is used for sore throat and gingivitis; it dries excess secretion such as mucus from sinus infection.

3.Thyme (Thymus vulgarus): It used as a mouth rinse to kill fungus, bacteria and virus, strong antiseptic, good for colds and flu.

4. Clove (Eugenia aromaticum) It is good for bad breath caused by rotting food in mouth, used in old time mouth wash and powders, herb can be drying.

5. Myrrh (Commiphora molmol): It is used for bad breath, infections of mouth, teeth, throat and sinus, long history of use for gum disease and toothache.

6. Echinacea, Purple Coneflower or Snake root(E. angustifolia, E. purpurea, E. pallida, and E. tennessiensi): This herb besides helping to boost the immune system also increases salivation, and act as a mouth rinse. It has been used for sore throat and gingivitis.

7. Wild Indigo (Baptisia tinctora): It is good for sore throat, mouth and gum abscess, good mouthwash and stimulates immune system.
 
8. Spilanthes, Toothache plant (Spilanthes oleracea):This herb is antifungal and antibacterial, it good for thrush, pyorrhea, gingivitis and toothache.

9. Frankincense (Boswellia carterii):This herb is antibacterial, used topically for sores, increases circulation, used for toothache.

10. Goldenseal, Oregon Grape and Barberry are good topical lotions for mouth rinse and sore throat infections.

11. Chew some cardamom seeds to sweeten your breath. The aromatic flavor in cardamom is a breath freshener.

12. Add 1 lemon juice with some sugar and salt to a glass of water and drink it often.

13. Parsley is a great food to neutralizer. Its leaves are rich in chlorophyll, nature's own deodorizer. Chew some leaves for fresh breath.

14. Tea made from Fenugreek (methi) seeds is also beneficial in bad breath and bad odor.

15. Mix three parts of peppermint leaves with two parts of water. Grind in blender until solution is thick. Gargle one cup of the solution everyday for one week. Each day your breath will get better. Make fresh concoction every other day.

16. A cleaned colon will often alleviate bad breath.

17. Chew some chlorophyll rich leaves such as parsley.

18. Eating natural supplements of calcium, C vitamins, B-complex and myrrh everyday will help you reduce bad breath

19. To merely cover odor, chew cloves, drink peppermint tea, eat parsley, take chlorophyll, or gargle with barberry tea.

20. Chew food well and drink water between meals to aid in digestion.

21. Take acidophilus or chew uemboshi plums to improve intestinal health.

22. Chewing a very green Guava fruit will help you reduce the intensity of bad breath.

23. Chewing a Green cardamom after meals and during eating breaks will also help reduce the bad effects of bad breath.

Top Ten Worst Home Remedies you can adopt for Bad Breath!

1. Excessive use of mouthwash: Use this at your own peril! It produces a dirty tissue that is much worse than what your present condition.

2. Breath mints and flavors: A pleasing smelling mouth doesn't mean that you have a healthy mouth. Excessive use of mints may create a fertile breeding ground for bad bacteria.

3. Chewing gum: Chewing gum does increase salivary juice flow, but only masks bad breath and the effect are just cursory. Try drinking water throughout the day instead, which keeps you in good health as well.

4. Chewing tobacco: Smokeless tobacco is a health hazard and causes gums to dissolve and increases the chance of losing the material that hold your teeth in firmness, and above all causes oral cancer.

5. Infomercial Items: Only use items that have the Seal of Approval from an authority. Never use any items with out any quality certificate.

 6. Vodka, martinis or whiskey: Alcohol is a drying agent and may further increase the problem by making your mouth too dry.

 7. Brushing with cleanser: Many chemicals used in your home are poisonous and should not be used for brushing your teeth.

 8. Intestinal cleansing methods: Bad breath never originates from the stomach or intestine. It is your mouth that produces bad odor due to putrefaction of leftover food.

9. Rinsing with kerosene: It is stupid! Instead eat fire!

10. Tongue piercing: Very dangerous habit! It creates laceration and wounds. Further it harbors dangerous bacteria in your mouth. It also increases your mouth odor.