Natural Pain Remedies for a Toothache

It is a searing, throbbing pain you wouldn’t wish on anyone. Your appointment with the dentist seems like light years away as you endure your toothache every minute – now it becomes every second. Not to worry – while you still haven’t met your dentist, you can give your aching tooth quick relief.

Below are some ways to give you guaranteed relief from that toothache:

• Visualization. Yes, this really helps neutralize the pain! Close your eyes, breathe deeply a few times, then imagine yourself swimming or floating in ice-cold water. Or if you live in a country  with four seasons, imagine yourself playing in the snow. Feel – really feel – the sensations of that moment. Let the cold of the water or the water pierce your skin and your muscles until you feel them numbing. Then feel this extreme cold rubbing your tooth and giving it relief. That should lessen your toothache. Repeat it as often as necessary.
• Cloves. If you are at home and you have these as one of the spices in your kitchen, you’re in luck! Place a few cloves between your tooth and your cheek. This is one of the very effective ways to give your toothache natural relief. Just chew the cloves a little to release their juice and leave them in your mouth for around 30 minutes. You will start feeling the pain lessen soon. As a variation, you can use clove oil if you have it but mix with a little water as it is quite strong. Rub the oil in the affected area.
• Activated charcoal. This is an arguably all-around natural relief for many pains and ailments, so best to stock up on this in your kitchen. Anyway, you can get this in a health food store. Mix a tablespoonful of activated charcoal powder with water until you form a paste. Apply the paste on a bit of gauze then bite down on the gauze using your affected tooth. Bite hard enough so that the paste will go around your tooth. Your toothache should diminish in around ten minutes.

So there you have it, some simple remedies that will certainly give you relief from that toothache!

If your toothache is really starting to bother you, it may be best to visit your dentist. Even if dentists do use drugs to make you feel better, they may also suggest other help suggest some natural pain remedies other than those in this article.

One other natural pain remedy for toothaches is a cold compress. Did you know that both pain and temperature are transmitted by the same type of nerves, which explains why using a cold compress helps stop the transmission of pain? Read more on cold therapy.

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