Mama's Mouth Ulcer Remedy
photo by CandyTX
- Ready In:
- 1min
- Ingredients:
- 2
- Serves:
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1
ingredients
directions
- Wet a cotton swab (q-tip) and dip it into a container of alum.
- Apply alum to the ulcer in your mouth.
- DO NOT swallow! It will taste awful.
- I just hold the lip as far out as I can and then rinse the alum off. It only needs to be on there for a few seconds.
- Now get something to get the nasty taste out of your mouth! You deserve it.
- It might taste like he double hockey sticks but it works like heaven. Your pain will be GONE!
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Reviews
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If you get frequent canker sores, there's a good chance it's your toothpaste. The sulfates used to make the foam can cause them in those predisposed. After reading this in a magazine (I think Ladies Home Journal), I swtiched to Toms' of Maine sulfate free with fluoride about 8 years ago. I have only suffered a canker sore a handful of times since then from too much acidy foods. I used to get them almost every month since I was a kid. My dentist suggested I use ACT Restoring, too. I haven't had a cavity in almost 4 years, and he said I have one of the best set of teeth out of all his patients. <br/><br/>Alum is great in the short term, but look into changing toothpastes for long term relief. I get it at Whole Foods. Make sure to get the right one because Tom's makes lots of kinds.
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As an immunocompromised mom, I'm always looking for tips for myself and my family to minimize the 'extra' chemicals in our environment. I've gotten ulcers since I was a kid, but now I get huge (dime-sized!) ones that can take 7-15 days to heal, even with 3-4x daily salt treatments or whiskey treatments. I mentioned this to my doc and he said it is safe, and I now have a jar stocked, ready for the next round of painful buggers! =)
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I've used this before but I had forgotten about it. My son gets these now and then and really couldn't find anything at the drug store to help. Only things I have been able to find was a cream for the outside of the mouth. Thanks for posting. I wish I could find more of these remedies somewhere. The old fashioned homemade remedies my grandmom use to make always worked.
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Mamas Kitchen Hope
Brenham, Texas
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