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Ayurveda for Healthy Teeth

Ayurveda offers a variety of ways to keep the fire element) should
your teeth healthy, strong, and beautiful, use silver, and kapha types

which have been practiced for thousands (high in the earth and
of years. In ancient times, ayurvedic water elements) should

dentists used these techniques to manage use a copper tongue
cavities, plaque, gingivitis, infections, scraper. But a stainless-
and deformities of the mouth. They used steel tongue scraper is

traditional plant-based formulas in place good for everyone.
of antibiotics, chewed on herbal sticks,

and used medicated oils to strengthen Toothbrushing
the mouth, gums, and teeth. You’ll Since the mid-1930s,
find some of these wonderful holistic the Western idea of

remedies described below, which offer toothbrushing has
a less expensive, more natural, and self- evolved into applying

loving approach to taking care of our any one of several
teeth. chemical toothpastes

onto a toothbrush made
Tongue Scraping of nylon bristles on a

Soon after getting up and before plastic molded handle.
brushing, the tongue should be scraped. The American Dental

This clears the toxins and bacteria from Association (ADA)
the tongue, removes the coating causing recommends replacing

bad breath, and stimulates digestion. brushes every 3 months
The tongue contains an entire map of the or so. This has resulted
body organs, so scraping it is like giving in staggering numbers of

all your internal organs a lovely and toothbrushes ending up in
gentle massage. The texts recommend our landfills.

using 7 to 14 strokes from back to front.
Vata-type constitutions (high in the air As per Ayurveda, several
and ether elements) should use a gold different kinds of sticks

tongue scraper, while pitta types (high in taken from medicinal
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