Dental Care with Guava Leaves

For every individual dental care is very important. Nature gives us lots of herbs, plants and trees near us that can be helpful in keeping our health intact. A good health can help us lead a happy life. Coming to the topic, tooth care is very important not just to give a good smile at others but it also helps in keeping the organs healthy in the body. It is said that every tooth in our mouth is connected with several organs in the body. That is the reason why when we have any problem in our tooth, the symptoms are also seen in the form of pain in other parts of the body or atleast in the form of a head ache. We will not be able to continue with our day to day activities if we have a tooth ache.

Ayurveda is an ancient method of medicine practice that suggests various methods to take good care of the teeth. There are also many tooth pastes available as an outcome of an ayurvedic formula useful in eradicating germs in the teeth. Ayurveda mostly focus more on the prevention aspects than cure. So coming to the point, guava leaves are very good in providing a good care to the teeth. There are many other herbs available that are recommended for good dental care, however guava leaves plays a vital role in keeping the outer surface of the teeth rough thus fighting germs.

Methods to use Guava leaves for dental care

If you have guava plant growing in your house, that can be the best option for you to take care of your teeth. Below are some of the steps on how you can prepare an extract from guava leaves to take care of your teeth:

• Pick few clean and tender leaves from the guava plant.
• Wash the leaves thoroughly to remove the dust particles on the surface of the leaf if any.
• Cut the leaves into smaller pieces and place them in a bowl of water.
• Add 2 pinch of turmeric powder to the water.
• Boil the water with the leaves for around 10 to 15 mins until the extracts from the leaves are mixed with the water.
• You will see the water color completely changing.
• Once it is boiled fully, take the solution and let it cool till a moderate/bearable heat.
• Start gargling the solution in your mouth for quite some time.

The above process will help in now only killing the germs in the mouth but you will also have a rough feeling over your teeth and over your gums. This roughness helps in strengthening the teeth and also in fighting germs. Guava leaves can be used for dental care using the above mentioned method can be used even after you get tooth ache. It is not necessary that you have to do this as a preventative method. Another simple way some people follow will be to wash the leaves in hot water and let is boil in hot water for some time and fold the entire leaf and bite near the affected region. It is like folding and keeping a pan in your mouth without chewing it.

General advice for a good dental care is to use this method quite often to get better results. Please let me know the outcome of the above mentioned solution in the comments after using it.