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Peppermint and salt for Toothache and mouth pain

To ease toothache or other mouth pain, make a tea by boiling 5g of fresh peppermint in 1 Cup of water and adding a little salt.
Peppermint is an antiseptic and contains menthol, which relieves pain when applied to skin surfaces

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Woooo Comments By: Emily on 2009-01-10

Less than 25 minutes ago i was in complete agony from my tooth/gum.. on the off chance this would work.. tried it and although the pains not completely gone, its lessoned dramatically.. Yay

Peppermint tea Comments By: Kel on 2010-02-11

Do you drink it or swill it? I admit being a little concerned at drinking salt!

will try holding it for now :)