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Brendan (Adelaide, South Australia) on 02/07/2026
Initially when I tried the garlic I chewed it up and the taste was so strong it was very hard to keep it in my mouth as it burned and I didn't seem to get any relief. I continued through the list and tried oils pulling with black seed oil and castor oil, chewed a couple of cloves and made Clove tea, rinsed and soaked the tooth in diluted hydrogen peroxide, and basically tried everything in my cupboard that I thought might fight the infection and inflamation. None of it helped.
I finally gave up and got ready to drive to hospital, but before I left I sliced a single Clove of garlic length ways down the middle and placed it between my cheek and the affected tooth and gum. I did this hoping id get the benefit of the juice from the cut side, while avoiding burning the hell out of my inner cheek. It worked! By the time I reached the hospital at 4am the pain had almost completely disappeared and I turned around and drove home. I slept with a new half clove of garlic tucked in the same spot and got a good 4hrs sleep before my kids woke me up. Im not entirely pain free but the pain is very minimal and compared to last night its nothing. I'm planning to keep a few sliced garlic ready to use throughout the day. If I can make it to Monday I at least avoid the cost of an emergency dentist.
This is the first time I've posted here but I'm so grateful to have found this community many years ago. Its helped me so many times.
Marshagail (Southern U.S.) on 12/25/2023
Ben (London) on 07/31/2023
It was getting really painful so I did some research and found this website and tried raw garlic. I sliced a clove into thin slices to avoid burning my mouth and put one slice at a time between my teeth and chewed it then held the crushed garlic in my mouth as long as I could before spitting it out. Probably five to ten minutes. I took about two cloves this way over the course of two hours. It worked very well, the pain went to zero, but I had garlic burns on my mouth and tongue. I didn’t really mind the burns, the pain relief was so good. Next day I used the same slicing method but I tried putting half a teaspoon of honey in my mouth before the garlic slice to reduce the heat. It worked really well. I also tried (separately not together) olive oil, coconut oil and water. They all worked to reduce the heat and the burning of the garlic. I also started swallowing the garlic/honey or garlic/oil mixture after holding it in my mouth a while. After two days of taking four cloves a day in this way the pain was gone and didn’t come back. I was so happy that I got rid of pretty severe pain from a gum infection naturally.
Mary (Arizona) on 12/18/2022
I chewed on a piece of garlic as long as I could. When it started burning I just let the garlic juice sit in my mouth on the toothache side. Then I spit it out. I had no pain! Thank God for this remedy!!
Servant (Virginia) on 01/08/2022
At that point I checked on EC and read about using garlic. I placed a small clove directly against the gum in a very painful area. It burnt for the first 3 or 4 minutes but then I was able to leave the garlic there for about 20 minutes.
With just one application of garlic, there was a noticeable relief from the tenderness and pain. I repeated the garlic clove application a few more times that day and then again the following day and was elated that the inflammation was completely gone over the entire left side of my face. I am so thankful for Earth Clinic and so thankful that our Creator gave us all of these natural cures.
Katzie (Calgary ) on 05/19/2021
I just wanted to chime in here with what I use to stop the delicate gum from being in contact with garlic, to stop the burn - I simply slice the clove to the size I want, and leave the skin on for the gum side! Easy-peasy.
Stefanie (Rome, Ny ) on 04/09/2018
Ami (Andalusia, Alabama ) on 01/13/2018
Ar (Encino, Ca) on 12/30/2017
I noticed a difference right away, but especially after second day, however my skin was also raw from the contact. I've dropped it down to 1/4 clove chewed for about 20 seconds at night only. I feel no pain at all. I might start stretching out to every other day. Thanks EC.
Shelley (Dallas, Texas) on 10/26/2017
