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Kate (Scotland) on 07/22/2017
5 out of 5 stars

I had a large tooth abscess which was getting larger very quickly, causing swelling to my face and a lot of discomfort. I tried gargling salt water a few times which slightly helped but then the abscess would grow more. I read about the black teabag trick and applied a warm teabag to the abscess for around 15 minutes. During this time I pressed and squeezed the bag against my sore gum.

To my complete shock when I removed the teabag it was covered in blood and pus which it had extracted from my mouth. The abscess was totally drained, swelling reduced quickly and next day the absess was completely gone.

I did not require any other treatment at all- literally 15 mins of he teabag had cured my abscess. Please please try this if you have a similar problem, I can recommend highly enough. Natural remedy are the best! :)

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Replied By Joni (New Jersy) on 01/24/2018

Does it hurt at first? Cause mine is killing me with the tea bag on.
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Replied By Sam (Atlanta GA) on 04/23/2022

I put one of those fancy Starbucks tea bags over mine. It was black tea. Earl grey. And it started to hurt. So I immediately took it off.
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Replied By Scorp (Iowa) on 10/06/2022

I am currently dealing with a gum boil/abscess by a broken tooth...I got a lot of pus out today from the tea bag method, so I am going to keep it up. Thank you for posting this.
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Replied By Maryann (Sayre PA) on 02/05/2023

I read all the comments while I sit here with an abscess. I'm trying the tea bag method and now the swelling is going down after the first try. Thank you all for all your comments cause I tried everything and this is the only thing that works.
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