How to Use a Tea Bag for a Tooth Abscess

Warm tea bag pulled some of the infection... Still painful but released the infection pressure.... Broken tooth exposed nerve.. Not in position to pay for a dentist... I have chronic epilepsy also and that's part of reason for broken teeth... Thank u for this remedy... My wife told me about it and I thought no way this will work but I have to give props to her, she was right.

This works. Earlier in the week an old filling came out of a bottom right molar and took a small piece of the tooth, too. I had some minor aches here and there but I knew something was up when my gums around it started getting red, etc. This morning I woke up with a swollen face and a lot of pain. I've had my share of dental issues in the past but I've never before had facial swelling much less the start of a small “golf ball”. I was freaking out because I don't have insurance right now and quite frankly it's the last thing I need right now (not that it's ever a good time but now really isn't! ) - and the facial swelling had me WORRIED. I decided to give this a try as a Hail Mary before I made the inevitable and dreaded call to an emergency dentist. I boiled water, steeped a black tea bag for 5 mins, and then laid down on the couch. Woke up an hour later with hardly any pain. I was shocked. I felt a very minor and faint pinch almost from within my tooth - hard to explain - and then had a slight weird taste in my mouth that I immediately tended to so clearly that was the infection itself within my tooth starting to drain. No dramatic bursting or anything crazy. I used a different tea bag each time and did it 2 more times today for about 30-45 mins each and will continue tomorrow. Now, tonight at 8:00, my swelling is almost totally gone. No pain. I don't think I'm 100% out of the woods just yet, but I know I'm well on my way. I feel so much better in more ways than one! So, yeah, it truly works and I'm so thankful and grateful that it did.

I have been battling with a couple abscesses on my top right gum for almost 2 weeks now. I had read about using a tea bag to help with the pain and extraction of the pus and blood. Today I finally tried it. My gum feels so much better already! I'm going to do it 2 more times today and for the rest of the week. Thank you for publishing this remedy.

Yes, the tea bag works 100%. Last night I was in so much pain I was seriously thinking about heading to the ER. I couldn't take it anymore. I thought OK, if this teabag thing doesn't work then I'm going in. I wet a black tea teabag and placed it on my gums and around the tooth that was causing the toothache. It started to relieve the pain right away. I laid down with the teabag still in place and fell asleep. I woke up about 4 hours later and was pain free. I took the tea bag out to rinse it and noticed that even without it there I wasn't in pain. It's been about an hour or so and I'm still pain free. This WORKS! It will get you by until you can get into your dentist. I tried just about everything I could think of last night and nothing worked like the teabag did.

What do you think pus is... it's infection. Using a warm teabag is best. It helps draw the infection to the surface and helps soften the tissue so it will rupture. I was without dental insurance for a year or two because the company I worked for was so small they didn't offer insurance. This is a life saver, literally. Had a friend almost die because of an abscess. As long as it ruptures above the skin/gum you should be fine. Just try not to push on it or anything unless u can see a white head at the surface, in that case you can lance it and the relief will be instant.... good luck.

My sure-fire natural remedy for tooth abcess is tea-bag. I am a low income person with no health insurance so I have become very inventive and creative. Last problem I had with abcess was to dip a herbal tea bag in distilled water...squeeze gently, snip off staple and string...wedge between affected tooth and gum....go to sleep..wake up and toxins are absorbed in bag...my infection was cleared the first time!

I just wanted to let you know that I had a horrible, throbbing lower rear tooth that had been bothering me for about a week! I think it was caused from getting a popcorn kernel stuck between my teeth in the gums! My tooth & gums felt really sore, but it caused my lower jaw to ache too. I took ibuprofin, tried the salt rinse and the hydrogen peroxide rinse too, but the pain would come back. I finally tried the tea bag treatment, and let it sit there for over a 1/2 hour each time. I did this about 4 times yesterday and a couple times today. It feels so much better! I couldn't believe it! It must've got the infection out of that tooth or gums. I'm going to keep doing it until it feels 100% better! The black tea bag treatment really works!!! Thanks for the information about doing it!!

I had a pretty nasty abscess in my gums right above a bridge I've had for a couple of years. It started off as a hard lump above the bridge and after 3 days the left side of my check was swollen, my ears and head hurt and I had a black left eye. I wasn't able to get to the dentist so I came to this site which has helped me before. Yesterday I placed a Chai Vanilla (for taste reasons only) teabag (dry) in my mouth at an hour at a time for 3 hours total. Around 10pm I placed another teabag in my mouth took some melatonin in the hopes of falling asleep. An hour later the abscess ruptured and some yellow, foul smelling pus along with lots of blood came out. I can't even tell you the immediate relief that I felt. It's now the next afternoon; I have no toothache, headache or ear ache. The swelling is pretty much gone. The side of my gum aches but not terribly. I plan to place another dry teabag in my mouth to make sure I've gotten all of the pus out. This really really works.

i had a very bad cavity for over a year. my filling fell out of one of my molars. i went through 12 aspirin and tube of oral gel and the pain would go away for about 10 minutes. last night i woke up @1am from the pain and saw that if you get a tea bag soak it in warm water for 15 seconds and wring it out place it on the tooth and gum and suck on it for about 10 or 15 minutes the pain goes right way. the taste is not the best so i don't recommend swallowing it and its kinda hard to spit out, but it works. thank you for all the info u give

Try DMSO 20% mixed with colloidal silver 80%. The DMSO will cause the silver to penetrate underneath the bridge and kill the infection. Swish for 20min and spit it out. Repeat until infection is gone.

I had a tooth extraction 7 days ago--and it got infected. Suffered pain for 7 days. Tried everything drug store had for pain but nothing worked. Finally tried tea bags --amazing results--it works--within 1 hour my pain started going away.

Just put on where the pain is and use 2-3 bags over 2-4 hrs - will cure swelling and pain.

Tea bag treatment for tooth abscess WORKS! I thought of going to the emergency room last night because the wisdom tooth pain was so bad.

I used a little warm tap water on a black tea bag, folded it in half (long ways) and placed it on top of the tooth and waited. Within a half hour the pain wasn't so bad within the hour I was saying Thank you! Did it again in the morning for a hour and all I can say is do it, you have nothing to lose but that Dam tooth ache.

Thanks again for the posts.

Had a abscess in pain for 3 days, I was taking penicillin and Tylenol + ibuprofen . Would only last 2 hours, in pain the rest of the time. Client told me try tea bag. Could not believe the difference!! Had no pain last night but woke up this morning with pain used the tea bags again, amazingly it worked again . Still swollen but slowly going down.

I will only post what I know to be fact (from practice not theory). I am posting about this only an hour after actually doing it. I read on another site that a regular tea-bag would "draw out the infection", I thought this was a bit vague and probably rubbish ... however pain will compel us to try almost anything right? After reading that "a build up of pressure will gradually increase pain and eventually lead to the puss taking the route of least resistance either into the mouth or into the jaw bone" ... that really worried me.

I soaked a regular tea-bag in cold water and gently held it in a bite against my molar for about 30mins ... this wasnt pleasant as it tastes bad and if juices from the tea-bag are swallowed it makes you gag. I persevered "just in case" this was going to help me. about 5 mins after removing the tea-bag (actually, I was giving up on the idea) .. sure enough I tasted blood and saw that the fluid under my tooth had found a way into my mouth and I was able to wash it away (there was alot of this foul fluid). I still have some pain as I type this, and I know I still have an infection and will still need dental treatment ... but I'm not worried about damage to my jaw bone now.

I don't know about "drawing the infection" (implying that this will CURE infection) but this method certainly drew out puss and blood from beneath my tooth, relieving pressure and reducing the pain considerably.

I am in alot of pain with this red and swollen gum I can't sleep or eat until I'm not hurting anymore I'm going to try this black tea see if will work I hope lord thx for the info.

I would use oregano oil just put it direct on the tooth 3 times a day and on the bottom of your feet before going to bed, I did that for 3 days when I was schedule to have a root canal done that was 4 yrs ago, you have to mix oregano oil with olive oil.

In response to the black tea and peppermint tea bags! They drew the infection and I no longer look like I have an egg stuck in my cheek/jaw! The pain is minimal, there is still swelling and pain but relief. I will continue and start putting garlic on it and hopefully get a good night's sleep! Thanks everyone! Whew.

I was in horrible pain. Molar and gum inflamed and swollen. I tried several other remedies mentioned but none of them worked. I read that a tea bag might help so used a warm wet black tea bag against the gum under that tooth. Right away it started feeling better. Used the tea bags about 3-4 times a day for at least 30 minutes but tried to keep it in longer. It reduced the pain & swelling till it was gone over a few days. In no way should this replace a dentist visit but if it's middle of the night and you're in tooth pain this just might help remove the pain until you can see the dentist.

I am now trying the teabag remedy.. will report what happen later.. been to a dentist today, was given antibiotics and painkillers to help relieve pain and swelling but my abscess is pushing it self out my gum to burst.. waiting patiently to see if the teabag will help it pop ..thanks for the review.

How much caffeine would someone using green tea as a poultice for an hour or more end up ingesting? If we steep green tea for 5 minutes we end up with about 20mg while the lethal dose appears to be in the several gram range. How much would we get by leaving the tea bag between the gum for an hour or more?

Any reason to worry?

I have a dental bridge that is very old but don't have insurance to see the dentist. I started with a terrible toothache last night and took numerous doses of ibuprofen. Got up this morning and my face is swollen under my left eye and face/tooth area extremely painful. I am trying the teabag....praying it gets under the opening of the bridge to the infection. Will update you with results. Thank you all for sharing your experiences.

Dear Cathey,

It sounds like the teeth are abscessed. You could try holding a garlic clove between your teeth until the burning stops. Garlic is a natural antibiotic. There are several encouraging posts here on EC about using a garlic clove for a tooth abscess. In fact, it was my first search and successful remedy from here.

Getting a waterpik waterflosser would help keep debris and slivers of food from getting caught under the the crowns. This should be done after every time you eat. Since the bridge is old this could have been going on for a long time so it's going to take awhile to heal. After you floss, swish with a cap full of peroxide with a little water for two minutes. Oil pulling three times an hour has been recommended here and would also help until that infection is gone. Good luck!

KT

Cindy, try clay paste or coconut oil. And yes, you could use them together.

What kind of teabags are you using? I just placed a detox teabag in my mouth in hope to get some relief.

It's black tea... not herbal "tea" which isn't tea. Only black tea.

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.

Cathay, besides whatever else you are doing, you can try rinsing often with diluted salt water.

A friend gave me 5 days of amoxicillian 500 mg. I took 2 on Monday morning and 1 every six hours (this is the 3rd day today). I tried the teabag, hot water soaks even tried ACV but no relief. Face is still very swollen. Back to putting the warm teabag on gum around tooth this morning but am wondering how will this infection come out? I am flat broke and know a dentist won't take me. Any info you can give me will be greatly appreciated. For two days I had a fever of 102 to 103 which seems to have broken. Help!!

I've been on antibiotics over 2 weeks, switching to new medications two days ago when I saw dentist had X-ray been googling everything known to man salt water rinse hydrogen peroxide rinse been doing Tylenol Motrin. The last 3 days it's double it size, it's tender as can be. My abscess is from lack of medical care for broken tooth for 3 years. It didn't bother me till now. Today I'm trying the tea bag and hope this golf ball size abscess decreases.

Thanks for the tip. I am having thr same issue but was using a heated tea bag and it isn't working.

Did the pus come from the tooth or gum?

Thank you for great info on tea bags. Abscesses are signs of teeth, root, dentin, gum infection, etc. I guess this could lead to heart disease from chronic bacteria growth. May I ask if your health is better now and have you discovered any new ways to fight off infections? Ex. I try and floss 1 hr per day, oil pull with different plant based oils, diet change, and extra vitamins supplements. Healthy blessings to you. Chris