Medicinal plants, prepared in infusion or decoction, allow us to make a wide variety of homemade mouthwashes to care for your mouth and teeth on a daily basis, as well as specific mouthwashes to improve many of the problems and discomforts that affect the mouth.

The first defensive barrier of the immune system is located in the mouth, but lips, gums, tongue, teeth, palate and throat They are subject to constant wear, since we use them all the time: when chewing, when drinking, when breathing… In addition, external factors accuse us every day such as the lack of adequate hygiene, the presence of acids or the attack of viruses, bacteria or other pathogens.

Some oral problems cannot be cured without a mandatory visit to the dentist, such as dental cavities, periodontitis or pyorrhea (gingivitis aggravated by the source of bacterial infection), dental deformations or eruptions. However, Medicinal plants can be a solution, or a valuable support at least in some of the most common disorders that affect the mouth. They can be used in different ways, but mouthwash is perhaps one of the simplest and most practical.

Natural mouthwashes that you can make yourself

Here we have chosen some of the most effective plants to make mouthwashes that relieve or cure common oral discomfort. In fact, most of them can be used not only in rinsing, but also in ointments and other preparations for oral health care.

For your antiseptic, anti-inflammatory and analgesic action Many plants are useful for the most common oral conditions. In general they can be useful to improve various problemssuch as gingivitis, stomatitis (which includes ulcers, mouth sores or canker sores and inflammation of the gums, lips, mucosa of the palate or inside of the cheeks), the cold sore wave halitosis.

Due to their analgesic effect, some medicinal plants specifically allow you to relieve pain. toothache due to cavities. And others, with anti-inflammatory action, are helpful in glossitis and in inflammation of the oral mucosa and throat.

We will also propose to you some mixed formulas that combine several of the plantsbecause in this way we will take advantage of its properties even more effectively than separately and we will be able to treat common problems such as gingivitis or inflammation of the gums or relieve toothache.