Home treatment for mouth ulcer
- Dissolve one teaspoonful of salt in a cup of warm water and wash your mouth twice a day. If the mouth ulcer is fresh it bites.
- Wash your mouth twice a day with cold tea or salvia tincture. The latter provides antibacterial, healing and astringent effect. Cooled wet teabag applied to mouth ulcers also helps.
- Mix five drops of tea tree oil, three drops of lemon oil and 2 drops of myrrh oils with 2.5 teaspoons of grape stones oil. Apply to your mouth ulcers each 2 - 3 hours.
- Add one drop of tea tree oil, geranium oil and lavender oil to half of cup of water. Wash your mouth four times a day.
- Add a few drops on any of the above mentioned oils to a cup of water. Wash your mouth three times a day.
Myrrh is one of the old remedies, especially for the cases when the ulcers are caused by Candida albicans fungi. You can also wet a cotton swab with myrrh oil and apply at mouth ulcers. It is slightly bites but helps. Or mix one of the above mentioned oils with vodka or brandy and apply to mouth ulcers. Dill, mandarin and mint oils help too.
High doses of vitamin C together with bioflavonoids may help in the case when you eat unhealthy food. If the ulcers persist it is recommended to switch to the food with high content of C and B vitamins and flavonoids.
Sometimes mouth ulcer is caused by specific food. So if mouth ulcers don’t pass despite all home remedies applied than make corresponding test to know what food you should avoid.
Go to see your doctor to find out whether you have any serious illness to cause mouth ulcers. If no illness than you may use one of the numerous over counter medications. Their effectiveness may vary so try which one is the best for you. In serious cases doctors may administer a stronger medication. It may be amlexanox, local application of glucocorticoids, coagulating or cauterizing preparation. You may need to make tests to find out deeper reasons of the mouth ulcers.