06 March 2012

Cure for toothache


I must be one of the eldest wisdom-tooth problem sufferers in the world. 38 going 39 years old and still having the problem :(. Those who have experienced the pain before would know how unpleasant it is.

As I looked around for domestic cure, I suddenly remembered my late grandmother. She would have had come up with a solution for any ailments. When I was a little kid, her toothache remedy was the the bark of a mango tree (I still remember that particular mango tree). Pounded till the bark turned into a gooey green paste. Then she would rub it on my gum and filled up the hole on my tooth with it. I'd go to sleep and for some reason, after waking up the pain was always gone. Either that thing was really medicinal, or it was just psychological, it worked anyway.

I have a mango tree outside the house, but I just dare not try doing it 'without the supervision of an expert'. Who knows I might end up poisoning myself? So, *sigh*, I have to make do with gurgling with salt water, and rubbing lots of bonjella gel on my gum. I wish I was a child again, being tended to by grandmother...

3 comments:

Small Kucing said...

My hubi use bunga cengkih. Chew on the bunga cengkih and toothache gone. Myself i didnt try. Preferred to go dentist

Verone said...

Small Kucing- likewise, I dare not try :) Been to the clinic yesterday and the doc told me what i need is a dental surgery to remove the tooth...guess I have no choice :)

phoenix dental implants said...

Very possible indeed. I will suggest it to my friend.