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While of course if you have problems with your teeth for any length of time you should go to the dentist there are some times when you suddenly get a gnawing pain and toothaches strikes and it’s just impossible to visit a dentist. For the majority of people this is generally when they get problems with their teeth, when they cannot possibly do anything about it; however there is something you can do. The majority of people use herbs and spices in the kitchen and herbs are a great natural toothache remedy, here are some of the most common natural toothaches remedies and how to apply them in your situation.

The number one herb for the treatment of toothache and which almost everyone has in their kitchen is ground clove or clove oil. Take a ¼ teaspoon of olive oil and mix this with 2 to 3 drops of pure clove oil, soak a cotton ball in the mixture and place the cotton ball gently by the side of the tooth that is giving you pain. If you having trouble with a tooth right at the back then placing the cotton wool ball onto the tooth and biting down on it can help to ease the pain considerably. You can leave it there for as long as you need to but whatever you do don’t leave it in there while you sleep.

Activated charcoal is another firm favorite for toothache; this is something that can be found in most drugstores or in natural health food stores. Mix two teaspoons of the powder with enough water to form a paste, put the mixture on a piece of gauze or cotton wool ball and bite down on it.

If you have a jar of peanut butter and a clove of fresh garlic then you can mix the two and apply this mixture to the problem tooth, keeping it there until relief is felt.

1 tablespoon of common household salt can be mixed in ½ cup of boiled water and swilled around the mouth to ease pain caused by toothache.

Take a ginger root and shave off a small piece, chew it slowly and gently around the affected tooth, this will release the juices from the ginger root and greatly decrease the pain felt from the tooth.

Boil 5 grams of fresh peppermint and a pinch of common salt in 1 cup of water drink this and swill it around the affected tooth in order to ease the pain, this can also be successfully used as a mouthwash to help keep bacteria away if you have a cavity that needs filling.

A few drops of oil of oregano placed onto a ball of cotton wool or piece of gauze can greatly decrease a toothache.

Take some Hing – available at health food stores - powder and add a little lime juice, soak a cotton wool ball in the mixture and then place this on and around the problem tooth until the pain has eased, this can be used whenever the pain returns or until you can get to a dentist for further treatment.