Mouth ulcers — painful white sores on tongue and cheeks.
Also known as: mouth ulcer · muh ke chhale · मुँह के छाले · mukhpak · मुखपाक · canker sores
Food Remedies
Main remedy
Honey with turmeric applied to ulcers. Coconut oil swishing soothes and heals. Dab pure ghee on the ulcer; also a teaspoon in warm milk at night. Honey applied on the ulcer three times a day. Rinse the mouth with cooled coriander decoction.
Dab pure ghee on the ulcer; also a teaspoon in warm milk at night.
Traditional
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शहद · Honey
Honey applied on the ulcer three times a day.
Traditional
CautionNever give honey to a baby under one year — the risk is infant botulism. This rule has no exceptions.
धनिया · Coriander
Rinse the mouth with cooled coriander decoction.
Traditional
हल्दी · Turmeric
A pinch of haldi in warm salt water, swished slowly and spat out, three times a day. Do not swallow it as a gargle — and dab the ulcer itself with honey after.
Traditional
CautionThe amount used in cooking is safe. In tablet or extract form it does not go with blood-thinning medicines. Avoid larger amounts if you have gallstones. Stop before surgery.
नारियल का तेल · Coconut oil
Warm coconut oil rubbed gently into the scalp or affected skin at night and washed off in the morning.
Traditional
गुलाब · Rose
Rinse with rose water four times a day, and suck a little gulkand.
Traditional
शहतूत · Mulberry
Hold mulberry juice in the mouth and swallow slowly, three times a day.
Traditional
On this page Documented — There are human studies behind this ingredient for this particular complaint. Traditional — Carried by tradition and experience; modern evidence for this particular complaint is limited.
All of this is what others have found — tradition, shared experience and the studies done so far. It is not advice given to any one person. Before changing your diet, and especially if you take any medicine, ask your dietician or doctor.
Naturopathy
Rinse with cool salt water four times daily; nothing spicy or hot.
Weekly fruit day; adequate sleep.
Foods that help
घी · Gheeशहद · Honeyहल्दी · Turmericनारियल का तेल · Coconut oilधनिया · Corianderगुलाब · Roseशहतूत · Mulberry
Limit these
मसालेदार भोजन · Spicy foods
Pick what's in your kitchen and see which remedy fits you best.
Bhojanveda
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