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Jaw / TMJ pain

Jaw/TMJ pain — clicks on chewing, stress clenching.

Food Remedies

Main remedy
Eat soft for a week (khichdi, dal, banana), warm compress on the joint, turmeric milk at night, and stop gum-chewing — the jaw muscle resets.
नरम खिचड़ीहल्दी
नरम खिचड़ी · Soft khichdi
Moong khichdi with ghee rests the joint while feeding fully.
Traditional
हल्दी · Turmeric
Half tsp in warm milk nightly.
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.
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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.

Foods that help

हल्दी · Turmericदूध · Milkघी · Gheeनरम खिचड़ी · Soft khichdiकेला · Banana

Limit these

च्युइंग गम · Chewing gumबहुत सख़्त भोजन · Very hard food

Exercises

Jaw exercisesAt home, with no equipmentControlled openingChin tuckSide of neck stretchSee how, with figures

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