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Hi, just thought I would like to share a few things that helped me immensely when I had all my lower teeth removed 4 weeks ago.
As a trained naturopath (I no longer practice but did for many years) I have always preferred alternative remedies, so a few weeks before surgery I began my routine.
I took vitamin c in powder form twice day. You can also eat lots of food with vitamin c, such as oranges or orange juice, broccoli, tomato, papaya, kiwi fruit. The gums need vitamin c to make them strong (many years ago when I had all my upper teeth out, my dentist refused to extract them and sent me home to drink 4 or 5 glasses or orange juice a day. It took 2 weeks before he saw an improvement and was willing to go ahead!) Note: vitamin c is not stored in the body and any we do get is depleted by cigarette smoke, pollution, stress and many cooking and storage methods. It tends to remain in the body for no more than 3 or 4 hours and is then lost in urine, so what it hasn't done within that time, it doesn't get a chance to do!
I also took 2 B complex tablets - 1 with breakfast and 1 with my evening meal. The body doesn't store vitamin B either, it only remains inthe body for about 8 hours. Without it, we tend to get stressed, suffer insomnia, and muscles cramp up. I ensured my b complex also contained magnesium as this helps both the absorption of the b vitamins, and the stress - which we all feel leading up to the big day.
For 2 days before surgery, I took homeopathic arnica pillules (tablets that dissolve under the tongue) 3 times a day. Arnica is used for injury, aches and sprains, trauma, and is especially good to avoid bruising. I also bought an arnica spray, as I doubted I would want something dissolving under my tongue after surgery and wanted to keep getting it into me for a few days afterwards.
On the day of surgery, the first thing I reached for was my Rescue Remedy. For those who don't know about this little gem, it is a combination of Bach flower remedies that you simply squirt (or drop) under your tongue, and it's simply amazing! It's for trauma and fear, and is a fast-acting calmative. You can take it as often as you want - it will do you no harm, and frankly I never go anywhere without it. I was delighted to also find that it is now also produced as a lip balm, and since I doubted the surgeon would be very impressed if I suddenly shouted "hold everything, I need to take some rescue remedy!" I took it along to put on my lips before going into the theatre.
I took Olive Leaf in a spray, because it's an excellent antibacterial, and while I'd been taking colloidal silver for a week, I still wanted to be certain I killed any bacteria that might be in my mouth following surgery - with open wounds in the mouth, you can't be too careful, and a spray is ideal for post-surgery.
Well, I came through the surgery without ANY pain, without ANY bruising, and without ANY infection. If it hadn't been for the anaesthetic after-effects (just a bit wobbly) I felt like I could have cleaned the house, tackled the garden and then had a night on the town! (But I did none of them, I went to bed and slept like a baby for 12 hours!)
For a week after surgery, I did as instructed and rinsed my mouth with warm salt water every 2 hours, but I also added a few extras to the salt water. I sprayed some Olive Leaf into it, added a few drops of tea tree oil (also excellent for disenfecting) and believe it or not, I included a capful of Scotch Whiskey! Now, this isn't a naturopathic remedy, lol, but it's what dentists used in the 1800's to numb and disinfect the gums prior to extraction. I'd heard that if you do get any pain after extraction, soak a cotton ball in a bowl of scotch whiskey and drip it on the extraction site and it will numb AND disenfest the area. The day after surgery I did get a slight ache where a very large wisdom tooth with a long root had been extracted, so I tried it. It worked instantly! That was the one and only pain I had - all 30 seconds of it.
By the way, my 2 hourly rinse tasted delicious, lol!
If I sound like a hypochondriac, lol - I'm not. But like most of you, I AM a dental-phobic and it took me over a year to work up the courage to get the extractions. I may have gone a bit "overboard", but I wasn't taking any chances - I wanted to be sure I came through it with as little suffering as possible. And I DID!
The surgeon had previously warned me that I'd be "out of action" for at least 2 weeks, and that I'd probably have bruising and pain. He prescribed 2 very strong painkillers and instructed me to take them 3 times a day. I took NO painkillers, I was back to my normal routine the day AFTER surgery, and when I returned for my surgeon's check up 2 weeks later he was very impressed at how well my gums had healed. He asked me about the pain and bruising and was amazed to hear that I'd experienced only a brief ache at the wisdom tooth site. Of course, I didn't tell him about the Scotch Whiskey, wink.
The other technique I used was astrology - but I'll do another post for that because it might get a bit long. (Longer than this?? Impossible, lol!)
I hope at least some of this helps someone else. All the things I've mentioned (except the whiskey) are available at health food shops, and many pharmacies also sell rescue remedy, vitamins and homeopathic remedies. If you have any questions, please just ask.
Good luck.
As a trained naturopath (I no longer practice but did for many years) I have always preferred alternative remedies, so a few weeks before surgery I began my routine.
I took vitamin c in powder form twice day. You can also eat lots of food with vitamin c, such as oranges or orange juice, broccoli, tomato, papaya, kiwi fruit. The gums need vitamin c to make them strong (many years ago when I had all my upper teeth out, my dentist refused to extract them and sent me home to drink 4 or 5 glasses or orange juice a day. It took 2 weeks before he saw an improvement and was willing to go ahead!) Note: vitamin c is not stored in the body and any we do get is depleted by cigarette smoke, pollution, stress and many cooking and storage methods. It tends to remain in the body for no more than 3 or 4 hours and is then lost in urine, so what it hasn't done within that time, it doesn't get a chance to do!
I also took 2 B complex tablets - 1 with breakfast and 1 with my evening meal. The body doesn't store vitamin B either, it only remains inthe body for about 8 hours. Without it, we tend to get stressed, suffer insomnia, and muscles cramp up. I ensured my b complex also contained magnesium as this helps both the absorption of the b vitamins, and the stress - which we all feel leading up to the big day.
For 2 days before surgery, I took homeopathic arnica pillules (tablets that dissolve under the tongue) 3 times a day. Arnica is used for injury, aches and sprains, trauma, and is especially good to avoid bruising. I also bought an arnica spray, as I doubted I would want something dissolving under my tongue after surgery and wanted to keep getting it into me for a few days afterwards.
On the day of surgery, the first thing I reached for was my Rescue Remedy. For those who don't know about this little gem, it is a combination of Bach flower remedies that you simply squirt (or drop) under your tongue, and it's simply amazing! It's for trauma and fear, and is a fast-acting calmative. You can take it as often as you want - it will do you no harm, and frankly I never go anywhere without it. I was delighted to also find that it is now also produced as a lip balm, and since I doubted the surgeon would be very impressed if I suddenly shouted "hold everything, I need to take some rescue remedy!" I took it along to put on my lips before going into the theatre.
I took Olive Leaf in a spray, because it's an excellent antibacterial, and while I'd been taking colloidal silver for a week, I still wanted to be certain I killed any bacteria that might be in my mouth following surgery - with open wounds in the mouth, you can't be too careful, and a spray is ideal for post-surgery.
Well, I came through the surgery without ANY pain, without ANY bruising, and without ANY infection. If it hadn't been for the anaesthetic after-effects (just a bit wobbly) I felt like I could have cleaned the house, tackled the garden and then had a night on the town! (But I did none of them, I went to bed and slept like a baby for 12 hours!)
For a week after surgery, I did as instructed and rinsed my mouth with warm salt water every 2 hours, but I also added a few extras to the salt water. I sprayed some Olive Leaf into it, added a few drops of tea tree oil (also excellent for disenfecting) and believe it or not, I included a capful of Scotch Whiskey! Now, this isn't a naturopathic remedy, lol, but it's what dentists used in the 1800's to numb and disinfect the gums prior to extraction. I'd heard that if you do get any pain after extraction, soak a cotton ball in a bowl of scotch whiskey and drip it on the extraction site and it will numb AND disenfest the area. The day after surgery I did get a slight ache where a very large wisdom tooth with a long root had been extracted, so I tried it. It worked instantly! That was the one and only pain I had - all 30 seconds of it.
By the way, my 2 hourly rinse tasted delicious, lol!
If I sound like a hypochondriac, lol - I'm not. But like most of you, I AM a dental-phobic and it took me over a year to work up the courage to get the extractions. I may have gone a bit "overboard", but I wasn't taking any chances - I wanted to be sure I came through it with as little suffering as possible. And I DID!
The surgeon had previously warned me that I'd be "out of action" for at least 2 weeks, and that I'd probably have bruising and pain. He prescribed 2 very strong painkillers and instructed me to take them 3 times a day. I took NO painkillers, I was back to my normal routine the day AFTER surgery, and when I returned for my surgeon's check up 2 weeks later he was very impressed at how well my gums had healed. He asked me about the pain and bruising and was amazed to hear that I'd experienced only a brief ache at the wisdom tooth site. Of course, I didn't tell him about the Scotch Whiskey, wink.
The other technique I used was astrology - but I'll do another post for that because it might get a bit long. (Longer than this?? Impossible, lol!)
I hope at least some of this helps someone else. All the things I've mentioned (except the whiskey) are available at health food shops, and many pharmacies also sell rescue remedy, vitamins and homeopathic remedies. If you have any questions, please just ask.
Good luck.