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Home Remedy for Your Toothache

Toothaches are technically any soreness in or around your teeth, or in the jaw. However, most toothaches are caused by tooth decay.

This means that any home remedy for a toothache should be used as a temporary measure only, until you can see a dentist.

There's no known way to remove tooth decay other than mainstream dental practice.

However, there are some toothaches, like the pain you get when wisdom teeth are coming in, or childhood tooth shedding, that are temporary and not worrisome. It's also not always possible to see your dentist right away.

For these cases, there are a number of common options when you need a good home remedy for a toothache.

Clove oil contains a natural pain killer and antibacterial substance called eugenol. For this reason, it's used in oral surgeries like root canals, to prevent bacterial growth. It's also good for home use.
Clove Bud Essential Oil - 0.5 oz

Clove Bud Essential Oil - 0.5 oz

Clove Bud Essential Oil - 0.5 oz
Mix two to three drops of the clove oil with a quarter teaspoon of olive oil, and saturate a cotton ball with the mixture. Then place it inside the mouth, or bite gently down on the cotton ball. Don't sleep with it in your mouth, though. You can also chew whole cloves for some pain relief.

Activated charcoal, mixed with water to make a paste, and applied to gauze, can help if you bite down gently on the gauze. You can get activated charcoal at many health food stores.
Activated Charcoal - 260 mg 100 caps

Activated Charcoal - 260 mg 100 caps

Nature's Way Activated Charcoal (from Indian Hardwood) is one of the finest natural adsorbent agents known. Each particle contains many small chambers and cavities that bind-up unwanted material or gas. Activated Charcoal is commonly used to adsorb digestive gas and toxins including poisons.
Chewing a clove of garlic with a little bit of rock salt can help kill the bacteria which cause tooth decay, slowing the action of the decay and giving you a little relief. You may also be able to use a small piece of onion as a home remedy for a toothache by placing it against the bad tooth.

Pepper mixed with clove oil can help alleviate a toothache caused by cavities, as well as being an excellent substance to brush your teeth with when mixed with salt. While it seems strange for something spicy to have pain alleviating properties, there is scientific evidence that suggests both black and red pepper contain pain reducing compounds. Red pepper contains salicylates – the same thing responsible for pain relief from aspirin.

Bay berry bark can be powdered and mixed with vinegar. Then it can be applied to the gums for toothache relief. Bay berry is also known as Wax Myrtle and Candle Berry, for the waxy substance found in its berries. The bark contains tannic acid, which can relieve pain.
Solaray's Bayberry Bark of Root 475mg 100Caps

Solaray's Bayberry Bark of Root 475mg 100Caps

It is useful in diarrhea, jaundice, scrofula, etc. Externally, the powdered bark is used as a stimulant to indolent ulcers, though in poultices it should be combined with elm. The decoction is good as a gargle and injection in chronic inflammation of the throat, leucorrhoea, uterine hemorrhage, etc. It is an excellent wash for the gums. The powder is strongly sternutatory and excites coughing. Water in which the wax has been 'tried,' when boiled to an extract, is regarded as a certain cure for dysentery, and the wax itself, being astringent and slightly narcotic, is valuable in severe dysentery and internal ulcerations.
Asafoetida, a strong smelling spice used in Indian cooking, has been traditionally used for toothache. Grind it in lemon juice and warm the mixture, then soak a cotton swab in it. Applied directly to the tooth or gum around the tooth, it can help to relieve the pain.
Asafoetida - Powder, 2.3 oz

Asafoetida - Powder, 2.3 oz

Used extensively in Indian and Middle Eastern cooking, it has a strong odor and taste, and is often used in place of onion or garlic.

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