Weekly Health/Inner Development Post: Number 11: Oil Pulling & Dental Health

Oil pulling is an Ayurvedic practice for good dental health

How:

• Take a tablespoon of oil, for example coconut oil, and put in the mouth

• Move the oil around in the mouth for 10 minutes without swallowing

• Spit it out

• How often and when? Once or twice a day, before going to bed and/or after breakfast

Advantages:

• less build up of bad bacteria in mouth

• good for gums

• reduced bad breath

• pleasant sensation in mouth afterwards

Dental tips:

• instead of toothpaste use a good salt (sea salt or Himalayan salt) or oil (coconut oil, neem oil, or other natural oils)

• use tongue scraper

• floss

• reduce sugar intake

• brush gums with soft toothbrush using downward stroking motion

• use nails to scratch softly over the front teeth to make them whiter instead of using toxic whiteners