Family prevention and control measures]

1. Use goldenseal as a mouthwash

Use goldenseal roots to make a strong tea and use it as a mouthwash. Or make a paste and apply it directly on the ulcer, which works well.

2. Avoid irritating substances

Coffee, spicy seasonings, orange fruits, arginine-rich stone fruits (especially walnuts), chocolate and strawberries can stimulate oral ulcers and cause irritation in some people. Can cause mouth ulcers, so these foods should be avoided.

3. Eat yogurt every day

Eating 4 tablespoons of plain yogurt (yogurt) every day can send good bacteria into the mouth to fight against harmful bacteria, which may be beneficial to preventing oral ulcers.

4. Avoid canker-causing foods

Avoid chewing gum, smoking, coffee, and foods known to trigger canker sores in the mouth.

5． Use alum to prevent the infection from getting worse

Alum is the active ingredient in hemostatic drugs and can be used in the early stages of oral ulcers. Alum is an antiseptic and analgesic that only prevents the infection from getting worse, but it does not eliminate canker sores.

[Commonly used Western medicine]

Treatment of oral ulcers can be divided into local and systemic treatments.

1. Local treatment can directly apply drugs to the damaged parts of the mucosa, such as topical tin powder, chlortetracycline cod liver oil, etc. Apply to the affected area 6 times a day; gargle with 1% to 2% procaine for pain relief, and gargle with compound borax solution.

2. Systemic treatment is mainly aimed at ulcers that recur frequently or do not heal for a long time. Levamisole, transfer factor, etc. are used to improve and regulate immune function.

[Commonly used Chinese medicine prescriptions]

1. Rehmannia glutinosa and Ophiopogon japonicus soup

15 grams each of dried rehmannia glutinosa and Ophiopogon japonicus, 12 grams each of cooked rehmannia glutinosa and asparagus asparagus, 10 grams each of skullcap and dendrobium, 9 grams each of artemisia, loquat leaves, and licorice, citrus aurantium, Coptis chinensis and platycodon 6g each. Take 1 dose per day, decoct in water and take 2 times. For children, the dosage may be reduced. Nourishes yin and promotes fluid production, clears away heat and detoxifies. Mainly used to treat oral ulcers caused by partial heat.

2. Astragalus and Indigo Decoction

25 grams of raw astragalus, 6 grams of pink indigo, 12 grams each of dandelion, Ophiopogon japonicus, North Adenophora and Scrophulariaceae, 15 grams each of Chinese yam and raw rehmannia, and 10 grams of Atractylodes. Take 1 dose per day, decoct in water and take 2 times. Nourishes yin and reduces fire, clears away heat and detoxifies, supports sores and promotes muscle growth. Treats recurrent aphthous ulcers.

3. Pinellia ternata decoction

20 grams each of Pinellia ternata and Eclipta lucidum, 15 grams each of Scutellaria baicalensis, Codonopsis pilosula, and Ligustrum lucidum, 10 grams each of dried ginger, licorice, and jujube, and 6 grams of Coptis chinensis. Take 1 dose daily, decoct in water, take in the morning and evening. Clear away heat, purge fire, dry dampness and reduce sores. Mainly used to treat refractory and recurrent aphthous ulcers. For those with burning aphtha, add Yinhua and Ophiopogon japonicus; for those with bitter mouth and dry throat, add Bupleurum and Yujin; for those with swollen and painful gums, remove the dried ginger and add Psoralen and Angelica dahurica; for those with constipation, add wine rhubarb; For those with indigestion, add Amomum villosum; for those with thirst, bad breath, and irritability, add Ophiopogon japonicus, Rehmannia glutinosa, and Gardenia.

4. Talc and Borax Powder

30 grams of raw borax, 3 grams of cinnabar, 55 grams of fly talc, 6 grams of amber, 4 grams of borneol, and 20 grams of licorice. Grind each of the above medicines into fine powder, then mix the cinnabar and borax into a very fine powder (called "coloring" in traditional Chinese medicine), mix all the medicines evenly, and grind them into fine powder. Put it into a bottle and set aside. When in use, just apply the medicinal powder on the ulcer surface. 3 times a day. If the pain is so severe that you cannot eat, you can apply it once before meals. Treats oral ulcers.

[Commonly used folk remedies]

1. Cut off a small section of the old cucumber, remove all the seeds, fill it with Glauber's salt, and then cover the cut section , hang in a cool and ventilated place. For about 5 days, a layer of white frost will adhere to the surface of the cucumber. Use a brush to sweep the frost into the bottle every day for later use. Grind the frost into fine powder. First, wash the oral surface with Yinhua Licorice Decoction, and then use Dip a cotton swab into medicated powder and apply it to the affected area. Used in stomatitis stage.

2. 30 grams of dew honeycomb, cut into pieces and fry until charred, 9 grams of dried alum, minced into fine powder, mix thoroughly with sesame oil, apply to the affected area, or apply dry powder to the affected area. Used in stomatitis stage.

[Nutritional diet therapy]

1. Supplement folic acid, vitamin B12, and iron

Some people who often suffer from oral ulcers are deficient in these three nutrients, and the lack of these three nutrients is often the cause of anemia, so these people often have Have anemia. A study on 130 patients confirmed that 18% were deficient in the above two or three nutrients. When given appropriate nutrient supplements, symptoms improved after one year, and 2/3 of the patients were completely cured. It is worth mentioning that their anemia symptoms also improved.

2. Supplementing vitamin C, vitamin B1, and vitamin B2

These three nutrients can improve the body's ability to repair wounds and promote ulcer healing. This is also a pharmaceutical preparation often prescribed by clinicians to patients with oral ulcers.

As a patient, in addition to paying attention to the intake of these nutrients in daily life, when oral ulcers occur, they can be taken orally in large doses to accelerate the healing of the ulcer surface.

3. Supplement zinc

Among a series of diseases caused by zinc deficiency, there are mucosal lesions. This may be because zinc is a component of more than 100 enzymes in the human body and plays an important role in human growth and development and other life activities. for the sake of. In fact, supplementing zinc to patients with oral ulcers is very effective in treating oral ulcers, but for patients with normal serum zinc concentrations, the effect is far less effective than for patients with low serum zinc concentrations.

4. It is advisable to use egg yolk

that is, the yolk of fresh eggs. It is flat in nature and sweet in taste, and is often used for symptoms such as yin deficiency, insomnia, and postpartum dysentery. After boiling, it becomes egg yolk oil, which can moisturize the skin and promote muscle growth. External application can treat oral ulcers, broken nipples, and ringworm.

5． It is advisable to use bitter melon

Bitter melon is cold in nature and bitter in taste. It has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxification, clearing away heat and improving eyesight. It can treat aphtha, thirst and excessive drinking after summer or heat. Modern research has found that the content of vitamin C in bitter melon is very high, ranking highest among melons. Vitamin C can promote the production of antibodies in the body and enhance the body's resistance to disease. Bitter melon also contains a kind of bitter melon protein that can improve immune function, so it is indeed a good food and medicine for patients with stubborn oral ulcers who have low immune function and poor body repair function.

6. It is advisable to use mung beans

Mung beans are cool in nature and sweet in taste. They have the effects of clearing heat, detoxifying, clearing heat and diuresis. They can treat summer heat, difficulty urinating, sores, mumps and drug poisoning. They can also treat oral ulcers. to auxiliary treatment.

7. Medicinal diet

(1) Fresh lotus root and brown molasses paste: 1500 grams of fresh lotus root, 400 grams of honey, and 200 grams of brown sugar. Wash the fresh lotus root, grate it with a scraper, twist it with clean gauze to collect the juice, then pour the brown sugar and honey into the fresh lotus root juice, mix well, pour it into the pot, simmer over low heat until it thickens, stop the fire and serve. Clear away heat and relieve summer heat, moisturize dryness and detoxify. Used for oral ulcers due to inflammation of heart fire. Take 3 times a day, 1 tablespoon each time, dilute with boiling water.

(2) Watermelon cup: 1 watermelon, 100g diced chicken, 50g diced ham, 100g fresh lotus seeds, 50g longan meat, 30g walnut meat, 20g pine nuts, 20g almonds . Wash the watermelon, cut the lower end of the stem into a lid, scoop out the pulp, add diced chicken, ham, lotus seeds, longan meat, walnut meat, pine nuts, almonds, etc. and cover the watermelon lid; put the watermelon into In a basin, simmer over high heat over water for about 3 hours, until the watermelon is ripe and serve. Clears away heat and quenches thirst. Used for oral ulcers due to inflammation of heart fire.

(3) Five fresh juices: 250 grams of fresh lotus root, 250 grams of pears, 250 grams of apples, 500 grams of watermelon, 250 grams of water chestnuts, and 50 grams of sugar. Wash the watermelon, scoop out the pulp, and squeeze the juice with clean gauze. Peel the water chestnuts and lotus roots, wash them, and cut them into thin strips. Peel and core the apples and pears, and cut them into thin slices. Cut the lotus roots, pears, apples, and water chestnuts into thin slices. ***Put it in a clean gauze, squeeze the juice, then add the watermelon juice and mix well; put the five fresh juice into a basin, add an appropriate amount of sugar and cold water, stir well and drink regularly. Promotes body fluids to relieve heat, relieve restlessness and quench thirst. Used for oral ulcers due to inflammation of heart fire.

(4) Persimmon frost sugar: 100 grams of persimmon frost and 250 grams of white sugar. Mix the persimmon cream and white sugar evenly, put it into a pot, add an appropriate amount of water, and simmer the sugar until it becomes sticky and stringy. Pour the sugar into an enamel plate coated with cooked vegetable oil, spread it flat, and cut it into 2 cm small pieces with a knife. Blocks and it’s done. Take 2 times a day on an empty stomach, 5 pieces each time. Clear away heat and moisturize dryness. Used for oral ulcers due to inflammation of heart fire.

[Expert reminder]

1. Recurrent attacks are a physical problem, perhaps due to poor immune function, so patients should start by improving their physical condition.

2. Have a regular daily life, a moderate diet, and a moderate amount of work and rest.

3. Eat a diversified diet, eat more vegetables and fruits, and avoid fried and baked foods.

4. Reduce sexual intercourse.

5. Be calm and do not be overly emotional about things or people. Over-attentiveness and abnormal overwork will lead to excessive deficiency of fire and lead to oral ulcers.

6. Keep the stool smooth.

7. Oral herpes can be treated with vitamin C supportive therapy, because vitamin C has an anti-scurvy effect and can promote wound healing. This method should be used with caution by those with ulcer disease.

8. If the edge of the ulcer wound is irregular, the area is larger than 1 cm, there are small millet grains or papillary protrusions on the surface of the wound, such as cauliflower shape, and there is a hard lump at the bottom when you touch it, it is not suitable to treat yourself at home. You should go to the hospital immediately. Hospital examination and treatment.