The so-called gum swelling and pain is actually the root pain of teeth, and the surrounding tooth flesh is swollen, so it is called gum swelling and pain, also called tooth flesh swelling and pain. Tooth swelling and pain depends on what causes it. If ordinary gums are inflamed, just take some ordinary anti-inflammatory drugs, such as metronidazole tablets and tinidazole tablets. If it is tooth swelling and pain caused by tooth decay, you should go to the hospital for a look. Getting angry can lead to swelling and pain of teeth. The weather is very dry, the saliva secretion of the human body is reduced, the respiratory tract is dry, and the fragility of blood vessels is enhanced. It is easy to be infected with bacteria. If you eat supplements or spicy food again, it will speed up the operation of blood, which is called "blood-heat rash" in Chinese medicine, bringing germs to the whole body, causing symptoms such as swelling and pain of teeth, nosebleeds, dry cough and throat inflammation. Be careful not to eat too much fried things that are easy to get angry, and drink some herbal tea. Besides, this is an excerpt from other people's best answers! ~ ~ The landlord has a look, hehe! ~ ~ Tooth is dominated by kidney besides bone, and the meridian of foot Yangming is located in the upper gingiva, and the meridian of hand Yangming is located in the lower gingiva, so toothache is related to kidney, stomach and large intestine. There are different causes of toothache, such as excessive stomach fire, wind-fire attack, deficiency of kidney yin, cold-heat stimulation and tooth decay, so we should treat it according to different causes. First, the stomach fire is excessive: the symptoms are swelling and pain of the gums, swelling of the affected cheek, and even inability to chew, local burning, bitter mouth, bad breath, constipation, red tongue and yellow fur, etc., which should be treated to clear away heat, reduce swelling and relieve pain. Gypsum 25, Rhizoma Coptidis 10, Radix Rehmanniae 15, Cortex Moutan 6, Cimicifuga rhizome 10, Achyranthes bidentata 15, Radix et Rhizoma Rhei 6, Radix Paeoniae Rubra 10, Rhizoma Anemarrhenae 10, and Diaozhu/0. If the dentin is allergic, it is also the same for those who feel hot and painful. 2. Deficiency of kidney yin and inflammation due to deficiency of fire: The symptoms are slight swelling and reddish gums, dull pain, unstable teeth, or both bloody teeth, and nothing special. Treatment should be nourishing yin, reducing fire, tonifying kidney and strengthening teeth. The prescription is modified with Liuwei Dihuang Decoction. Radix Rehmanniae Preparata 25, Ligustrum lucidum 15, Cornus officinalis 10, Rhizoma Dioscoreae 15, Achyranthes bidentata 10, Alisma orientalis 10, Rhizoma Drynariae 10, and Herba Asari 3. If the gums are red and swollen, Anemarrhena asphodeloides 10 and Cortex Phellodendri 6 can be added. Third, the wind-cold toothache: the symptoms are sudden onset, and the pain is even on the head, forehead and sides, and the situation is like an electric switch, and the gums are not red or swollen. Among them, if the pain wanders, the pain is like an electric switch, and even the head, forehead and cheeks are caused by wind pain. If you touch cold air, it hurts, and the part is fixed, it is cold pain. Treatment with expelling wind, dispelling cold and relieving pain. For patients with cold pain, Radix Angelicae Sinensis 10, Herba Asari 6, Rhizoma Chuanxiong 10, Radix Angelicae Dahuricae 10, Fructus Zanthoxyli 5, Shell 10, Radix Platycodi 6 and Radix Glycyrrhizae 6 are used. Guizhi 6, Fangfeng 6, Semen Sinapis Albae 10, Radix Platycodi 10, Folium Perillae 6, Herba Asari 3, Phyllostachys pubescens 6, Radix Paeoniae Alba 10, and Radix Glycyrrhizae 5 were used for patients with wind pain. Regardless of wind pain or cold pain, Herba Asari, Radix Angelicae Dahuricae, Fructus Xanthii and Glycyrrhrizae Radix can be decocted in water for 0/0g, and rinsed several times a day. Iv. Toothache due to dental caries: Toothache caused by tooth decay is also common. The curative effect is generally poor by taking drugs orally alone, so it is better to combine with local treatment. The oral prescription is Dingtong Powder, Angelica sinensis 10, Radix Rehmanniae 12, Herba Asari 6, Radix Angelicae Dahuricae 10, Fructus Forsythiae 10, Radix Sophorae Flavescentis 10, Fructus Zanthoxyli 5, Rhizoma Coptidis 10, and Mume/0. For external use, 5 grams of Fructus Zanthoxyli, 5 grams of Fructus Piperis, 5 grams of Galla Chinensis, and 0.5 grams of Borneolum Syntheticum are ground into fine powder, and a little of the powder is wrapped with disinfectant cotton, and placed in the cavity of dental caries. After salivation, the pain can stop. You can also put a pill of toothache into the hole one by one, and you can get the same effect. Prevention of toothache: pay attention to oral cleaning, brush your teeth and rinse your mouth frequently; Knock your teeth in the morning and evening 10 minute; Be kind to your teeth, don't bite anything too hard to avoid damage to your teeth and gums; Once there is a problem with the teeth, you should go to the regular medical list M for diagnosis and treatment in time. In winter, the climate is cold, and teeth are easily allergic and sore, especially for middle-aged and elderly people with worn teeth and wedge-shaped defects in the neck of teeth. Eating sweet and sour foods such as apples, grapes, oranges and candy will cause tooth pain, and some of them are too painful to eat. The following methods can be used to prevent and treat this allergic toothache: 1. Brush your teeth with warm water and rinse your mouth with warm tea: because the pulp nerve is sensitive to temperature, especially teeth with tooth wear and exposed dentin can cause toothache when exposed to cold stimulation, and warm water is a natural protective agent for teeth, which can prevent and treat allergic toothache; Tea contains fluorine, and it is often gargled with warm tea, which can protect teeth, prevent caries and treat toothache. Second, eating should be warm, don't eat too sour and sweet food, because teeth are most suitable for metabolism in a weak acidic environment with an oral temperature of 35℃-36℃ and a PH value of about 6.8. If you eat a diet with a large temperature difference between cold and overheating or a stimulating food with too sour and too sweet, it will cause toothache. Third, brush your teeth with desensitized or acid-proof toothpaste. These two kinds of toothpaste contain fluorine, which can prevent teeth from dephosphorizing and decalcifying in acidic environment, and has the effects of anti-acid, anti-aging and relieving pain. 4. Rubbing with garlic head to relieve pain: For those with severely worn teeth and a clear sore area, raw garlic head can be used to rub the sensitive area repeatedly,1-2 times a day, each time for1-2 minutes. After1-2 weeks, the pain will be obviously reduced or disappeared. 5. After eating acidic foods such as vinegar, yogurt or fruit with sour taste, if the teeth are sore, you can chew with walnut kernels in your mouth, because walnut kernels are alkaline foods, and chewing slowly can neutralize the acidic substances on the tooth surface, so that the teeth will not be sore. Nanjing general hospital of nanjing military command Shoubaiquan 1. Precautions for self-treatment 1. Pay attention to oral hygiene and develop the good habit of "brushing your teeth in the morning and evening and gargling after meals". 2, found tooth decay, timely treatment. 3. It is not advisable to eat foods such as sugar and biscuits before going to bed. 4. Eat foods that clear stomach fire and liver fire, such as pumpkin, watermelon, water chestnut, celery and Rachel. 5. Avoid alcohol and hot food. 6, irritable temper, easy to get angry will induce toothache, so it is appropriate to be open-minded and calm. 7, keep the stool unobstructed, don't make dung poison attack. 8, don't eat hard food, eat less acid, too cold, too hot food. 2. Self-therapy 1, proprietary medicine self-therapy (1) Shoutang Yatongan capsule, 2 tablets each time, 3 times a day. (2) Metronidazole tablets, 0.2g each time, 3 times a day. (3) Niuhuang Jiedu Pills, 3 tablets each time, 3 times a day. This recipe has the function of relaxing bowels and purging fire. (4) Bushen Guchi Pill, 4g each time, twice a day. For the elderly with loose teeth and dull pain, it should be taken for a long time. 2. Self-treatment according to the prescription (1) Xu Changqing 1 2g, decocted in water twice, and taken twice after mixing, daily1dose. (2) Verbena 30g, decocted in water, daily 1 dose. (3) Gallnut15g, decocted in concentrated juice and rinsed. (4) Hercynum, Gypsum Fibrosum, Radix Rehmanniae each 30g, Ophiopogon japonicus 1 2g, Radix Cyathulae 20g, Rhizoma Anemarrhenae 9g, decocted in water, three times a day, each day1dose. (5) Bulbus Allii Cepae 1 root and Alumen 1 5g, mash the medicine * * * and place it at the toothache, and change it every 5 hours1time. This prescription is suitable for toothache caused by various reasons, including toothache caused by excess fire, toothache caused by deficiency fire, toothache caused by dental caries, etc. Toothache is a common symptom caused by various dental diseases and periodontitis. (6) 2 cloves of old garlic and 5g of calomel. Mash them and stick them on the channel point, cover them with a small clam shell, or cover them with something else, and tie them up. When they feel a little spicy, they will be peeled off, and a bubble will rise inside, and they will be broken with a needle, and the yellow water will be healed after flowing. The meridian point is located on the thumb root of both hands and at the pit under the pulse. (7) 6 grams of ginger, 6 grams of garlic, 0/2 grams of tea/kloc-and 0/2 grams of clematis chinensis/kloc-are mashed, mixed with sesame oil and egg white, and externally applied to Hegu point and Yongquan point. This prescription is mainly used for toothache due to deficiency of fire and kidney yin deficiency. (8) 2-3 garlic with one head, peel the garlic, simmer it on the stove, cut the sore spot of ironing soup while it is hot, and change the garlic after it is cool for several times. This prescription is used to treat toothache and has the efficacy of sterilization and detoxification. 3, diet self-therapy (1) mung bean 1 00g, licorice15g, boiled in water, deslagging, eating bean soup twice a day, daily1dose. (2) Pork kidney 1 piece, a little salt, Rhizoma Drynariae 1 5g, boiled in water to eat meat and drink soup, daily1dose. It is used for patients with kidney deficiency, tooth floating and dull pain, and is prone to fatigue. (3) Appropriate amount of brown sugar, a handful of buckwheat roots, decocted in water, and taken in fractions. It is used for treating toothache in children. (4) Appropriate amount of pork and 30 grams of fresh roots of Oenanthe javanica are decocted in water and taken in fractions. (5) fresh ginger100g and loofah 500g, clean the fresh loofah, cut into sections, clean the fresh ginger and slice. Decoct the two leaves with water for 3 hours. Drink soup twice a day. This prescription is used to treat gum swelling and pain, dry mouth and dry nose, nasal bleeding (nosebleed), and has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, reducing swelling and relieving pain. 4, external treatment and self-treatment (1) Yunnan Baiyao powder is heated with water to make a thin paste, which can be directly applied to cavities and gums. (2) Take several Liushen Pills, put them in the caries hole, and bite them tightly to stop the pain. (3) Cut a piece of ginger and bite it on the sore spot, and reuse it if necessary to relieve the pain. (4) Appropriate amount of camphor and borneol is ground into fine powder, which can be put on the toothache and the patient can breathe in to relieve the pain. (5) Litchi 10, fill a little salt in its meat, simmer it with fire, grind it into powder, and rub the pain. (6) Take aged vinegar120g, pepper 30g, and boil for10min. After being wet, put it in your mouth for 3-5min and spit it out (don't swallow it) to stop toothache.