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 rinsing your mouth after meals". (2) If tooth decay is found, treat it promptly. (3) It is not advisable to eat sugar, biscuits and other starchy foods before going to bed. (4) It is advisable to eat more foods that can clear stomach fire and liver fire, such as pumpkin, watermelon, water chestnuts, celery, radish, etc. (5) Avoid alcohol and hot and irritating foods. (6) Having a short temper and getting angry easily can cause toothache, so you should be open-minded and calm. (7) Keep the stool smooth and prevent fecal poison from attacking. (8) Do not eat foods that are too hard, and eat less foods that are too sour, too cold, or too hot. Self-therapy 1. Self-therapy with patent medicines (1) Shoutang Yatong'an capsules, 2 tablets each time, 3 times a day. (2) Metronidazole tablets, 0.2 g each time, 3 times a day. (3) Niuhuang Jiedu Pills, 3 tablets each time, 3 times a day. This prescription has the effect of laxative and purging fire. (4) Bushen Guchi Pills, 4 grams each time, 2 times a day. For elderly people with loose teeth and dull pain, it should be taken for a long time. 2. Prescriptions for self-therapy: (1) 12 grams of Xu Changqing, decocted in water twice, mix and take twice a day, one dose per day. (2) 30 grams of verbena, decoction in water, 1 dose per day. (3) 15 grams of gallnuts, decoction and gargle. (4) 30 grams each of Heshi, Gypsum, and Rehmannia glutinosa, 12 grams of Ophiopogon japonicus, 20 grams of Achyranthes bidentata, and 9 grams of Anemarrhena, decoct in water, 3 times a day, 1 dose per day. (5) 1 scallion root and 15 grams of alum, mash the medicine into powder, place it on the toothache, and change it every 5 hours. This prescription is suitable for toothache caused by various reasons, including toothache caused by excessive fire, toothache caused by deficient fire, toothache caused by caries, etc. Toothache is a common symptom caused by various dental diseases, periodontitis and other diseases. (6) 2 cloves of old garlic and 5 grams of light powder. Mash the two and stick them to the meridian point, cover it with a small clam shell, or cover it with something else, tie it up, and when you feel it is slightly spicy, peel it off, a bubble will form inside, use a needle to break it, and the yellow water will flow out. Get better. The Qu point is at the base of the thumb of both hands, in the small fossa under the pulse. (7) Mash 6 grams of ginger, 6 grams of garlic, 12 grams of tea, and 12 grams of Clematis, mix with sesame oil and egg white, and apply externally to Gu and Yongquan points. This prescription is mainly used to treat toothache caused by deficiency of fire and inflammation of kidney yin. (8) 2-3 heads of garlic, peel the garlic, simmer on the stove until cooked, open and iron the sore spots while hot, wait until the garlic cools, then replace it, several times in a row. This prescription is used to treat tooth pain and has the effects of sterilization and detoxification. 3. Diet self-therapy (1) Boil 100 grams of mung beans and 15 grams of licorice, remove the residue, eat the beans and drink the soup, 2 times a day, 1 dose per day. (2) 1 pork kidney, a little salt, 15 grams of Drynariae, boil the meat and drink the soup, 1 dose per day. It is used for patients with kidney deficiency, floating teeth and dull tooth pain, which are prone to occur after exertion. (3) Appropriate amount of brown sugar, a handful of buckwheat roots, boil in water and take in divided doses. Used to treat toothache in children. (4) Appropriate amount of pork and 30 grams of fresh cress root, boil in water and take in divided doses. (5) 100 grams of fresh ginger and 500 grams of loofah. Wash the fresh loofah and cut into sections. Wash and slice the fresh ginger. Add water to the two leaves and simmer for 3 hours. Drink soup 2 times a day. This prescription is used to treat gum swelling and pain, dry mouth and nose, and nasal bleeding (nosebleeds). It has the effects of clearing heat, detoxifying, reducing swelling and relieving pain. 4. External treatment and self-therapy (1) Heat Yunnan Baiyao powder into a thin paste with heated water, and apply it directly on the cavities and gums. (2) Take a few Liushen Pills, place them in the cavity, and bite them tightly to relieve pain. (3) Cut a piece of ginger and bite it on the painful area. Repeat if necessary to relieve pain. (4) Grind appropriate amounts of camphor and borneol into fine powder, place it on the toothache, and ask the patient to inhale to relieve pain. (5) 10 lychees, fill the flesh with a little salt, simmer over fire, grind into powder, and rub the sore area. (6) Take 120 grams of mature vinegar and 30 grams of Sichuan peppercorns, boil them for 10 minutes, hold them in your mouth for 3-5 minutes and spit them out (do not swallow them) after they are wet, which can relieve toothache. 5. Other self-therapies: Teeth tapping method: After getting up every morning, close your mouth, tap your upper and lower teeth 300 times, and swallow the saliva three times at the same time. Tap 36 times before each urination, and then urinate. After practicing for 3 months, the toothache will not reoccur.

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