Do you often get inflicted with oral thrush? Are you looking for ways for treating oral thrush naturally? If yes, then read through the following lines to get oral thrush home remedies.

Oral Thrush Home Remedies

The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. But before the stomach, comes the tongue—the queen organ of taste buds and the reason your man would know that your food tastes better than his mom’s! But what if this, rather crucial, organ is infected with an evil disease? What if he can’t chew, let alone know the difference in tastes of different things? What if he is infected with oral thrush? Oral thrush is an evil step-sister of mouth ulcers. Their sisterhood is obvious in the form of oral pain and bleeding as well as the eating and chewing trouble that both cause. However, the deposition of creamy or white, cottage-cheese like lesions on the tongue and inner cheeks is what makes them step sisters. These lesions, when left untreated for long, can spread to other parts of the mouth and back of the throat. What makes thrush particularly evil is its tendency to attack infants and the immense esophagus infection that makes even swallowing liquids a painful experience. It is a candida yeast infection, which doesn’t just wipe away. In the following lines, we have provided the home remedies for oral thrush.
 
Oral Thrush Treatment
  • Good oral hygiene is the best way to deal with oral thrush. Brush at least twice a day to stay away from any oral infection. Floss once a week to be on the safer side of oral hygiene.
  • Yogurt contains all the necessary elements to keep the thrush as well as other oral discomforts at bay. Promote yogurt in your daily routine and make sure it is either homemade or of good quality.
  • Candida yeast survives on sugar. When affected with thrush, make a temporary dietary change and avoid all kinds of sugar for sometime. In absence of food, the yeast would gradually wither away. Even in regular diet, avoid sleeping with a sweet mouth and make sure you rinse your mouth well after having sweets.
  • This might take you by surprise, but the consumption of onion and garlic is beneficial for treating oral thrush. The two are poisonous for the thriving candida. Make sure you increase their intake when affected with oral thrush.
  • Coconut oil contains caprylic acid, which is very effective against candida. Take ½-1 tbsp of solid extra virgin oil in your mouth and let it melt there. Now let the oil swish and move in your mouth for 5-20 minutes and then spit it out. Rinse your mouth well with warm water when done.
  • Mix 4 drops of tea tree oil in half a glass of lukewarm water. Sip this solution slowly and hold every sip in your mouth for a minute or so before spitting out.
  • Rinsing your mouth with a mouthwash will also help in treating oral thrush. Instead of going for the commercial products, make a mouthwash at home. All that you need to do is add ½ teaspoon of salt into one cup of warm water. Use this concoction as a mouthwash. Make sure the water reaches every part of your mouth, before you spit it out.
  • Another idea would be to mix warm water, cider vinegar and a pinch of salt. Use this potion as a mouthwash in case the infection reaches the throat.
Other Measures
  • Eat well, rest well.
  • Eat natural and healthy food. Cut out junk and sugar from your daily diet.
  • Avoid antibiotics as far as you can. In case you cannot avoid the intake of antibiotics, make sure you supplement them with a lot of healthy food.

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