If you are suffering from sore throat that shouts pain and that never seems to heal, or if you have those white and yellowish lumps embedded on your throat but you are scared to dig it because you might damage your tonsils, you must be having tonsil stones or tonsilloliths. This condition causes you to have foul and stinky breath no matter how much mouth spray or breath mints you are using. This is embarrassing for the part of people who have tonsil stones, and the good news is that there are natural cures for tonsil stones. These are simple and cheap treatments that not only cure tonsil stones but also cure bad breath. Here are some:
Nutrition is always a factor for such condition. Therefore, eat healthy varieties of food. Eating nutritionally balanced meals will help you intake vitamins and nutrients needed by your body to prevent this condition. Also, try a diet with probiotics because it helps the breakdown of the stones gradually. Probiotics has good bacteria that fights and keeps bad bacteria away. It will also help in the prevention of the future outbreaks of tonsil stones. Limit your dairy products intake also as they are the main cause of tonsil stones. Dairy food promotes the buildup of mucous and calcium, which are both elements of tonsilloliths. Avoid eating at least half an hour before going to bed so food particles do not hoard in your mouth while you’re sleeping which can lead to such condition.
A good oral hygiene care is also one way to prevent tonsil stones. As the old adage goes, prevention is better than cure. So start brushing your teeth after every meal and gargle with salt water or alcohol-free mouth wash for three minutes daily until the lumps work they way out. Flossing and using a tongue scraper to remove the bacteria on your tongue can ensure reduction of tonsil stones too. Having a good oral hygiene care may also prevent such condition to come back. The water pik procedure is also helpful because it rinses out the infected area, causing the chinks to loosen from the tonsillar crypts and eventually pass through normal body processes. Just be careful that it doesn’t cause irritation to the soft tissues in your mouth.
In cases where the chunks are too small to be noticed, coughing and even laughing hard can help. This can squeeze and clear your throat gently that can help remove the stones. Chewing on garlic clove every night before sleeping will also help the tonsil stones to be cured and keep them from returning. This remedy is a natural antibiotic and has wonderful healing properties. To add more, cotton swabs or Q-tip is also a gentle way to help remove the stones, that is, if you know the location where the tonsil stones are. Just dampen the end of the swab with water and reach far in and try pushing the tonsil stones out.
Those mentioned above are natural cures for tonsil stones. However, it may also depend on the size of the tonsil stone in your throat, so treatment may vary. In some cases where the stones are large enough, they can try a tonsil stone surgery. But it is very painful and costly and can take up to a month of recovery from, and cannot cure your mouth’s stench. Therefore, the key to cure tonsil stones are to prevent it. Start dislodging these lumps in your throat naturally!