Home remedies for Burning tongue
What is Burning tongue?
Burning tongue is an uncommon or unusual sensation burning in all part of the tongue. It is caused by problem with the nerves connected to the tongue or by a decreased amount of blood to the tongue. It is also called glossodynia and glossopyrosis and burning mouth syndrome when it occur in the other part of the mouth. Some patient of this disease do not have any changes in their tests or some patient experiences changes in their tests..
Causes of Burning tongue
- Tongue injury
- Tongue cancer
- Injury by tooth
- Injury by dental plate
- Smoking
- Hot drink or food
- Eating cayenne pepper
- Canker sore
- Tongue ulcer
- cold sore
Herbal home remedy for the treatment and cure of burning tongue
- For temporary relief from the symptoms chew a sugar free gum or suck a piece of ice. Use baking soda instead of commercial tooth paste to brush your teeth. This will prevent burning tongue.
- Keep yourself hydrated. For this, take plenty of water all the time. Dry tongue burns more.
- Brush your teeth with baking soda rather than going in for toothpaste.
- You may want to visit a good quality health food store to investigate burning mouth herbal remedies or the use of alpha lipoic acid as an aid. (If you have stomach or digestive problems always discuss this with a nutritional or herbal consultant.)
- One of the traditional home remedies for burning tongue is ice-cube to be put in the mouth. Drinking plenty of water is essential to keep the tongue moist as dry tongue is more painful.
- Simple home remedy for burning tongue - Avoid hot and spicy foods. They may aggravate the condition. Eat vitamin B and iron rich foods. It is recommended to avoid foods and oral hygiene products that you are allergic to, they may aggravate the condition.
Natural home remedy for burning tongue using Babool
The best home remedy for burning tongue is taking the decoction made up with Babool (an Ayurvedic herb) which will not only make you feel relieve from the symptoms of burning but it has also properties of reducing the inflammation.
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