The Black Walnut Mouth Remedy For bad breath, bleeding gums or teeth that feel loose...
Margaret Cole
Appalachian herbalist & folk remedy keeper
www.trueremedywellness.com
Here Is Mama's Mouth Remedy I Mentioned
The one she made every week and kept in the refrigerator — never without it
The Remedy — how to make it:
- 2 tablespoons dried black walnut hull
- 1 tablespoon dried white oak bark
- 1 teaspoon dried clove buds
- 1 teaspoon dried goldenseal root (available at health food stores)
- 600ml boiling water
Pour the boiling water over all the dried ingredients in a glass jar or ceramic bowl. Cover and steep for twenty minutes. Strain through a fine cloth or coffee filter. Let cool completely. Store in a glass jar in the refrigerator — it will keep for seven days.
How to use it:
Every morning after brushing, pour one tablespoon into your mouth and swish for sixty seconds. Pay attention to the gum line — that is where harmful bacteria hide. Spit. Do not rinse after. Do this again before bed.
Black walnut hull is one of the most powerful natural antibacterials in the Appalachian tradition — it tightens gum tissue and kills the bacteria causing inflammation. White oak bark does the same work at the gum line specifically. Clove numbs, disinfects, and reduces swelling. Goldenseal is what mama called the deep cleaner — it reaches below the surface.
She said this kept her teeth her whole life. She was not wrong.
But here is what I want to be straight with you about.
This rinse is powerful. People who use it consistently notice their gums stop bleeding, their breath improves, and their mouth feels genuinely clean for the first time in years.
But it is working on the outside of the problem. It removes and suppresses the harmful bacteria. What it cannot do is restore the beneficial bacteria that a healthy mouth needs to protect itself long term.
When the beneficial bacteria are present in proper numbers, they crowd out the harmful ones naturally. Your mouth protects itself. But when that community has been depleted — which happens to most people over time — no rinse, however good, can put it back.
That is what the video below addresses. Watch it alongside using this rinse.
But it is working on the outside of the problem. It removes and suppresses the harmful bacteria. What it cannot do is restore the beneficial bacteria that a healthy mouth needs to protect itself long term.
When the beneficial bacteria are present in proper numbers, they crowd out the harmful ones naturally. Your mouth protects itself. But when that community has been depleted — which happens to most people over time — no rinse, however good, can put it back.
That is what the video below addresses. Watch it alongside using this rinse.
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