Guest guest Posted January 18, 2005 Report Share Posted January 18, 2005 Can someone please help me. I have had foul breath most of my life, it is worse than ever now and I don't know what to do about it. I eat vegetarian diet, healthy organic food, I take good supplements yet nothing seems to take away the taste / smell. Please help~ Thank you Anita Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 18, 2005 Report Share Posted January 18, 2005 Dear Anita After reading your problem I think that you should know the root cause. Why only you get this complaints if you are eating normal food? For that you should know some basic principles of Ayurveda. Anything you eat, if digests properly and good quality rakta dhatu (blood)is formed and unwanted material is excreted in the form of stool, urine & sweat. If this process hampers, we get digestive disorders & symptomps like foul smell as in your case. if early in the morning daily evacuation is not proper, any constipation or diaria tendancy you can get foul smell. according to ayurveda, foul smell is vataj disorder of digestion. the routine work of apan vayu not happening properly so it is very important to know which type of bowels you have. any burning sensation to urine, foul smell to sweat occurs. In such cases, internal body purification is very necessary. for healthy perople also it is suggestable on prevention basis & people suffering from digestive disorders do it compulsory. Following medicines are suggested to start with: 1) phaltrikadi guggul at morning 2 tabs 2) shwadanstradi guggul at 8 in morning, 2 tabs 3) prawal pishti aftern lunch 2 tabs 4) jatamansi at bedtime 2 tabs all these are for improving your digestion & for training intestine to digest the food you eat. with above things you should apply ayurvedic dantamanjana which is formed for oral hygine. sweet tooth paste should be avoided. feel free to contact me any time regards nikhil Krishna4545 wrote: Can someone please help me. I have had foul breath most of my life, it is worse than ever now and I don't know what to do about it. I eat vegetarian diet, healthy organic food, I take good supplements yet nothing seems to take away the taste / smell. Please help~ Thank you Anita Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2005 Report Share Posted January 21, 2005 Thank you for the advice with camphor I'll definitely try it, sounds great! Any other ideas? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2005 Report Share Posted January 21, 2005 I am not sure if this was already suggested, but have you tried a tongue scraper? -Jen <Krishna4545 wrote: > Thank you for the advice with camphor I'll definitely try it, sounds great! > Any other ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 22, 2005 Report Share Posted January 22, 2005 Yes, I use a tongue scraper every day, but within one hour of brushing my teeth and cleaning my tongue the smell is there again. Any cure for hallitosis? Is that what it's called? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 23, 2005 Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 The question first of all, is how was the foul breath discovered ? By oneself, or by some one else standing close ? Its not a facetious question, because usually one is not able to smell one's own breath, until it is really bad. The word in Western Medicine is Halitosis, and was coined by a tooth paste company, and not by doctors or dentists. It definitely sold a lot of tooth pastes, I am sure. Halitosis may be from poor dental hygiene, diseases of the oral mucosa ( of the mouth ), or from diseases of the lungs or the airway from nose to lungs. One should have a proper medical examination to rule out any ulers in the mouth, dental abscesses, disease of the gums, pneumonia, cavitary disease of the lungs, or from ingestion of foods that give out such breath. The simplest solution is the use of " mukhwaas" or stuff that gives out good smell after each dinner---the chronic use of a" supari with lavang, elaichi, jeshthimadhu, "etc--the routine post prandial Indian custom. For more serious disorders, one should consult a proper physician, not just take something prescribed from an e-mail such as ours. Without knowing your entire history and unless you are examined, no practitioner, Ayurvrdic or of Western Medicine, would venture to treat you. Durgesh ayurveda wrote: 2. Re:Foul breath Krishna4545 Thank you for the advice with camphor I'll definitely try it, sounds great! Any other ideas? Thanks Durgesh Mankikar, MD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2005 Report Share Posted January 24, 2005 Hi Durgesh. I first learned of my breath issue when I was 18 years old and a girlfriend mentioned it to me. Also my husband talked of it when we were first married. I am terrified of going close to anyone (and I give massage!)..... am very paranoid about it. I can taste it on my breath also so I know it's there. It feels like it's at the back of my tongue coming from my gut. I eat healthy vegetarian organic food so I'm baffled about it. Though I took antibiotics for 10 years while I was a teenager (for acne) which of course would offset constipation and colon problems. It is a constant problem, it doesn't go away. Please help. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 25, 2005 Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 > Hi Durgesh. I first learned of my breath issue when I was 18 years old > and a > girlfriend mentioned it to me. Also my husband talked of it when we > were > first married. I am terrified of going close to anyone (and I give > massage!)..... > am very paranoid about it. I can taste it on my breath also so I know > it's > there. It feels like it's at the back of my tongue coming from my > gut. I eat > healthy vegetarian organic food so I'm baffled about it. Though I took > antibiotics for 10 years while I was a teenager (for acne) which of > course would > offset constipation and colon problems. It is a constant problem, it > doesn't go > away. Please help. BINGO! if not caused by metabolic factors (e.g. ketosis, uremia. liver failure, lung infection), foul breath will often come from decaying tissue and/or bacterial putrefaction/fermentation if you can rule out a dental abscess (likely in your case), then the issue probably relates to an overgrowth of the wrong bacteria, caused by prolonged antibiotic use by taking antibiotics you have destroyed the normal healthy flora of microorganisms that you were born with and inherited from your mother, and now you have an "evil" assortment of microbial bad guys that are causing your constipation and bad breath, and probably doing much more besides the solution: 1. if you are constipated, take something like triphala with trvrit to move the bowels, and each more fiber-rich foods (leafy greens) and and drink more water between meals; take other herbal supplements to improve digestion, such as hingvastak, and/or aromatic herbs such as basil, coriander, peppermint and cardamom 2. start taking a probiotic supplement: if none are available start eating the whey (liquid portion) from yoghurt (but not the yoghurt itself); these bacteria are helpful to limit the growth of the "bad" bacteria, but in yoghurt they are what are called "transient" organisms, meaning that they exert their beneficial properties only as long as you keep taking them supplement; the best long term solution is to take a broad spectrum probiotic supplement with species including L. acidophilus and B. bifididus - these are found refrigerated in health food stores, and for best effect should be the human variant forms Caldecott todd www.toddcaldecott.com "For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." -Richard P. Feynman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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