was Arthritis and carrots, now root canal

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a root canal is a procedure by which the decaying/dying tooth is

drilled out and filled with a kind of cement, supposedly rendering it

free from bacteria - unfortunately there is no guarantee that all the

bacteria have been removed, and small focal areas of infection now

sealed in by the filling compounds can cause the bacteria to abscess

through the gum, into the underlying bone in jaw and face, or worse

yet, invade the bloodstream - often this process is insidious, and over

the long term can result in major problems - not all root canals become

problematic however

 

in no other medical profession would a physician tell you its a good

idea to leave dead/decaying tissues in your body - it becomes a

continual source of infection and problems

 

herbal remedies can be helpful to check infection in a decaying tooth,

but at some point it becomes a losing battle

in ayurveda there are several useful herbs, like neem, pipli and

daruharidra, and many ayurvedic herbal tooth powders

in western herbal medicine we might use herbs like bayberry root bark

(-vk), goldenseal root (-pk), white oak bark (-pk), echinacea root

(-pk), prickly ash seed (-k) and licorice root (-vp), used as liquid

extracts as a mouth rinse, and/or a finely sieved herbal powder to

brush the teeth with

 

in cases where the tooth cannot be saved many practitioners now feel

its better to get the offending tooth pulled and put in an

implant, but this is a relatively new and expensive technology - a

simple extraction with an implant-replacement may cause the teeth to

shift in the jaw, although this is less likely as people age

 

best... todd caldecott

 

 

On 21-Aug-05, at 4:07 AM, ayurveda wrote:

 

> HEIDI CHAPNICK <dr.heidi

> Re: Arthritis and carrots.

>

> Thank you Dr. Venu. I have a question for you, if I might ask. I

> have developed a tooth infection/abscess on a tooth under a bridge. I

> was going to go in for the root canal and all else the dental world

> could provide, but my Ayurvedic Doctor who is in another state, told

> me not to and sent me some herbs. I am giving it a week to see if the

> infection gets under control, but why would ayurveda suggest not

> getting a root canal?