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What is the cause of the toothache? Is the gum swollen and infected? Waterpiking with straight hydrogen peroxide to get rid of any food particles will help a lot. Oregano oil (health food store get the strongest they have) will help heal the infection. My brother who is a lot more braver than I puts the oregano oil in water (2-4 drops). I put it in a capsule and swallow. A couple times a day or more depending on the infection. Take with food so it doesn't irritate the stomach.
Is the tooth cracked or have a cavity? Pick up some Dr. Christopher's Herbal Calcium and take 3-4 twice a day with food. And pick up some alfalfa capsules too. Take 3-4 twice a day with food. Rinse out your mouth thoroughly whenever you eat something acidic -- coffee, oj, tomatoes, etc... I've been giving my dog a tsp of each of those powders using Dr. Christopher's original recipe (his children have altered his formulas that are bottled and sold with his name on them) and within the two months she's been getting it in her food (2x day), the cavity on her right upper back molar is beginning to fill in and the molar on the other side is beginning to remineralize (it was brown -- wasn't tartar, the enamel was gone). If you use his original formulas (I'll tell you what it is in a minute and some links to get them) as well as alfalfa powder (be sure to get organic as Monsanto is now contaminating alfalfa and the food chain with gmo alfalfa) consistently, you can heal your teeth.
Dr. Christopher's Herbal Calcium Formula
6 parts Horstail grass
3 parts oat straw
4 parts comfrey root
1 part lobelia
A part can be any size: 1 tablespoon, 1/4 cup, etc. just use that measurement for each herb. Be sure to get the powdered form as you are going to encapsulate the herb for easy use.
Dr. Christopher believed that alfalfa was chock full of necessary minerals for bones and teeth.
Now where to get the herbs? Mountain Rose Herbs is a trusted source and was recommended to me.
http://www.mountainroseherbs.com/
Herbs First has many of Dr. Christopher's original formulas in powdered and cut and sifted form. They have his calcium formula in a powder form. But it is pound quantity and is $50. You can order smaller quantities of the herbs individually at Mountain Rose Herbs if money is an issue.
http://www.herbsfirst.com/ChristopherBulkFormulas.html Herbs First also has powdered alfalfa.
http://herbsfirst.com/singlebulkA.html
You can pick up a capsule machine on Amazon, as well as gelatin capsules.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_no...filler&x=0&y=0 "000" size capsules is the largest. "0" is the capsule size that is most commonly used and is smaller. The size you get is up to you, it all depends on whether you want to swallow a lot of capsules or fewer. Just make sure you buy the right size of capsules for your machine.
I own the Cap-M-Quik machine, because it will fill 50 capsules at a time. I think the Capsule Machine only does 25, you'll have to check on that. Fill as many as you can at one time. I just filled 200 for my hubs, as he has many cavities.