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Cloves for toothache

Take two whole cloves, the kind you stick into oranges around holiday time, place them between the offending tooth and your cheek. You might want to chew them a little to release their juices. This is a centuries-old trick that really works.

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Might damage the nerve Comments By: TipKing It has been pointed out to me that prolonged use of Cloves and Oil of Cloves can damage the nerve of a tooth. However I have used it many times, it does take away the pain and that is all that matters for me   Excellent! Comments By: Josie My tooth was killing me tonight. I'm scheduled for a root canal on Monday. I tried 2 cloves as suggested and I still can't believe the pain is gone. Thank you   cloves Comments By: Shane cloves work great! thanks   Cloves did relief my toothache Comments By: M PATAIL It was 2 am in the morning and my molar suddenly ache, I ran out of paracetamol, the next thing I went into the net to get 'relief' and the cloves worked!!   SOOOO SATISFIED!!!! Comments By: BADGURL IT IS A VERY COMMON REMEDY IN HAWAII!!! BUT WHY DID'NT I TRY IT EARLIER....I GUESS BEING SCEPTIC PROVED A POINT!!! "DON'T KNARK IT-TILL YA TRY IT!"   Excellent ... it really does work Comments By: eve I have had a toothache but was unable to see a dentist until after weekend so I tried the cloves.... thank you for this remedy.... it really does work.   Oh the relief!!! Comments By: Eve My tooth ache was so unbearable I couldnt even close my mouth properly, the top teeth touching the bottom teeth was excrutiating! This worked within 10 minutes. Thank You!!!   ClOvEs Comments By: roxanne went to Lyoyds and got some anbesol for my tooth ache, as im in sooooo much pain, and need a root canal but havent got a dentist yet! nothink is working for my pain, so im chewing 2 cloves and resting them on my tooth! HOPE IT WORKS!   I wish Comments By: James Have got excrutiating pain with my wisdom teeth, put cloves in as suggested and was amazed that it never worked at all, i just got the foul taste in my mouth to add to the pain.   I don't know about you, but it worked for me!! Comments By: Amma I have a cracked wisdom tooth, which is visibly infected. I remembered the suggestion of using cloves, but I didn't have whole cloves, so i used ground cloves. My gum feels PERFECT!!!! I am pregnant, so I have to be careful not to use it all the time, but I cannot get to the dentist for three more months-I am using the clove remedy at least once a week.   thank goodness Comments By: Stephanie the cloves are helping, Thank God, maybe i'll sleep tonite   YEY Comments By: Anon Had toothache for weeks now coz me scared of dentist (big woosy I know LOL), but these are helping numb the pain and trying to get an appt for dentist this week   I'm a believer!!! Comments By: Anne Last night my tooth was hurting soooo bad, I couldn't sleep. I have an appointment for the dentist tomorrow, but I was desperate. The ibuprofen WAS NOT working. I put ground cloves on the tooth and gum, and, I swear, no more pain. Really!!! Wow....   No insurance and BAD toothaches Comments By: Michele I have a couple broken teeth that are hurting me so bad, they do this once in awhile and last for days. The pain is unbearable. I take pain relievers and use orajel but, it doesn't always work. I have some antibiotics I was given for another treatment in the ER that hasn't expired so I am now taking those in hopes that it will work to get the infection out. I have a jar of ground cloves so I just put some around the gum and inside of the bad teeth. I really hope this works, I am tired of being in pain. I have no insurance and no one will see me without cash in hand which I don't have.   ground cloves works! Comments By: Don't go to dentist unless I have to I a paper towel and put some ground cloves in it and folded it up and wet it and then put it between my bad tooth and the inside of my cheek! Amazing! Pain is gone! Have a family gathering today that I really didn't want to miss, plus its Saturday so I can't get a dentist appt until Monday....the cloves will make the weekend painless! Thank God!   this really helps! Comments By: Anon it is temporary though...only lasts a couple of hours then you need another clove i guess :)   Works quite well Comments By: Mike Normal pain killers usually dont do the trick for my tooth aches. I have wisdom teeth coming in and it has been killing me. A friend of mine recommended it and I'm glad i listened. Cloves help so much. Granted it doesnt completely get rid of it, but it dulls it enough so i can sleep.   It wroks!!!!!!!!! Comments By: Shah I had serious pain in my tooth, got Dr's appointment after 5 days. Pian in tooth increased so much that i couldnt sleep..but thanks to cloves my 90% pain is gone & now atleast i can sleep...   Pain free, but kinda stinky! Comments By: George I heard this and thought it was an urban legend, until I saw how many people raved about it. Sure enough, it worked like a dandy, but no one said how long to keep it in so I assumed you hold it in as long as you want to be pain free. I'm going on 6 days with it shoved inside the tooth and I still don't feel the pain. Then the weirdest thing happened. I started getting painful gas. That's not normal for me and the only new addition is the cloves. It's strange because the gas has a sweet odor, like lemon peels, so I don't mind that part but the intestinal pain is unbearable. Maybe I'll go a couple more days and see if it passes - no pun intended!   Works to a point Comments By: Lee I have been experiencing a toothache accelerated from a cap falling off. My dentist has been on vacation but returning today, thank god. Nevertheless, I have been using Ambersol and taking Advil. This was working, but the tooth pain increases during the course of the evening. I have a nurse friend of mine that suggested putting a clove right into the cavity hole itself, so I did, and I was amazed, after 10 minutes the pain was not completely gone, but enough to allow me to eat and get a decent nights sleep.   great relief get some rest Comments By: veronica I had a tooth ace all day, at 1:00am couldn't sleep tried the cloves and I feel like I can lay down now and get some reast. Thank you so much.   Cloves work Comments By: Pat Ive had toothaches several times (one an absess) that the cloves worked great on. I use powdered clove mixed with water to form a paste. Smear it all over the gum and tooth. It kills the nerve.   ok, it HELPS Comments By: The TOothe it helped out, didnt actually take the PAIN away but it helped make me more   Thank you Comments By: Lance I can still feel it, but just barely. Now I will be able to sleep. Thank you.   it works...i just tried it Comments By: guddi i wish i had come across this tip from b4...i had this bad toothache..(cavity) :( and couldnt sleep...took a ibuprofen but it only helped for few hours...atter that the pain was back...i tried the 2 clove remedy...and within 10 mins...my pain is 95% less... thanx to whoever posted this tip :)   it is fine in moderation!! Comments By: sumbul It worked for me a lot of times!! but it seems it has some side effects, it creats a lot of heat in the body which can cause burns on the togue & also not good for stomach if taken in excess   Cloves really work Comments By: Laura I had an awful toothache. Was taking ibuprofen and using Anbesol but got no relief. Saw cloves listed as a pain relief for toothache on several web sites. Tried it and it really did work. It eased the pain right away and helped me until I was able to get in to the dentist. Sometimes natural remedies are best! I've passed this along to several people.   no side effects Comments By: relieved i love natural remedies. the prescription drug i was prescribed was way too harsh on my tummy. i vomited 3 x in 1 hour ( taking the recommended dose!) . desparate i tried the cloves. they worked like a charm . best of all no side effects !   WOW Comments By: max within minutes, the toothache was gone! thank you!!!   cloves deffo work!!!!! Comments By: dee thought i was dying i was almost crying cloves saved my life......   Thank Christ... Comments By: Daniel For about two weeks now I've had an intense toothache that comes and goes every few days, and this time it has been constant since last night. Desperate, I asked my Dad if anything could be done, as we don't have the money for a dentist due to it all being private now, the nearest hospital is an hour away, and it's nine o'clock at night. He laughed and suggested this, and although I was skeptical, I was willing to try ANYTHING. Got one in my mouth right now and I feel a fair bit better. Can still feel the sensation about my tooth that something's wrong, but the PAIN is gone. I just hope that it stays away for a while, or isn't as bad if it does come back.   Take my word for it Comments By: Kurd I am person who always say pain killers don't work. But truly take my word for it this stuff realllllly works. I had my wisdom tooth since Sunday and its been hurting so much. I used orjel severe pain reliever, supposedly that best stuff out there, but it really didn't help much. Today is Thursday and I just started using this clove think and it truly works. it is awesome. recommended over any tooth pain reliever.   excellent remedy!!!!!!!!! Comments By: omnipresent1234 nice job of clove! no words..! but i wanna know i should sustain here out of my home country for 3 months. does it help for me till i go back my place??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????   works great !! Comments By: Erik i was in sever tooth pain 5 minutes ago till i tried the cloves. works like a charm! about 98% of the pain is gone. i was afraid i wasn't going to sleep tonight. thanx to who ever posted this tip   cloves Comments By: Nathan I've been chewing 3 cloves since i began reading this article and still have all the pain i began with.   Worked a charm Comments By: Ben I've chipped a molar and havn't seen a dentist yet, I've already had to much paracetamol and it isnt working anymore, so i tried the cloves and it's GREAT major drop in pain; Thanks!   no more pain!! yay Comments By: Nikki D I have been in severe oral pain for weeks. Too scared to go to Dentist and have heavy medication, vodka, oral gel, asprin mouthwash, I've tried everything. So much so I ovredosed myself on medication for Cancer patients, vomited all day. My Fiancee looked this up and to my surprise it has worked a treat. I am in NO pain taste is not very nice, but hey... NO PAIN... try it... and if it dont work then I feel sorry for ya!! Good luck!!   At the risk of sounding cliche... Comments By: Jo It really does work! My bottom wisdom teeth have had me in agony for a while and pain killers were not working at all (including oragel which is a local anaesthetic!) My dad heard something about cloves and found this site and i have to say they have worked a treat and ive been pain free for a good 5 hours! Another good suggestion is to fold a few cloves into chewing gum and chew it on the painful tooth, its especially good if its a tooth in an awkward spot and the taste of the cloves gets too much!   it does work Comments By: Valerie i chewed on 3cloves instead of 2 because my toothache was just so bad! :[ The clove juice worked like a natural numbing medicine, but it also made me salivate a lot,causing me to have to spit excessively into a cup :/ It's been about 10 minutes since ive spit out the cloves,and the pain has subsided A LOT,im crossing my fingers andhoping the pain doesn't comeback!   It really does work Comments By: thankfulforcloves I just wanted to thank everyone for the suggestions on cloves. My boyfriend used the ground up cloves and stuck them in the broken tooth and instantly the pain was gone. For those of you that it didn't work for, if you don't have an exposed nerve (or something close to it) it probably wont work.   strange..but it worked SOOO well for me Comments By: errdizzle my cap came off my molar a few months ago and the pain left in the hole comes and goes every few weeks. then today it was the most unbearable pain i have ever felt in my life. i bought orajel, the severe pain one and it numbed everything AROUND my infected tooth. I read this tip and stuck pieces of ground clove into the hole about 20 minutes ago and i swear on my life i feel sooo much better. I can still feel that something is wrong in my mouth but the pain is almost completely gone. I might get to sleep tonight after all..   POWERFUL REMEDY for absess's Comments By: anon Its 4 am and I awakened with emmense pain of an tooth absess. I googled home remedies using cloves and to my astonishing amazement, it works. Using 1/4 teaspoon of ground cloves with a few droplets of water,forming a paste, applied to the absess brings GREAT relief! I am sincere, within a minute the pain was 95 percent gone.   Cloves in chewing gums Comments By: hariharan hi, Eat orbit with clove favour... it is very nice.i tried it. i make us shill...   I can't believe it worked!! Comments By: CarrieB I took a few cloves and crushed them with the back of a spoon until they were in a powder form. I mixed the crushed cloves with a little bit of water, made a paste, and put the paste mixture in the hole in my tooth and around the area. It has been mere minutes since I did this, and it's working!! I called out of work today because I didn't sleep a wink last night from the tooth pain. I only wish I had tried this last night.   An oral surgeon tipped me to Cloves! Comments By: benthurdondat I had oral surgery to remove an impacted wisdom tooth years ago. This surgeon packed the hole with guaze with clove oil on it and I had no pain or need for pain medication. I have a tooth that the filling has fallen out of and I tried the clove powder and worked it into the cavity with my tongue...it works and it works well for me...I won't try the whole cloves and chew them because the tooth is already fragile...don't want to cause more damage...   Works! Comments By: avaroe Ive got a wisdom tooth thats growing at an angle and its impacting my other teeth- everything above the neck hurts (except left eye go figure) Ive been told it could be up to 8 weeks b4 i see the consultant- even though the dentist has said it needs to come out! Ive tried compresses, ibuprofen, paracetamol and codeine and nothing is kicking it- in fact the codeine made it worse (?). My partner told me about cloves and i researched it a little and am now using it and it works!! Ive used both methods described here and if u want speed its the powdered/ crushed cloves with a bit of water to make it into a paste like substance and then apply to where it hurts- it goes very hot and then cools slightly and it started working within a few minutes- tastes kinda funny but id rather the taste than the pain. Crushing it with ur teeth works but less quickly though less messy and not so hot. Also be preprepared for ur mouth to saliva alot (my partner told me to spit this out because it can give u a bit of a tummy ache- and after this i believe every thing he says- for the time:) ). Hope this helps.   Have anyone here seen the movie Marathon Man? Comments By: anon After Lawrence Olivier drilled a hole into Dustin Hoffman's teeth he gave him a clove oil to relieve the pain. Does anyone remember this scene?