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Absessed tooth treatment for the pain

Mix equal parts of table salt and baking soda, mix dry ingredients together. Dab a cotton ball in water to moisten, dip it into the powder, place between teeth and cheek, DO NOT PLACE INSIDE OF THE TOOTH.

When the abscess breaks spit out the poison, it will be bitter, so you will know it is the poison, do not ingest the poison. The cotton ball can be removed. If the tooth does not quit aching, this process can be repeated until you can get to a dentist to get the tooth taken care of.

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suck on a hot mint tea bag Comments By: SHANNON I once had an abscess a couple years ago ,my grandma told me to soak a peppermint tea bag in hot water then suck on it on the side of the mouth where the abscess was,the abscess ruptured and then it went away... After it ruptures you should rinse with hot salt water to keep it from getting reinfected.   Tooth pain cure, Abcess Comments By: Don't want to be toothless A blessed thing, I was starting to see stars and then did this. Baking soda and salt on the cotton and place on abcess. It started to dehydrate the blasted abcess and provided relief after the first treatment. It hasn't ruptured yet but I am out of pain like you couldnt imagine. Not giving advice but it worked for me. Try at your own risk. Anotherwards if you are some sue happy nut like my sister this prevents you from sueing me.   HELP!! I am in mucho PAIN!! Comments By: Steve I am currently experiencing my first, and hopefully last, tooth abscess. The pain is unbelievable! This is coming from a man who has passed more than ten Kidney Stones WITHOUT the benefit of any painkillers or other treatment. Kidney Stone pain is in a league by itself, but this pain comes close. Any advice I can get about remedies, preferably ones that won't make me puke, and don't involve doctors. I will try the Baking Soda/Salt mix, although Baking Soda generally makes me hurl. I will rate this remedy upon my next visit.   RELIEF ! Comments By: Char This was my second abscess on the same tooth within a month!The second time around was MUCH worse. The whole left side of my face was swollen,ear, eye, jaw,cheek and a high feverto boot. I had been on Amoxocillian, Tylenol w/codine,advil and even tried some vicadin for the pain ! for 3 days with NO relief at all and finally read this treatment. It worked for me in the first try !! I am not totally cured of it but, enough to sleep and eat. I keep rinsing with the solution too with warm/hot water and that has helped even more.To all of you out there with this- I feel your pain give it a try it may work as good for you as me. Good Luck :)   Thank You Comments By: Painful and Swollen I'm doing it right now! I hope it works...   It works! Comments By: Kathy I have been in unbelieveable pain since Tuesday. Taking all the tylenol, toradol, lorcet, darvon, and motrin that I have been able to get. Ran across this tip this morning. Decided to give it a try, and by 10:45 tonight, the abscess had indeed burst. I'm looking forward to a much better day tomorrow. Thanks.   i'm going to try it Comments By: Lindsay I'm in pain and my right cheek is swollen and i'm guessing it's an absessed tooth but i'm not sure and I dont have dental insurance...so i'm giving this a whirl. Pray for me!   My God it really works!!! Comments By: Shelley After being in so much pain with an abscess,trying to bring up a very young family,I thought I will try anything!! Not expecting this to work but still hoping that it would,I gave it a try and took myself off to bed, cotton wool in place.When i woke in the morning,low and behold,what a huge relief to see that most of the swelling had subsided and the pain was greatly reduced just by the one application of remedy. Thank you so much!! It is now bearable to contend with and I can resume my daily life. Thank you,thank you,thank you!!!   Giving it a TRY!!!!! Comments By: REM Woke up with a pumpkin for a face. I can only hope this works! I will let you know tomorrow. Thanks for the help!   THANK YOU!!!! Comments By: Ian Wow, it's only been 15 minutes but I can actually think and speak again... Hopefully in a few hours the pain will respond to ibuprofen again... Cheers everyone!!!   THANK YOU SO MUCH!! Comments By: Very relieved Late yesterday afternoon, my tooth started aching like mad. Of course this happened when I couldn't get to my dentist as it was too late to make an appointment and they are closed today (Sunday). I was expecting to have a weekend filled with massive amounts of pain, since the only pain killers I had on hand were Ibuprofin and some oxycodone left over from a previous injury. I hate using that stuff. I searched the internet for herbal remedies for absesses and found this page. I tried it and within 15 mins I'd stopped rocking in pain. I was able to get a decent amount of sleep too. And I haven't had to take ANY ibuprofin! (I'm also a severe wuss when it comes to pain in my mouth) The absess hasn't broken yet, but it's looking like it will soon. I must say this tip works like a charm! THANK YOU for keeping me out of agony this weekend. Now I won't be practically mindless with pain when I see my dentist!   My first abscess Comments By: Anonymous I have been ill the entire weekend and I began to search online for some relief until I see my dentist in a few days. As I write this rating, I can honestly say, I am beginning to feel much better, just to give you some insight to the pain I was in, I was taking over the counter pain relievers every 4 hours on the 4 hours. Thank you so much for the tip. This is one of those times when I wish my grandmother was still alive.   thankyou thankyou thankyou!!!!!! Comments By: Glenn Patrick wow what can i say been in agony for four day's dentist gave me amoxicllin and 400mg ibuprofen nothing seemed to help after only an hour with the poultice the absess has burst and i can think straight again cheer's!!!!   I've run out of baking powder!! Comments By: Anon After 5 days of the worst pain in the world I've just read your tip and got so excited until I found that I've got no baking powder. However I did find a peppermint teabag...here goes!   Whoever you are, I LOVE YOU! Comments By: Maryjane I had to comment because I have been in the worst pain of my life for about 7 days...I'm waiting on my dental insurance to kick in. I was desperate to try anything and I happened across this remedy and tried it. That was 15 minutes ago and now the pain is gone...I can't believe it but thank you thank you thank you.   Needed too........... Comments By: francesca hicks I tried this and although I soaked the cotton wool for a while and tightly made to big a swab. Found that I had no problems sleeping with this in, other than not wanting to swallow the poison and the salty water, slept with hanky to get rid of excess water from mouth. Absess burst overnight and no horrendous pain the next day - what bliss, thank u   im pain like the rest of ya! Comments By: pain is not love well, i tried bc powders which was a very big mistake. i suggest you skip that isle in the grocery store altogether. bc works for sore tooth but not an absess one. this is the second time i had this tooth problem. the first one cost me 2 weeks of work. this time i ran across the baking soda and salt and im praying it works. i can play golf with my face! i have an earache that wont quit. lets see what happens by tonight. and i`ll let ya know if it worked for me too.   im impressed Comments By: pain is not love well i tried it and walla it works!!! plus i washed my mouth out with peroxide for a minute or two until its all foam, then rinse. the swelling is going down and i did the baking soda and salt around 10am this morning and now its 12 midnight. so take that persons advise! it really works!   well im still wondering Comments By: pain is not love well, i still got that puss bag in my gums with a very big bubble. so im still going with the soda and salt trick. it feels like it wants to burst but it wont. my gums must be made of a thick membrane or something. lol, but i`m still working at it. it is 12:30pm   ok, it works im just a retard lol Comments By: pain is not love well i tried it again this time i put alot of soda and salt on the cotton ball and left it in for 5 hours. that works the best. and i have no more infection in my jaw. thank you!!!!!!!   I'm going to SMACK my dentist Comments By: twoabcess Why didn't he tell me this? I've had an abcess for 3 days, I'm on penicillin and so many painkillers and it just kept getting worse. Last night I went looking and found this site. I started this morning with a teabag and this afternoon I swithched to the salt/soda. Finally my jaw is beginning to look like it has bones in it again. Thanks for the tip.   I'll Give It A Go!! Comments By: Lynn Pretty Neutral for now. Well, I've been up all night and this is the first reasonable remedy that i have come across. i'll go and try it now and rate it later. (Good thing that for some strange reason i picked a box of baking soda while shopping)   Ouch Comments By: Anon I have an abscess tooth and just found out that I am pregnant. I don't want to be taking a lot of pain medication, and I still have 3 days till I see the Oral Surgeon. My jaw is swollen, it's uncomfortable to swallow, I can't open my mouth all the way, and it feels like I have an earache. I am going to give this remedy a try, It looks like it works. I will let you know how it turns out.   Going to try this Comments By: Pain and Misery I've got an absess and I'm in total agony. I've just come across this and I've sent hubby down to the shops to get some baking soda for me, I'm praying it's going to work as I can't get an appointment with the dentist for another 3 weeks! watch this space!   Here goes nothing Comments By: CHARLENA My absessed is going on two weeks now. Waiting till I can go to the dentist but,nothing is working for the pain so... HERE GOES NOTHING!!!!!   had an absessed since oct. and it is now april Comments By: blake i broke two of my teeth and to make a long story short, i have two absessed teeth that i cannot afford to get fixed. its so expensive. my lip is swollen, i cant fit an entire cotton ball up there.iam giving it a try. it is hurting a bit but iam hoping it will pass. i cant wait to get this over with. it never hurt as much until now!!!!ahhhh   Worth a shot Comments By: Trikzy I woke up in pain last night, after eating chic-fil-a (they use peanut oil) and as i should have known it caused my gums to swell and then came the pain. so I'm here and gonna give this a try.   Whats What? Comments By: Gaz Just been reading your page, i broke my back tooth in half about a month ago, and now i have found i have a peanut sized lump on my gum which hurts like hell, ive just returned from the shops, at the shops they sold " baking powder " and " bicarbonate soda " in your comments it has Baking Soda mentioned, so which one do i want? lol TipKing says: You need the bicarbonate of soda, baking powder is different.   Thank yoU! Comments By: absolutely amazed! WOWWW!! I am so glad i stumbled upon this site! I tried this today and it worked! At first i was unsure of how i would know if the absess burst, but your right you can taste the bitterness! wow, im glad i tried this, im pain free after 4 days of the entire left side of my face hurting!! Thank You!   pain pain pain Comments By: jay I had pain well a throb for a few days. then over the week it got to much pain that i was loseing my mind, i tried 400mg pain killins did not work,salt water i relaise did help. i did not know what was up with me. today(30th may 06)i was rushed to the hospital as i could not even open my mouth my jaw and in so is in so much pain,. they saw me and now i got told i have a absess that i left to long. and becuase it is in the jaw it is more of a risk as i left it to long,but now im on penicillin and took it and seem to ease of,, i like to say also them heat pads and wrap into a towel and place on side of your face also works to get the pain away. it help me sleep for the 1st time in days. Now i got more pain to come when i have my wisdom tooth out. i wish i never had my toung piecerd 5ys ago now.   is this an infection? Comments By: j j I had root canal treatment 2yrs+ and my tooth had cracks to which my dentist repaired.I noticed that my gum beneath my treated tooth has a small hard lump to which has started to smell really bad(only under that tooth tho)Ive used salt water,keep rubbing it with cotton wool,incase goo comes out and it still smells nasty,sometines I can taste it too,cant get to the dentist as bank holiday.Getting paranoid now,HELP Please. TipKing says: I cannot offer any type of advice other than from personal experience. It sounds like an old abcess. Try to get to see a dentist who will be able to offer full advice. Sorry not to have been any more help.   Trying everything!!!! Comments By: Tara Had an abcessed tooth around Christmas time. Took antibiotics, still didn't feel right...Swelling went away and so did most of the pain. Well here it is, June and it came back with a vengence. Tried the tea bag thing...Nothing...Trying the baking soda and salt right now...Pain is nowhere near as intense as it was...I think I finally found a cure for my bad teeth...   I've given it to my husband to try Comments By: Cindy My husband has been in unbearable pain for the past 2-3 days, and hasn't really slept. Of course it's the weekend, no dentist available....I've just mixed the soda & salt, dipped the cotton ball and had him put it in his mouth. I REALLY hope it works...can't stand seeing him in this much pain!   WORKED LIKE A CHARM Comments By: CINDY MIXED THE BAKING SODA AND SALT FOR MY HUSBAND, AND THIS MORNING HE WAS WHISTLING!   I LOVE U - PAIN RELIEF Comments By: Smiley mum again Thank you sooo much, I have a 7 wk old baby and 2 older children. Having grimaced my way through a sleepless night and then sports day today I cannot believe how quickly this worked. I can finally smile at my gorgeous baby again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   toughing it our Comments By: Mom of 7 After 7 kids and 3 c sections I developed some kind of allergic reaction to anything interveineous. My teeth are breaking and rotting to nothing because I had a very bad reaction in the dentist office when he was trying to fill my teeth. Every tooth that breaks and starts hurting, I just tough it out because I don't know where else to turn. I have no insurance, so here I am. I came across this website searching for some clue as to whether or not tooth decay can eventually kill me. That's my main concern. I am sitting here right now with the mixture in my cheek since this tooth is very sensitive and feels like the nerve is exposed. I'll let you know if this works and can you let me know if I am poisoning my self by toughing it out.   pain during treatment? Comments By: mom of 7 4 excedrins calmed the pain and then I tried this treatment. Is it supposed to cause pain? I wasn't in pain when I started an hour ago, now its killing me again. I'll stick it out if I'm supposed to. How do I know if I am dealing with an absess anyway?   Sore gums, still in pain Comments By: mom of 7 I put the mixture in my gum for about an hour yesterday. As I said before, it made the tooth hurt during treatment. The only result I got was my gum and cheek are both sore and raw. It feels like it does when you get a cancer sore. Tooth still aches, aspirin still works at this point, but they wear off every 4 hours like clock work, what now? Was it too strong, am I not dealing with an absess?   Worked for me Comments By: PantherUK Took a couple of days but this method drew the poison up the side of the gum so I was able to drain it. Just waiting for the swelling to go down now. Brilliant tip.   it helps Comments By: justin tried the salt and bicarb ,seems to be helping,i can think a bit more clearly,ime suprised this remedy isnt better known!!cant wait till the bugger bursts! justin,wiltshire.england.   WOW this really works :) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Comments By: Prairepup WOW this salt and baking soda really works. Gross but it worked for me very fast. I started around 2am and left it there for about an hour and a half then took a brake from the salty taste. I reapplied it around 10pm for about 30 to 45 minutes and when I removed it the Abscess had come to a head. That was the worse part popping that gross thing. There was a bit of discomfort when I had the salt mix in my mouth but popping it was no pain at all. Then fallowed by a very slight pain where it was all swollen. Now it is the next day the swelling is pretty much all gone and the out side is still sensitive but nothing compared to what it was. I am sure It will only get better at the day goes on. ITHANK YOU AND HIGHLY RECOMMENT THIS TO ANYONE.   Thank you SO much Comments By: jeni Was in SO SO much agony with absess, i stumbled across this tip, left the cotton wool pad on about 15 mins, took it off and the absess had broken, pouring gunk (sorry) but wow....THE PAIN HAD miraculously GONE. Will need antibiotics to clear rest of infection as it's still lumpy but oh thank you so much for getting rid of my pain!!!x   It works!!! Comments By: PA girl I have had the baking soda and salt mix in my mouth for only a half hour and the pain has subsided greatly. I'm hoping this will allow me to wait a few months for a dreaded root canal!!   Help Comments By: mistie i am 17 weeks pregnant and think i have an abscess. i tried the salt and baking soda solution off and on all day and still nothing im literally about to die from the pain! the pressure is so intense any other suggestions help me!!   I am floored by how well this worked Comments By: Ang I tried this and within a halfhour, it was down enough that I could close my mouth and I stopped crying. I did it one more time before bed and was actually able to sleep 6 full hours!! I can never thank you enough!!!   Am giving this a shot Comments By: Angel I have been crying for 3 days. My whole face is swollen, and it is so abcessed, that it is swollen over one of my teeth. I pray this work!!   Severe Abcess on Roof of Mouth!!!!!!! Comments By: Sarah Kate Hi, I've been in agony for 3 days, one of my (supposedly permenant!) front crowns snapped off, and the filed down tooth underneath is dead, however the root is still alive and has abcessed spectacularly, causing swelling as big as a golf ball on the roof of my mouth. The pain and pressure is unbeleivable, haven't eaten or slept in 3 days and not seeing my dentist for 2 more days. Saw emergency dentist at hospital last night who gave me anti-biotics and tried to drain the poison but I'm sure whatever he did made it ten times worse!! I need to know if this treatment would be suitable for me as the abcess is on the roof of my mouth and getting worse, even with starting anti-biotics and round the clock "painkillers"...help!!????   Thanks Comments By: Nikkie in Charlotte Tried this after a painful, sleepless night. IT reduced the pain but the absess hasn't burst. Have a raw inner cheek but it was worth the trade!   Im dying!! Comments By: ouch !! god help me!! I tried this 10 minutes ago and ill see what happens, ive ready every post and hope i get the same !! If not, im going to get a pair of plyers and pull the darn thang myself!! lol!! maybe not but i think about it!   Thank you! Comments By: Anon I have had this pain for 4 days and finally went to the emergency room, but they didn't tell me about this treatment. Mine hasn't burst yet, and what do you do when that happens? Does a rinse of something like that help it to heal?   Seems to be working Comments By: Krysta Tried it out about 20 miutes ago, and the major pain is gone, still aches in my neck and Im drooling alot, but hopefully it will do as it said it would.   SLOWLY SUFFERING Comments By: slowly suffering in CA I am sitting here with the cotton ball in mouth. I truly hope this works, cause I have just spent the whole night awake and I still made it to work. I am so tired and every time I try to fall asleep the pain wakes me up!!!   First time for everything Comments By: Anon This is my first abcess that I have ever had, and I run across this page. And after reading all of the other comments, I thought that I would give it a try. I have got my fingers crossed that this will work. I will let you know how well it goes.   Husband in major agony.. Comments By: Acute Pain is it supposed to hurt really bad after the application?I just found this site and sure hope he has similar results as the other poor souls..I really feel for ya'll and hope you all get better..he has had this on and off for months but the past three days has been hell for both of us.I feel so sorry for him..should it be hurting really bad though..Thank you so much..   I'M ONLY 16! Comments By: Heather My name is Heather, and i am a 16 years old with absess tooth! This pain is unbeilvable! i cant sleep because the pain is Horrific! i have looked up on the internet tonight about all kinds of ways to get absess tooth, and its unreal! I'm trying the Salt/baking Soda deal now! HOPEFULLY it helps me!   What if? Comments By: Worried What if you don't have that bicarb soda stuff?? Is there anything you can use instead?   Didn't Work Comments By: Lizzie i tried that treatment twice and it did not work for me, it made it worse and gave me a raw open wound in my mouth. I went to the dentist and am getting a root canal--not painful at all--its worth going and just getting it taken care of the right way. i dont have anymore pain except for the wound and some pain from the drilling, but going in was totally worth it!   Abcess Killer Comments By: tcisaki There are no words for the gratitude I feel for this tip. I have been on 2 different kinds of antibiotics in the last four days along with enough Vicodin to kill a horse. Nothing helped until I tried this. I left the first cotton ball in for approx. 4 hours and then changed it. Within 20 minutes of changing it the abcess burst (looked like somebody had shot me in the mouth). I rinsed with Listerine followed by hydrogen peroxide. Within 10 minutes an orgasm of relief washed over me. I feel human again. No longer suicidal. I think I can make it 3 more days until I can get it pulled. THANK YOU!!!! (Why can't dentists suggest this when they won't extract because of abcess??)   From toothache to absess, then comes paralyzation Comments By: smommeee Make sure your absess is gone! I had one, went to the emergency room, was given antibiotics and vikodin. I couldn't afford to see a dentist for follow-up. The pain finally went away, and I soon forgot about it. It wasn't hurting anymore, and the swelling was gone. It still felt kind of different (like it never completly healed), but it never started hurting again, so I didn't worry much about it. A year had passed, and the infection finally reached my brain. I had a stroke from it, and am partially paralyzed. The absess I had, never really disolved or broke open, but since the pain was gone, I assumed the absess was too. My blood pressure was already high on a normal basis. The poison from the absess had made it worse. Since my stroke, that dead tooth broke off, and I had to have it extracted. The dentist fee is the same before a stroke as it is after. I wish I had gone before it was too late.   HELP Comments By: Lynette Tried this remedy last night and the only thing I was left with was irritated gums and bad taste in my mouth. Maybe my measurements werent correct, going to try again. Can somebody please provide me with correct measurements ? I really need some relief !   Hours of Hell Comments By: Adam On Thursday I got an Abcess while in Indianapolis on business. With the pain getting worse minute by minute, I had to rush to catch a flight to Chicago, before connecting on to London. With the bad wheather and the airport delays, it was like pain i'd never felt before (20hours of it). Pain killers didn't make a dent, & the cabin pressure on the 7hour flight back to London made me look like the elephant man (or the hamster man really). Once back in England I rushed to the dentist clinic. I'm now on Antibiotics which will hopefully kick in before long. Next step root canal. I'm greatful that the NHS exists here in the UK, as not getting treatment is simply not an option! (it amazing to read that people cant afford the dentist bills to get treatment?!) Anyway, I'm currently trying this salt & soda tip out - in hope more than belief. I'm hoping that my face will return to a near normal size within 24hours!!!   pain4dayz Comments By: anon I have been in pain for 3 days and being that its just before christmas, and I have 3 kids, there IS NO money for the dentist. I found this tip and thought, what the heck, it can't been any worse that how it is now, and I am so glad I did. I actually put ice on my jaw for a few hrs because I noticed the heat from my hand holding it was making it worse, and I dozed off, to wake up feeling better but now I had a bubble in my gums but it was to hard to pop. I tried the salt and baking soda and within an hour, it had popped, and drained. Ahhh!! no more pain!! I keep rinsing with peroxide to keep the bacteria away from the area. Thanks for the tip!   thank u..thank u Comments By: Jason jones I dont know yall but thank u ..omg..thank u ..this is a miracle that this works!!!! yall are the man..u are makin a dude in Tennessee very very happy!   So far so good!!! Comments By: ANON I've had this absess for three (3) days now, the Dentist is closed until the 2nd of January, as most are around this time of year. I did get a prescription filled with Amoxicillan, so far the swelling and pain are still the same. I have had the cotton ball in my mouth for about 1.5 hours. Hope it works, based on most of the comments it seems it will.   pain! pain! pain! Comments By: Tony Ponce Tried this last night and it felt better. Woke up with major pain so I'm trying this again and seems to feel a little better. Hopefully I can drain this awful abcess & pain away! I want have a happy new year!   Truly Amazing Comments By: So Simple I have been in pain for several days, unable to eat and have lost several pounds. I have seen great results. The 1st day there was relief and I was able to see pus drainage on the cotton swab.   It Hurt's Like Hell Comments By: I'm in pain I'm trying the salt and bakeing soda now. Hope it work's for me.   trying the salt and soda as I type Comments By: Jan This is my 8th day of pain after have 7 extractions.. the infection is still in my check.. not sure why the dentist dont just drain it..but i cant take it no more this is my fourth day I had to call off work.. So I hope it works also.   Emergency room (not ) thanks Comments By: Dave I have had this continuing to worsen for 3 or 4 days , Last 2 couldn ''t sleep a wink , jUST found this site and snuck out of work , grab the cotton soda and salt , spent a hour and a half , and bingo , I feel human again , the pain is darn near totally gone , and the swelling seams to be going away as well !! Thanks man , saved me some stupid money !!   some relief Comments By: Adriana well i to stumbled onto this site. I am doing the cotton ball thing now for 1 hour. Nothing yet. i want to cut my gum and get it out myself. I used to have a the little pimple head, but i don't see it anymore. i used the tea bag treament and that formed 2 bubble heads before this treatment. i am still positive that this will work, atleast most of the people that tried it are in relief. goodluck and thanks   Exhausted of being in pain-Becca Comments By: Rebecca Im 21 years old & have an absess, this is my second one, I tried the whole bakin soda/salt on cotton and left it in my mouth all night long, woke up this morning and could tell the puss bubble was a little less swallon, my question is, will it rupture by itself over nite, or do i have to rupture it with a needle or something??? Im hoping some of you will tell me your ruptured on its on b/c ive tried the needle thing and its severe pain! thanks for any advice!   Cured Comments By: Deebo I've been getting an absessed tooth every year for 10 years and it always starts the first 2 weeks of Feb. Nothing works on this kind of pain, not percs, vics, nothing. Usually I just bear the pain and drink until i pass out. Then this year I read this. WOW. it really worked. I woke up the next morning having left the swab in over night and the pain was completely gone. The blister on my gums had gotten a little bigger but i could also see that some of it had drained onto the swab. I tried popping the blister several times but no luck so I think i'm just going to keep using this mixture until it ruptures. THANK YOU TO WHOEVER DISCOVERED THIS!   OMG Comments By: t I just like everyone else has the pain of a life time. giving birth to two kids wernt even that bad. im going to try the mixture but im scared because it say dont get it in your teeth but my tooth is crackd what could i do? HELP   prego and in pain Comments By: Toria UNBELIEVABLE!!!! I am 8 months pregnant, and have spent the last 4 days in complete agony!!! No pain medicine they can give a prego has helped, I am taking antibiotics but to no avail! I have had the cotton ball and mixture in now for about 25 min and I am not crying and gasping for air anymore!!! WHOEVER wrote this GOD BLESS YOU and any suggestions for childbirth? lol!!!! I am truly grateful, as I am sure everyone else is! This is a pain that is undescribable!   I`m sold it works Comments By: Tom as the rest of the comments it hurts worst than any pain i have experienced within 1hr pain has subsided maybe i will be able to get some sleep now and hopefully in the morning will be somewhat normal will finish with follow up tomorrow thanks for this advice   you saved my sanity Comments By: KIM dentist prescribed penicillin that didnt help.husband bought strongest pain killers possible,still in pain saw the tip tried it.EXCELLENT!   follow up Comments By: tom actually got some sleep and pain is gone thanks tom   This is worse than a burn or child birth Comments By: SLN I am trying it now, the whole side of my face is swollen I can barely see from my right eye. Have a question though what if you can not tell where the absess is. I know what tooth hurts so I put it there and I hope it will work   Wow!! Brilliant thankyouthankyouthankyou Comments By: painless jo I was SOO not sure about this, and the first time i tried (lasted about 2 mins) i nearly yacked all over the place. But, I tried again and I am now relatively pain free and can think straight. Thank you to whoever started this, you are my lifesaver xx   HELP ME PLEASE Comments By: Mummyof3 I have the start of an abcess on a toothe that broken right to the gum, I am as we speak trying this method and its stinging my gum like hell like unbearable pain, is this normal, its really really sort, I tried it last night when I went to bed and I still have pain today, someone please please help me, I am preganant with my thrid child and its been a bad pregnancy I cant take this anymore   moderate pain.... Comments By: anonxoxo I have read every comment and every one of them has given me hope! As of right now, I am trying the peperment tea bag procedure. I am not sure how long I should keep it in, but I will go for a half an hour or so. I will also try the salt water and baking soda. Thank you for the help...I will let you know the results of it... Why didn't the dentist suggest this?....all he did was give me antibiotics....   PAIN! PAIN! PAIN! Comments By: Yo-Yo This is my second abscess in about 5 years. I have been in pain now for 3 days. I've tried chewing tobacco and it did relieve the pain a bit. i also tried the peroxide and orajel. now i do not have any pain but my face is looks like a watermelon. I will try the Baking soda and salt. Please GOD make this gross thing bust. I will let you know what happened. Pray for me!   The Miracle Treatment!!! Comments By: Dawn I was in excruciating pain for 4 days. I went to the emergency room on the 2nd day but I only went home with a numbed cheeck and throbbing pain! I even tried rinsing with whiskey, rinsing with vanilla extract, and rinsing with warm salt water and the only thing that happened was I smelled and tasted like a salty, vanilla flavored drunk. There is nothing worse than mouth pain. After finding this miracle salt & baking soda treatment I tried it and in only 15 minutes the throbbing pain had stopped!! I even got caught up on some badly needed sleep!! Try this...it works better than any vicadin ever can!! (I tried that too!)I hope that anyone else that has had the unfortunate experience of this unbelievable pain, has as much success as I did!!   I wish I had read this days ago!!! Comments By: Lori In misery, and husband threatening a trip to to emergency room...found this remedy and whammo..and I mean whammo(5 minutes) the ugly thing busted and now my husband just may get lucky tonight lol TRY THIS, IT REALLY WORKED!   fed up with docters ! Comments By: broke in suberbia been to my primary docter, ent, allergist, have had blood work,urinalysis,ct scan,mri,antibiotics,nasal spray,and a boatload of painkillers. end result--still in pain. today i use baking soda/salt.   Abcess was killing me..... Comments By: jason i used the banking soad formula, but what works best for me is the teabag, I couldn't sleep, took painkillers, antibotics, and all, been up for two days with small naps, but place a dry teabag on the absess, and it will come to a head, now I am trying to figure how to bust it   Thank you!!!!! Comments By: Teresa Who would think that baking soda and salt could be a wonder drug? My face and lymph nodes were swollen for two days from an absess. I have had a family medical emergency and couldn't get to a dentist. I have been in such extreme pain that I wasn't able to sleep, eat or think. I tried the baking soda and salt remedy and I feel like a new person. I made a thick liquid with hot water, salt and baking soda and swished it in my mouth periodically for several hours. I could actually feel it working. If you're skeptical of homeopathic remedies, just try this one and you will no longer doubt them.   Give It a go Comments By: cry baby Been in pain now for six days after root canal treatment, been to hospital dentist, my own dentist and my GP.Have been prescribed Augmenten, co codamol x 8,Diclofenac( anti inflamatory for server arthritis. Still in pain, giving the salt & bicabonate a go as we speak. The pain seems to easing, if this works it will be a miracle cure. I feel very lucky to live in the UK, all you poor folk that don't have the money for a dentist. I will pray that this works for you , especially all the expectant mums suffering this agony   URG! Comments By: Ginny. v_V Painnnnn. Well. I've had an abcess for about 8 months. Mom won't make me an apointment and I am in terrible pain. I hope to GOD this works for me. Because if it doesn't. I'm plenty willing to take a pair of pliers and yank this dang thing out. =[   God bless you! Comments By: Corey Wow! Wow! Wow! Thank you so much! The pain is gone, and the swelling so slowly going down... thank you so much! You're a life saver. Just had to get through the week till the appointment, and this did the trick! Wow!   Why Comments By: Shamps Doesnt seem to be working all that well for me, maybe cause mine might not be a tooth absess. I had pain, which this took it a away for a bit but it returned and swelled up even more..Guess i'll need to call out sick from work just to go to the dang expensive dentist earlier then i hoped. Gonna try this again first.   Another big tip Comments By: Kaye go to this website http://charles_w.tripod.com/tooth.html Charles Weber says that RAW cashews have anacardic acids that will heal teeth absesses. He made them part of his main diet for 24 hours and healed them on 5 different occasions within 24 hours the last time took several days but still works. I am trying all these tricks because I too have no money or insurance   Water? Comments By: Please help! How much water do I put on the cotton ball?   Thank God It Helped Me! Comments By: Donna Yesterday I was in so much pain and misery with my absessed tooth. I was crying and praying "God show me what to do?" I got on the internet and searched for info on how to treat an absessed tooth and I ran across your site. I made the mixture and put it on my gum in front of my tooth and within 10 minutes the pain left! Thank you for being here.   FINALLY Comments By: Anon If you can handle the taste,..and the soreness of your gums and cheek afterward this is TOTALLY worth it!!!   Gave it a try Comments By: Candy My husband is suffering with an abscess and tried this out and within 45 mins his abscess was draing giving him relief. It does work and greatly.   Pain! Comments By: Nickole I'm sitting here right now with the cotton ball in my mouth not sure if I have a absessed tooth or not I just know it hurts really bad (throbing) so far the pain isn't as bad, doesn't taste great but I guess I will see what happens!   IT WORKS!! Comments By: Kathi I have been in pains for days! With an old wisdom tooth that broke in half and had abcessed. I thought for sure with the lack of dental insurance that I was in for a road of PAIN! Nothing I have tried has worked. Vicadon, Ibeprofen, Tylenol, even some antibotics that I had from the past. I even tried some ginseng since that was supposed to be good for inflammation. I even tried the tea bag thing, and that worked for a little while but the throbbing pain would come right back. It's now 1:30AM on Sunday and I have an interview in the morning. I just put this on and already RELIEF!! Thank you so very much!! I thought for sure I was going to be miserable for my interview tomorrow. I might actually get some sleep!! YaY!!!   Agony Of Defeat Comments By: D'Marie Freneey I Pray This Works...I Am At Work And Cannot Concentrate. If It Works I definately Will Give You A Rave Reveiw. Thanks For The Tip....On The Way To Releif At Last.   OMG I ove U Comments By: Darren Well the soda/salt thing has gotten the pain away. Now just waiting for it to pop, I hope its soon. I'll coment when I see wht happens. Ty soo far tho.   BELIEVE IT!!! Comments By: Anonymous I had an awful abcess yesterday. It was very painful and swollen. I read this, went home from work and applied the mixture to the abcess. Within two hours, I had a ready to pop pimple/boil and today it is if I never had an abcess at all. I couldn't believe it. This really does work!!   Holy wow, it worked! Comments By: Frank I was contemplating piercing mine with a sharp object, I couldn't take the pain any longer! Then I saw this home remedy and it seemed logical, so I gave it a shot... After an 2 hours or so I grew impatient and replaced the cotton ball with a fresh one rolled in the potion. An hour later it actually did the trick! I was so high from painkillers I didn't even realize that the pulsating gum ball in my mouth now had an oozing hole burned through it and had dissolved! Thank god I was using a spit cup the entire time and didn't swallow the evil poison! Soon as I have some $ I'm going to the dentist, but for now I feel so much better! Thank you!   I need an epidural from the neck UP Comments By: Joo Waiting for root canal (8 - 12 week wait!!) and for the last 4 days had lots of jaw pain shooting into my ear and down my neck and been on painkillers and antibiotics. Yesterday afternoon pain got so severve no amount of pain killers are working. Only relief is constant swilling of cold water around the gum. Been up all night and now waiting for the shop to open so I can buy some Baking soda (only have baking powder -damn it!) fingers crossed you are all right!!   May God bless You Comments By: Patricia Mejias As soon as I read about this I went running to the kitchen and put my cotton with baking soda and salt and at first it burned like crazy but five minutes later I started feeling much better .Its been 20 minutes and the pain is completely gone!   i have a question and i need help please Comments By: Anthony if i do this and it work like everybody says doesnt it come back?and doesnt it come back hard and stronger then before i didnt this thing?   It Works Comments By: GMS My dental insurance does not kick in for about another two weeks, after a combination of Aleve and Ibuprofen every few hours I was contemplating removing the tooth my self. I searched online and found this site. Used the mixture for about 2 hours switching the cotton ball a couple times. I nice little head formed and I popped it with a sewing needle. The right side of my face and neck no longer hurt. The actual application did burn a little but nothing compared to how much it hurt before. I am going to do it again tomorrow after work to get the rest of the gunk out. This really works and its great, Thank you   yup totaly worked..... so thankful Comments By: kiki I could not believe it actually worked.. my bubble was pretty big too. I am so thankful I have been sleeping with an ice pack for almost three days. thanks for the great advise.   Waiting... Comments By: Tia Taylor Ok 1. Equal parts salt and Baking soda 2. Moist (as in damp not soaked) cotton Put in mouth next to cheek and gum. Burns.....stings...goes numb.. been there for 10 min so far. Reading others comments I am expecting a raw, sore feeling after I take it out. Will update in a few hours to tell results. just4youjonathen@hotmail.com   Wow!!!!!!!! IT WORKS!!! THANK YOU!!!! Comments By: Toothache free! My husbands cheek was swollen up like a golfball & no insurance for the dentist. After several days of taking antibiotics to no avail, and almost being ready to go to the emergency room.. my husband tried this & IT WORKED!!!! Thank you, thank you!   Results.... Comments By: Tia Taylor Well, it numbed it for awhile and the nteh pain came back. My gum was raw and my cheek as well (I really don't care about that though) I went the herbal shop and took RhusTox, Kava-Kava, Echinanecca and a paste of myrhh gum nd goldenseal. The paste got stuck in the raw part of my cheek and felt funny. Kava-Kava really helped the pain. Finally went to the dentist. Not only was my tooth abscessed but my jaw was infected as well. Could be why this did not work. Had to go to the oral surgeon to have it removed. It was wonderful! They put you under and you wake up..pain gone! Now I just have to work on my jaw healing.   Praying for relief Comments By: Alicia Im eight and a half months pregnant and im dying of horrific tooth pain its been bothering me off and on now for a while and im trying to make it till after my son is born..going to the store to get baking soda. I really hope it works, i'll post a message in the morning telling weather it works or not...if it can for me it can for anyone!!   Genesis in PAIN Comments By: Boop Wish me luck..its in place right now..I'll be at a concert tonight seeing Genesis..I've waited so long for this..and am in pain..I pray it will help even a bit..thanks for the tip..   A Miracle!!!! Comments By: Cherry F. My daughter had been in excruciating pain for two days with an abcess. She was taking Percocet evry three hours and Ibuprophen. She even went to the ER and got a shot of Morphine but it did not relieve the pain. I saw this remedy and she tried it and within an hour the pain was gone!!!!!! It is still tender but the horrible pain is gone!! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!!!   helo Comments By: melissa Im 20 years old and have this bubble like thing on my gum idk if its an absessed? anyways i really want it to go away? im going to try this tip but is it bad if it pops?   il try anythin Comments By: Sore Steve gonna give this a go because il try anythin..right to the shop   praying for releif Comments By: kellie well i have read all the comments while waiting with this mixture in my mouth , i dont know if i did it right...the salt was burning my cheek a bit , it seems to not be as bad as before though...its the very end of my gums i think my wisdom tooth is coming in ..cant get any help for meds or dentist till nov. (its sept. )have to wait 2 weeks for doc appt for antibiotics so i really am praying this wokrs i have 4 kids to take care of and its not so easy when your in eso much pain.   after root canal treatment Comments By: satbir singh thanks soda and salt is miracle, against the pain on the infected gum or teeth, just try it with no risk. 1/4 table spoon baking powder and 1/8 table spoon salt mix it and rub it on the infected gum or teeth. wash it with fresh water   WOW-is all I have to say Comments By: Stacy I tried this after days of being in complete agony and pain. After about an hour, I noticed a huge difference in the way I felt. The swelling in my neck/jaw went down, the throbbing in the tooth went away and the pain around my tongue was gone. I could actually open my mouth enough to eat! I am going to use the mixture again for a few hours tonight and hope that I get the pimple at the surface!   OMG Comments By: HappilyHelped Lastnight I woke up with a severe tooth ache..I didn't have any baking soda and was not going to make hubby go to the store at 3:59 am..I took a cotton swap ran hot water over it and rolled it in salt place the swab next to the gum, and within 5 mins The Pain was gone!!! AMAZING!! THANK YOU SO SO SO SO MUCH FOR THIS REMEMDY!   Words can't discribe this treatment! Comments By: Michael I can't believe that dentist's don't tell people about this? It has been around 2 1/2 hours since I started this treatment and all the absess is mostly gone!!!!!!! Thank you so much for your post my friend!   don't give up! Comments By: happy mom of 6 My hubby came back from the supermarket with baking powder and bicarbonate of soda(is this known as baking soda in the U.S?)i tried the baking powder to no avail when i read over the comments to let it work when i had a brainwave that maybe i should be using the bicarb.soda? Well i did about half an hour ago and BINGO! it worked!!!!! So if one doesn't work try the other,i'll keep you all posted tomorrow!   this is my last hope! Comments By: Anon I have been living in a complete nightmare for the last eight days,i have given birth to six children totally drug free having such a high pain threshold but this abcess has blown me away!i wouldn't wish one on my worst enemy!I have just sent my partner down to the supermarket to get the baking soda remedy,i've promised him if it works i'll use the rest to bake a cake!something i've never done before!   I FEEL LIKE A NEW WOMAN!!!!!!! Comments By: Cake Baker Mom of 6 I did the bicarb soda and salt remedy last night and within 10 minutes i felt some relief!I also slept with the swab all night, the little blighter hasn't burst yet so i am rinsing every half hour with a made up solution and am going to put the swab in later when i go to sleep,i have ditched the painkillers and am sticking to your remedy it's an absolute sanity saver! I am now off to bake that cake if i get that right that'll be another miracle!   Im going to try it Comments By: Brittany Im 16..And i have an abcessed tooth..I cant handle the pain and its my second one and its worse this time.. my last one got pulled but this time its the one becide it By dad keeps giving me tyenol 3's but It's not working and i feel more sick. I am going to try this and hope it works.   Wonderful Comments By: Abbs Fantastic, woke up this morning after a previous root canal tooth had chipped and broken, after an hour the pain and abscess has gone. The taste is foul but well worth it. Had the swab on for just over an hour and bingo i feel grea.   Pregnant Relief Comments By: Pregnant 3 days of excruciating pain, ten minutes of surfing to find this web site, 15 minutes applying it to my abscess, 5 minutes of crying for joy after it finally popped. I THANKYOU so much.   Help Comments By: Painful Will baking powder work the same as baking soda....Please answer!!!!! TipKing says: Baking powder is completely different. No it will not work.   With in 30 seconds it was draining Comments By: Don in Atlanta Thanks! Thanks! Thanks! My lower jaw has been swollen for about 2 days from an infected abscess. This has been the worse pain I have ever had to deal with. I went to the dentist today and had a root canal performed. When the numbing wore off the pain came back with a vengeance because the abscess was still there. I was taking one Tylanol 3 with codine every hour. Then I came across this post. With in 30 seconds of me putting the cotton ball between my teeth and gum, I could taste the infection. I took the cotton ball out and sure enough it was reddish brown. I am still swollen but the pain is gone and I am able to relax. Thank you a million times over.   Ow Ow Ow !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Comments By: Shirley My toothpain was so bad I told my Hubby I am glad theres not a gun in the house!An hour ago I found this tip and put the stuff in my mouth, pain relief was almost instant, so happy, I think it is starting to ooze, will let you know what happens, Thanks!!   Ow Ow Ow !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Comments By: Shirley My toothpain was so bad I told my Hubby I am glad theres not a gun in the house!An hour ago I found this tip and put the stuff in my mouth, pain relief was almost instant, so happy, I think it is starting to ooze, will let you know what happens, Thanks!!   Ow Ow Ow !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Comments By: Shirley My toothpain was so bad I told my Hubby I am glad theres not a gun in the house!An hour ago I found this tip and put the stuff in my mouth, pain relief was almost instant, so happy, I think it is starting to ooze, will let you know what happens, Thanks!!   Holy Father, never expected anything, IT WORKED! Comments By: THANKFUL ONE Something was wrong with my husband's left side teeth or cheek or ear. His whole left side was in unbearable, according to him. I was desparate to help him. Did not know if it was abcess or anything. Took different medicines. Essentially nothing helped.Used this tip. He slept that night like a baby and next morning he wasn't in pain & swalling was done. My lord, he even didn't go to the dentist!IT WORKED!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS TIP! GOD BLESS YOU!   ouch!!!!! Comments By: crobinson is bicarb of soda the same as baking soda? Please answer! TipKing says: Yes it is the same, as long as it is baking soda and not baking powder they are different. See www.bicarbonateofsoda.co.uk   im trying this now!!!! Comments By: rhonda I am trying this right now. i had a root canal & the filling come out of the tooth & now it is abcessed!!! im on amoxil 500 but nothing. my face is swollen. this is burning sooooooo bad my eyes are watering!!!! is this supposed to be happening????   PRAYING THIS WORKS Comments By: REDNECK ANGEL TN I HAVE NEVER KNOWN THIS. BUT IM PRAYING IT WORKS . I HAVE BEEN HURTING FOR 2 SOLID DAYS AND IM WILLING TO TRY AND IF IT WORKS, I WILL TELL A MAN THAT I SPOKE TO THIS MORNING WHO WAS TRYING FIND A CURE FOR HIS PRECIOUS WIFE.   thank you Comments By: sandi I dont know whats wrong with me but my doctor says it my tooth i have ear pain throat pain jaw pain and mild neck pain tried the mixure and i got some well a great deal of relief thank you   thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Comments By: debyounguk i stumbled onto your website on monday after the weekend from hell!!!! i have never had pain like it, and i`ve had 2 kids and 2 tattoos!!! i tried your remedy on monday morning and by monday lunchtime my abscess had popped and all pain gone!!!!! you are a genius!!!!   Hallelujah Comments By: Almost went crazy I have a very painful abscess that keeps going away and coming back. I did the baking soda and salt with the cotton ball. I was impatient, because I was in pain. My boyfriend drenchced the cotton ball in the mixture, I said it was too much. He convinced me to try. It burned terribly for 5 minutes. I took it out and ran to the bathroom. When I looked in the mirror, it already came to a head. I popped it with a needle. (Painless, since the head was so big) NO MORE PAIN. Just scared I might have swallowed a little bit of poison and might die. (I am paranoid) Thank you soooooo mcuh. God bless you for sharing this knowledge. I feel great,still a little swollen though.   thankyou so much Comments By: jojo i have had tooth ache for three days now and i woke this morning to find a huge abscess there, i tried painkillers but they didn't work, then i came accross your very helpful tip and within the hour the pain had gone my abscess has now popped and the sweet sweet relief feels so good thanx again   Abscess to deep Comments By: Once Upon A Misery I tried the salt and baking soda but I think my abscess was too deep in my jaw to surface. It just made the already swollen tissues of my mouth tender. I seems to have helped so many people so it's always worth a try. In the end for me 2 rounds of antibiotics and a root canal were my only relief. The antibiotics took 6 days to even take any effect but once the infection was tackled I was on the road to feeling better.   hoping this works Comments By: Julia I just read everyone of those posts and my hopes are up. I was up all night with pain and today I went in my pajamas straight to the ER because I couldn't stand the pain. They gave me Vicodin which did NOTHING and amoxicillin which is going to take some time, tomorrow is Christmas Eve and I HAVE to feel good. SO, in went the cotten,I am sitting here now waiting for it to work, its only been 15 minutes but I actually feel a little relief. i tried every thing today, tea bag, heat, ice, salt rinse, listerine, and ambasol. Nothing touched it. I am so hopeful that this will. I will let you know!!   The best cure Comments By: Tanya Australia After suffering xmas day with an absessed tooth and surfing the net looking for a quick fix i found this site and figured id give it a go what else did i have to loose as by this stage half my face was swollen and every time i moved i rattled because of all the pain killers id been taking. So off i go the the bathroom with my baking soda and salt after 10 minutes the pain was so bad i thought this was a hoax but i kept up with it 2 hours later pain gone and absess erupted wow its the best i felt for days pitty i didnt find this site on xmas day i might have been able to enjoy my turkey. Thank you i will be telling everyone about this remedy .   Worked for me & cloves helped too. Comments By: PaintHorseMama I started by tucking 2 whole cloves in next to my cheek while hubby went to town for baking soda. Cloves took alot of the pain away. When I used the baking soda & salt it burned but it also came to a large head within a couple of hours & I was able to open it with a needle. Pain is gone. Thanks for this tip!!!!   I hope this helps, ... Comments By: Peter I so hope this helps because my head is going thru the wall if it doesn't. Vikadin doesn't relieve anything (altho it is a strong painkiller) taking Motrin all the time isn't that healthy either and 4 hrs of sleep in 3 days now is very dangerous if you are epileptic as I am. Made an app. with the dentist today but I have to wait like 3 weeks ???? before I can get in (what is up with that) and then they wonder why ppl kill themselves,... This pain will drive certain ppl to desperate acts. If this remedie helps then I can NOT thank the person enough who gave this tip. We'll have to wait and see I guess, but for what it is worth, thank you in advance ...   Pray this works Comments By: Kim Now at the 6 week mark and 2 abcess- one on each side of mouth. 2 dentists, 4 doctors, 5 treatments for TMJ, Flu, Sinus and then actual abcesses feel like I might go mad!!! Now borrowing any painkillers I can get. XSAS and no dentists available- and single mom working midnites!!! I pray this works. $490.00 of treatments havent and no work can be done til substantionaly cleared up. Worried my liver may go before pai