Oral care is more important. As our digestive system starts with mouth. If starting point of digestion is not correct den d ultimate result will nt b correct. Body produce saliva in mouth, dats a kind of digestive enzyme which help d food to digest in stomach.If u have unhealthy oral status,definitely u wil not have god digestion / healthy dosha-dhatus and a healthy body.
Here r some tips by Ayurveda Science to keep ur oral status healthy n fine—>>
- Rinsing the mouth with a decoction of mint, or chewing parsley or basil leaves can improve breath.
- Cleaning the teeth twice daily, in the morning and evening.
- For toothache apply some drops of cinnamon or clove oil to the base of the aching tooth.
- Til oil / Irimedadi oil gargling is good for jaws, depth of voice and good taste for food. By doing this type of gargling one never gets cracked lips, bad odour, sore throat and toothache n other tooth problems.
- Green Vegetables and fruits like oranges, lemon, grapes, pomegranates should be included in your diet.
- Tongue should be cleaned daily with specially designed metal tongue scraper. Some people dont do dis n dis is a really bad habit. Ayurveda suggest to clean d tongue every day regularly.Scrapets made of copper, steel or plastic can also be used.
- The twig of neem or babool can be used for cleaning the teeths.
- Consuming ginger, lemon juice, improve digestion and improves breath also.