What can I use instead of toothpaste

Paying attention to oral hygiene should be something that everyone must pay attention to, because oral hygiene has a great impact on a person's overall physical and mental health. If you do not pay attention to oral hygiene, not only will many bacteria breed in your mouth, but it will also easily cause some diseases of your teeth and gums, thus affecting your dental health. Therefore, everyone should brush their teeth regularly every day, and toothpaste will be used in the process of brushing teeth, but what can be used instead of brushing teeth if there is no toothpaste?

Compared with ancient times, brushing teeth is much more important now, because modern people eat a variety of sugary drinks and foods, and sugar quickly attaches to the teeth and produces acid, which causes a much greater degree of corrosion and the chance of tooth decay. But in ancient times, even without toothpaste, people still brushed their teeth in various ways:

Brushing teeth with salt As early as the Spring and Autumn Period, those in power already knew how to use salt to make huge profits. Salt is not only an indispensable condiment in cooking, but sometimes has some alternative effects. In Dream of the Red Chamber, Jia Baoyu's habit of rubbing his teeth with salt every morning was recorded.

Tea has been a way of maintaining health since ancient times. According to historical records, Su Shi invented a method of using tea to strengthen teeth. Ordinary strong tea can be used to rinse the mouth after meals, which can remove greasiness without hurting the spleen and stomach. If there are meat scraps between your teeth, there is no need to pick your teeth. Just remove them slowly.

Brushing teeth with willow branches. The earliest Chinese toothbrushes were made of willow branches. In the middle and late Tang Dynasty, the branches and leaves of the willow tree were soaked in water. The willow branches were bitten open with teeth, and the willow fibers would be inside the branches, like a small wooden comb, which was a very convenient toothbrush. This is what the saying "chewing wood in the morning" means.

Poria toothpaste. In the Song Dynasty, there was a similar toothpaste substitute. The ancients boiled Poria and other medicinal materials into "ancient toothpaste" and used it to rinse their mouths in the morning. If you are afraid that the teeth are not cleaned thoroughly, then use your fingers instead of the current toothbrush. Otherwise, use the willow branch in front and dip it in ancient toothpaste to clean your teeth.