How to get rid of garlic taste in mouth?

People often eat some garlic, especially in summer, which is very good for health. As we all know, the human body is prone to bacterial infections in summer. Eating some garlic at this time can be antibacterial and anti-inflammatory, can effectively prevent colds, and can help kill parasites in the body. But there are also many people who don’t like to eat garlic because they think that eating garlic will leave a garlic smell in their mouth. Here we will teach you how to remove the garlic smell in your mouth.

How to get rid of garlic taste in mouth?

1. Kumquat

It is pungent in nature and sweet in taste, and has the effects of regulating qi and relieving depression, resolving phlegm and sobering up. It is very effective for bad breath accompanied by chest tightness and indigestion. Take 5-6 fresh kumquats, wash them and chew them. This prescription has the effects of aromatic opening of the orifices, relieving qi and strengthening the spleen.

2. Milk

If your breath smells bad after eating garlic, drink a glass of milk and the garlic smell will be gone.

3. Lemon

It is sour in nature and slightly bitter in taste, and has the effects of promoting salivation, quenching thirst and dispelling heat. You can add some mint to a cup of boiling water and some fresh lemon juice to drink it to get rid of bad breath.

4. Honey

Take 1 spoon of honey with 1 small cup of warm water, drink on an empty stomach every morning. Honey has the effect of moistening the intestines, clearing away impurities and is quite effective for bad breath caused by constipation.

5. Hawthorn

It is sour in nature, slightly sweet and flat in taste, and has the effects of dispersing blood stasis, eliminating accumulation, clearing the stomach, and removing sour and bad breath. Take 30 hawthorns, simmer them over low heat until they turn yellow, boil them into soup, add a small amount of rock sugar, and drink 1 small bowl each time. It can effectively remove bad breath.

After eating garlic, the odor that remains in your mouth mainly comes from the minced garlic, which is an organic sulfide component in garlic - capsaicin called "propylene sulfide". "Propylene sulfide" can penetrate the surface of the oral cell membrane, allowing its taste to remain in the mouth for a long time. Studies have found that after eating a tablespoon of garlic juice (roughly equivalent to one clove of garlic), the garlic smell will linger in the human body for 16 hours. Therefore, usually after eating garlic, even after two or three days, your mouth and body will still have a light or heavy garlic smell.

Some people try chewing gum or tea to relieve bad breath, but these methods do not completely remove the garlic smell. Here, I would like to introduce a good method to you: after eating garlic, drink a glass of milk. The protein in the milk will react with the garlic, which can effectively remove the garlic smell. However, when drinking milk, be sure to take small sips and swallow slowly, allowing the milk to stay in your mouth for a while longer. It is also best to drink warm milk, as this will have a better effect.

In addition, there are some simple and easy ways to reduce the garlic smell. For example, after eating garlic, chewing some foods with high protein content such as peanut kernels, walnut kernels or almonds will allow the pungent element "propylene sulfide" in garlic to combine with protein to remove the garlic smell in your mouth; gargling with vinegar or wine can also reduce the smell of garlic.