What should I do if my gums are swollen due to a cold?

In daily life, many people will experience swollen and painful gums when they have a cold, which seriously affects people's normal life and work. So how should we treat the symptoms of swollen and painful gums caused by a cold? Most people don't quite understand this. In fact, there are 8 treatments for swollen and painful gums caused by colds. The first method is the pepper treatment.

1) Sichuan pepper therapy - take a Sichuan pepper, place it on the aching tooth, bite it tightly, it can immediately relieve the pain (excluding caries).

2) Biting medicine on the affected tooth - Use a small piece of yellow broom root, wash and mash it, bite it on the affected tooth for 15-30 minutes and then spit it out (do not swallow it). It can be used repeatedly for those who have relapses. Generally, the pain can be relieved within 3-5 minutes after biting the medicine.

3) Honey and pepper therapy - Take 6 grams of pepper, 6 grams of beehive, and a little salt, put them into a pot, add water and boil, rinse your mouth after it cools down, spit it out and rinse again, repeat several times.

4) Watermelon rind therapy - peel off the outer layer of the watermelon rind and dry it (frost is better), seal it in a glass bottle, and when you have tooth decay pain, take a small amount and put it between your teeth to relieve the pain.

5) Liushen Pills Therapy - Grind 3-5 Liushen Pills into powder and apply to the affected area. The toothache will be relieved after about 5 minutes and can be relieved after 1 hour.

6) Chinese herbal medicine prescription therapy - use 30 grams each of plantain, houttuynia cordata, two-sided needle, and angelica sinensis, 50 grams of gypsum, 5 grams each of licorice and chamomile, put them into a casserole, add appropriate amount of water, and boil it to prevent toothache for a long time.

7) Onion leaf therapy - When eating sour fruits and other foods, you often have "toothache" and unbearable pain, and you may even be afraid to eat. At this time, just chew 1 or 2 onion leaves and you will be fine.

8) Peppercorn wine therapy - use 15 grams of peppercorns and 50 grams of liquor, soak the peppercorns in the liquor for 10-15 days, filter out the peppercorns and it's done. For general toothache, you can rinse your mouth with pepper wine. If it is tooth decay, you can use a cotton ball dipped in this wine to plug the tooth cavity.

The above content is several simple treatment methods for toothache caused by colds. These folk remedies have achieved certain results. This is only a treatment plan for toothache. If the cold symptoms have not been cured, drug treatment is still needed. In addition, it is recommended that you add or remove clothes in time to avoid the invasion of colds.