If ulcers recur, just press one spot

(Chen Miao, Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine) Oral ulcers, also known as "mouth sores", are superficial ulcers that occur on the oral mucosa. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that most patients with recurrent oral ulcers are due to weak vital energy and imbalance of yin and yang, which lead to virtual fire inflammation. Here is a little trick - take some Evodia rutaecarpa and stick it on the Yongquan acupoint on the sole of the foot. It can prevent recurrence of oral ulcers. You may want to give it a try.

Take 5 grams of Evodia rutaecarpa, grind it into powder, and mix it with vinegar to make a paste. Apply it on the Yongquan acupoint with a piece of adhesive tape about 3 cm square before going to bed at night. Remove it when you get up the next day. Repeat for 1 week.

The Yongquan acupoint is located in the depression on the front part of the sole of the foot, one-third of the way between the tips of the toes of the 2nd and 3rd toes and the heel. It is the foot Shaoyin well point. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it has the function of drawing yang from yin and guiding fire back to the origin. Although Evodia rutaecarpa is very hot in nature, it can lead the heat downward and enter the liver and kidney meridians. Applying Evodia rutaecarpa to the Yongquan acupoint can better enable the medicine to penetrate into the meridians, reach the site of imbalance of yin and yang, mobilize the body's positive energy, and enhance the body's immunity, thereby achieving the effect of treating recurrent oral ulcers.

Oral ulcers are not always caused by inflammation

However, oral ulcers are not necessarily caused by inflammation. Dr. Xiao Liwei introduced that some people have an unbalanced diet, or often stay up late, which causes physical fatigue and high mental stress, resulting in a weakened immune system, making the body susceptible to viral infections, which can also cause oral ulcers. External traumatic stimulation is also a cause of oral ulcers. Elderly people who wear inappropriate dentures or have residual roots or crowns of teeth in their mouths can easily damage the oral mucosa when biting and cause oral ulcers.

Digestive system diseases and dysfunctions, deficiency of trace elements and vitamin B12, and endocrine changes, such as some women are prone to oral ulcers before menstruation, will increase the risk of oral ulcers. In addition, oral ulcers may also be a complication of some chronic diseases. For example, patients with diabetes, blood diseases, etc. are prone to oral ulcers due to poor nutrition supply to the mucosa.

Huang Yiyu, chief physician of the Department of Stomatology at the Dongzhimen Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, said that most oral ulcers can heal on their own within 7-10 days, but some precancerous lesions of oral cancer can also manifest as ulcers. For ulcers that are fixed in location and cannot heal on their own for more than half a month, you should be highly vigilant and go to the hospital for diagnosis in time.

Huang Yiyu also reminded everyone to pay attention to improving immunity, maintain a regular lifestyle, exercise regularly, eat more fruits and vegetables to supplement vitamins, and eat less irritating or hot foods. If it is an external traumatic oral ulcer, the remaining roots and crowns of the teeth should be removed in time, or inappropriate dentures should be replaced to avoid damaging the oral mucosa. If it is caused by getting angry, you can drink bitter melon and tofu soup or lotus root soup, which have the effects of clearing away heat, promoting body fluid, clearing the stomach and reducing fire. The vitamins they contain have the effect of promoting the repair of the ulcer surface.

Drink mung bean egg drop soup for oral ulcers caused by internal heat

Zhu Huidong from Jiangxi Gannan Medical College introduced that oral ulcers caused by excessive stomach fire or liver fire are not difficult to cure. The troublesome thing is that they will recur.

Ulcer patients can drink mung bean egg drop soup. Beat the eggs into a bowl and stir evenly. Add an appropriate amount of mung beans, put into a pot and cook for 15 minutes (it is best not to cook them). Then use the mung bean water to make egg drop soup and drink it every morning and evening. Mung beans are sweet and cold in nature, and have good detoxifying and heat-clearing effects. Eggs are sweet and slightly cold, and can moisturize, nourish yin, and eliminate heat and mouth sores. The combination of the two can relieve internal heat and clear away heat. Once the heat is removed, oral ulcers will naturally heal.