Offenssive smell from
the mouth is a common complaint in the day to day medical practice.It mainly
affects those who mingle with others very closely. Bad breath is noticed mainly
by the friends & family members or some times person himself feel it and
come to the doctor.Many badbreathers develop depression which forces them to be
away from the society which in turn hampers their activities.
The protein in the
food debris are degraded by the anaerobic bacteria present in the
mouth.Offenssive odor is produced due to release of some gases like hydrogen sulphide,skatol ect
due to bacterial activity.Formation of a thin sticky membrane on the tongue
favoures bacterial growth.Bactrera are also seen in the crypts of tonsils
,dental caries,dental pockets ect.Bad breath is associated with oral
hygiene,caries,gingivitis,tonsillitis,tonsillar plaques,food habits,water
intake ,tobacco chewing,stomach and liver diseases and ect.
Homoeopathy is a
system of medicine introduced by a german physician Dr Samuel
Hahnemann.Homoeopathy treats the diseased individual as a whole rather than
treating diseased parts or organs.The physical,mental,emotional,social spheres
of a person is considered for a permanent cure.This system believes that the
diseases are caused due to the derangement of vital force which is an invisible
power in every individual.In a healthy state the vital force maintains the
equilibrium of mind body and soul .During this man will have normal sensations
and functions.When the vital force gets affected there will be external
manifestations in the form of signs and symptoms.The imbalance in the body
functions makes a shelter for forign organisms(bacteria,viruses,fungi,protozoa
ect) and allow them to proliferate &produce so called diseases.Homoeopathy
believes thet the real desease comes before the bacteria & viruses,hence
the root cause of the disease has to be treated for a permenent cure.The
antibacterial and antiviral agents only remove the secondary causes mentioned
above.
Diseases are produced
by noxious morbific agents called Miasms which are dynamic influences which
affect the vital force.There are mainly three miasms PSORA
,SYPHILIS&SYCOSIS. These three causes are accepted by other schools of
medicine but called by different names. Psora causes functional disturbances,
syphilis cause structural changes in the form of destructions and sycosis causes
changes in the form of overgrowth.These three miasms can act individually or in
combined form producing different disease conditions.
To treat bad breath
with homoeopathic medicine is easy if correct remedy in suitable dose is given.
In the homoeopathic medical repertory by Dr Robin Murphy there are 140
homoeopathic drugs mentioned for bad breath.So just giving one drug for bad
breath may not give good result.To come to a correct remedial diagnosis we
should have the symptomatology of the person .It is the total symptoms of a
person which includes mental generals,physical generals,particular symptoms
ect.Bad breath is considered as a physical general symptom .Eventhough it comes
only from a part of the body it affects the whole individual.
Symptoms related with
appetite,thirst,bowels ect are included in physical generals.
All signs and symptoms
(mental&physical)of the person is taken in detail.Knowledge about past
illneses,family history of diseases,food & bowel habits,relation to
climatic changes and constitution ect are noted down in a systematic order.
Mental symptoms:
example:
fear,anxiety,depression,anger,jealousy and ect....
Physical symptoms:
example: Body
makeup,appetite,thirst,desires,aversions,bowels,urination,sleep,taste, nature
of smell,discharges any abnormal sensations like pain, burning ,climatic
changes,thermal relations, and ect....
Peculiar uncommon
symptoms:
This is the speciality
of homoeopathic system of medicine.For the selection of a suitable remedy these
symptoms are very important.common symptoms which are seen almost in all
patients are least important.
particular/local
signs&symptoms:
This include signs
&symptoms related to body parts &organs.
example: Coating on
the tongue,nature of mucus membrane of
oral cavity, tonsils, gums, teeth, ulcers, discolourations ect are
considered here.
Systemic & general
physical examination:-
Bad breath can be due
to various systemic and disorders.Hence all systems ( respiratory system
,digestive system,nervous system, cardio vascular system and ect )and parts
from head to foot should be examined.
provisional disease
diagnosis; Here probable diseases are
diagnosed. In homoeopathy disease diagnosis is not that much important for the
selection of a remedy,but needed for
general management and to know the prognosis.
Investigations:
This includes lab
investigations and other methods to find
out any other major illnesses.
Final disease
diagnosis:
After doing all
investigations the disease is diagnosed.
Remedial diagnosis:
This is the most
importnant part as far as homoeopathy is concerned. For this the selected
symptoms are arranged in a systematic order on the basis of importance.
symptoms are analysed
to find out the importance of each symptom for the selection of a
remedy.Remedies are selected on the basis of similarity.[the basic principle of
homoeopathy is 'similia similibus curenter' means like cures like.A medicine
which can produce some symptoms in a healthy man can be used as a remedy to
trea the similar symptoms in a diseased person.Each homoeopathic drug is proved
on healthy human beings and the symptoms collected by this process(drug
proving) is written in meteria medica.]
Suitable remedies are
diagnosed by a process called repertorisation. Here books called repertories
are used. Repertory is the index of symptoms of materia medica(books which contain the symptoms of drugs).Nowadays
computer softwares are used for repertorisalion.By this process we will get the
remedies covering maximum important
symptom of the patient.
Amoung this group of
remedies the most suitable remedy is
selected by referring various books and history of the patient..The selected
medicine is given in suitable potency & dose.
ANTI MIASMATIC
TREATMENT:
The root cause of
disease is miasms which should be eradicated using suitable anti miasmatic
drugs.Every drug can eradicate the miasm if there is symptom similarity.there
are anti psoric drugs,anti syphilitic drugs and anti sycotic drugs.After
diagnosing the miasm suitable anti miasmatic drug has to be given to complete
the cure.
[In homoeopathy
medicines are prepared from different sources like minerals, plants, animals,
toxins, diseased parts ect. Medicines are prepared from these substances by a
special process called potentisation.Here the soluble substances are potentised by diluting with spirit
and insoluble substances by grinding with sugar of milk.The crude drug
substance is first mixed with a calculated quantity of spirit and water and
kept for few days .From this mixture extract is taken and is called mother
tincture(denoted as Q).From this mother tincture dilutions are prepared by
potentisation.Potentisation is a mathematical process by which the quantity of
original drug substance reduces but medicinal power increases. Depending upon
the ratio of quantity of drug substance and vehicle(spirit or sugar of
milk)there are different scales for this process.Each scale has got different
potencies which indicate power of medicine.Example in decimal scale 3x,6x.12x
ect.in centisimal scale there is 30c,200c ect,in LM poteny there are 0/1,0/2,0/3
ect.potency is written after the name of every medicine]
Same medicine is
available in different potencies. Suitable potency is selected according to so
many facters like sevearity,depth of disease,condition of the patient ,nature
of disease ,type of symptoms,age of patient and ect.
Some useful homoeo
drugs for bad breath.
Arnica montana, Antim
crude, Ars alb, Asafoetida, Aurum met, Baptisia, Bryonia,Borax,Calc carb, Carbo veg,
Cinchona, Chelidonium, Graphites, Kali
bich ,Kreosotum, Lachesis, Lycopodium, Merc sol, Natrum mur, Nitricum acidum, Nux vomica, Plantago,
Pulsatilla, Phos, Pyrogen, Sulphur etc.
1) Arnica montana:
This medicine is
useful for fetid breath.Mouth is very dry with thirst for water.Bad breath
associated with fever.There is bleeding from the gum,may be after tooth
extraction or after injury.Offenssive gas pass upwards and downwards from
stomach.Petient is very sensitive to touch with sore and bruised feeling
allover the body.
2) Antim crude:
Useful for bad breath
with gastric complaints and coated tongue.This medicine act mainly on filthy
persons with aversion to bathing.Tongue is coated white like fur.Nostrils and
lips are cracked .Eructations are putrid.Very useful for badbreath in children
3) Ars alb:
All discharges are
having cadeveric smell.Saliva is bloody with bad odor.Thirst for warm water is well marked. This medicine act
well in debilitated and emaciated persons.Bad
breath associated with gastric disorders.Vomiting from slightest food or
drink and intolerance of vegetables and
watery fruits.Mentally these patients are fastidious with an insecurity feeling.They are having fear of death or
serious disease with restlessness and anxiety.
4) Asafoetida:
Useful for bad breath
associated with eructations.Great distension of abdomen with sensation of a
ball rising in throat.All discharges are offenssive.Reverse peristalsis with
loud eructations.This medicine act well on hysterical persons.
5) Aurum met:
Useful for bad breath
in girls at puberty. There is ulceration in gums with putrid or bitter taste.
Destruction in body tissues like bone is noticed in these patients.This
medicine act well on persons who are tired of life with suicidal thoughts.They
also have a feeling that they have done an unpardonable crime.
6) Baptisia:
Breath fetid with
bitter taste.Gums sore and ulcerated.Yellowish brown coating on centre of
tongue with glistening edges.Surface of the tongue is cracked.These patients
feel difficult to swallow solid food.Tonsils are enlarged without pain.Useful
for painless tonsillitis &
pharyngitis with putrid smell.All discharges are offenssive.This
medicine act well on persons having besoted look.There is a tendency for stupor
and delirium in these persons.
7) Borax:
Useful for bad breath associated with apthous ulcer in the
mouth.Also effective for fungal infection of the mouth.Mouth is very hot and
tender.Ulcers bleed on touch.Very useful for
bad breath in children with ulcers in the mouth.Child is having fear of
doward motion.
8) Bryonia:
Irritable persons who
always talk about business.Lips parched dry and cracked.Tongue coated dark brown with bitter
taste in the mouth.Thirst for large quantity of
cold water is well
marked.Heaviness in abdomen after eating.Usually constipated with hard dry
stools.
9) Calcarea fluor:
Plugs of mucus are
continually forming in the crypts of the tonsils.Unnatural looseness of the
teeth with or without pain.Prone to get caries with discolouration.Tonsils
are enlarged with recurrent infection.
10) Carbo veg:
These patients are
weak and debilitated .All body discharges are profuse with cadeveric smell.Gums are retracted and bleed
easily.Frequent putrid eructations with distention of
abdomen.Complaints ameliorted by passing flatus.Can't tolerate meat and
fat.Involuntary diarrhoea at
night.Wants to be fanned from a close distance.
11) Chelidonium:
Tongue yellow with
imprint of teeth.Bad odor with bitter taste in the mouth.Useful for bad breath with liver
complaints.Thirst for hot liquids.Patient feels better by eating. Constipation with hard round
stools.Constipation alternating with diarrhoea.
12) Graphites:
This medicine act well
on obese patients with skin troubles.Breath smells like urine.Rotten odor with
salivation and blisters in the mouth.Sour eructations with gastric
complaints.Skin complaints with sticky discharges.Gastric pain ameliorated by
eating .
13) kali bich:
Bad breath with
gastric ulcer.There are round ulcers in the mouth.Saliva viscid. Vomiting with bitter taste.Tongue is smooth
.Craves bear.Gastric complaints alternating with rheumatism.
14) kreosotum:
Teeth dark and
crumbly.Bitter taste in the mouth with putrid odour.Very rapid decay of
teeth.All discharges are very offenssive.Gums spongy and bleed easily.Bad
breath associated with caries and gastric complaints.
15) Lachesis:
This medicine act on
dark restless patients with jelousy.Tongue is black coloured.
Complaints are aggravated during sleep.Wants fanning from a long
distance.Cannot tolerate tight cloathing around body.Complaints aggravated in
hot climate.
16) Lycopodium:
Act well on
intelligent people who are physically weak.They have lack of self
confidence.Useful for badbreath associated with sour eructations with burning
in throat. Teeth excessively painful to
touch.There are blisters on the tongue.Wants warm food and drinks.These people are usually constipated .Craving for
sweets well marked.
17) Merc sol:
Sweetish metallic
taste in the mouth with bloody viscid saliva. Gum is spongy and bleed easily.Mouth is moist with increased
thirst.Teeth indented. Crown of the teeth decay.Fetid odor from the mouth can
be felt all over the room.Ulcerations in the mouth with bleeding.All body
discharges are offenssive.All complaints are aggravated at night.
18) Nux vomica:
This medicine act well
on people who lead a sedentery life.They are very short tempered and become
angry very easily.They are very busy in their occupation and enjoy modern
civilised life with all types of food and drink.Bad breath is more after meals
and in the morning. Posterior part of the tongue is coated and anterior part is
clean.Sour taste in the mouth with nausea in the morning.They have got frequent
urge for stool.Heavy feeling in abdomen after food is noticed.
19) Plantago:
Dental caries with
severe toothache.Pain better by eating.Salivation is better by eating. Toothache with swelling of gums.Gargling
plantago Q is useful to get relief from
toothache due to caries.
20) Pulsatilla:
Act well on mild and
gentle ladies with a yielding disposition.Patient is very timid with a weeping
tendency.Bad breath is noticed mainly in the morning.Mouth is very dry but
dosn't want to drink water. Yellow or white
tongue covered with a tenacious mucus.Taste
is altered.Taste of food remains in the mouth for a long time.Patient wash the mouth frequently.
21) Psorinum:
Act well on unclean
patients with bad odor. Hawking up of
cheesy, pea like balls of disgusting
smell and taste is the main cause for bad breath in these patients.Tonsils are
swollen with profuse offenssive saliva.Quinsy with tough mucus in throat.All
body secretions are filthy.Eructations taste like bad eggs.Very hungry and
getup even at midnight for food.Swallowing is painful with pain in ears.
22) Pyrogen:
Bad breath of septic
origin is cured with this medicine.Taste terribly fetid with horrible
breath,tongue red ,dry ,smooth asif varnished.Bad breath associated with high
fever and coffeground vomiting. In
general patients body is very sensitive to touch,can't rest on bed because of
bruinsed pain.All discharges are offenssive.
23) Sulphur:
This medicine act best
on dirty & filthy people with offenssive odor and a tendecy for skin
diseases.Lips dry bright red with burning sensation..Tongue white with red tip
& borders.Bitter taste in the morning. Eructations are putrid.Burning in
all parts of the body. Aversion to bathing
is well marked.Not bothered about hygiene ,still they believe that they
are having superhuman powers. These
individuals are very selfish.
Some homoeo mother
tinctures (Q) useful for bad breath.
[mother tincture
should not be taken directly because it can produce burning sensation,hence 10
drops should be mixed in half glass of water and taken internally or used for
gargling]
1) Cinnamon Q : This mother tincture can be used for
gragling after diluting with water.Also
useful for bleeding from gums.
2) Eucalyptus Q : This tincture can be used as a mouth wash
after mixing with water.Internal use of this medicine can remove mucus from the
respiratory tract.Also useful for cold and coryza.
3) Zingiber Q : Useful for bad breath associated with
gastric complaints. This medicine can
improve digestion.Also used for gargling.
4) Rhus glabra Q :
Gargling of this tincture is very useful for ulcerative lesions in the mouth
like aphthous ulcer.Internal use of this tincture can reduce the bad smell of
stool & flatus.
5) Oleum caryophyllum
Q : Gargling of this tincture can reduce toothache.Due to it's fregrant quality
very useful to reduce bad breath.
6) Balsamum peru Q :
This medicine can remove the mucus from respiratory tract hence very useful in
chronic bronchitis and lung abscess.Can heal the ulcers in the mouth by
gargling this tincture,it can also
produce pleasent smell from the mouth.
7) Menthol Q : This is a main ingradient in tonics and
syrups.Gargling of this tincture reduces
bad breath.
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