The ancients how to protect teeth

China's traditional Chinese medicine reported

        Now, all kinds of toothbrush and toothpaste ads everywhere, people have come to realize the importance of protecting teeth, "there is no decayed tooth" has become the goal of everyone. However, in ancient times, people are how to protect teeth?

        Our country the first of poems, describe the beauty of the teeth "tooth panhu Titan sports such as", that is the same as the son tooth neat pure white. Conversely, the teeth are called the uneven chancellery, bite not neat person called Chuo, arranging the were called eke out, not the level for caries, are regarded as the sick.

        In fact, early in the pre-qin period, people have the some protect tooth method. In "li ji (in Chinese)," chicken early Ming, salty and "records, visible in the early morning is a kind of when your teeth cleaning method. The ancients often use mouthwash wine, vinegar, salt water, tea and other, wine, vinegar, salt water, a detoxification sterilization effect, and tea contains fluoride and vitamin, can moth-proofing, keep your mouth clean sanitation.

        When western appear "toothpick" accounts. To his brother jin lu yun letter being "a day do tso artifacts, have carved toothpick, today to a medal send brother" of the language of the method is unknown, but can be seen at the time which is rare toothpicks and precious.

        Eastern medical experts in the laid hold of scholar-officials mentioned in the tooth knock glister method, i.e. gently down each other up and down the tooth, which still someone pursues, and prove effective, its mechanism is to give the gum to knock through tooth moderate stimulation, promote periodontal blood circulation, periodontal disease prevention, in order to achieve the purpose of solid tooth. The emperor qianlong of the qing dynasty lived to be 89 years old, is the longest life expectancy in the history of the emperor, he later in life of preserve one's health of sum up your experience had said the "tooth often knock at", into the old teeth still healthy, can eat a lot of old people are already tough food.

        Our country the first teeth clean is to remove, in the period of the late tang dynasty, people will remove the bubble in the water, want to use, the teeth to remove open, the inside of the willows fiber will be spending to, like small MuShu tooth, the old saying that "morning chewing tooth wood" since then was born. Later, archaeologists in the liao dynasty tomb found in the bone of a toothbrush, it is the earliest ever found in the physical toothbrush, it has more than 1000 years. And the emergence of a word toothbrush, began in the yuan dynasty, mainly in the upper society use, the price is expensive. The drug is mainly with salt, with several others taste Chinese medicine developed by, such as honeysuckle, pogostemon patchouli, tuckahoe, etc. (hebei LiuLiang)