The most common oral thrush symptoms include white creamy lesions all over your tongue, on the insides of your cheeks, and occasionally on the roof of your mouth, your tonsils and your gums. The lesions have a somewhat “cottage cheese-like” appearance about them. If you rub or scraped the lesions, they will bleed slightly.
Some people get a dryness and cracking in the corners of their mouth. If you’re experiencing oral thrush symptoms, it usually a sign that you have a weakened immune system, or maybe suffer from an underlying condition, like diabetes.
Taking heavy prescription medications sometimes diminishes your body’s natural ways of keeping the Candida infection in check. Additionally, taking natural herbs supplements has been shown to counteract thrush.
List of Home Remedies for Oral Thrush:
Salt Water: Use just a half of a teaspoon of common table salt in a cup of warm water to rinse inside your mouth. Be sure not to swallow any of the salt water, but instead spit it out.
Apple Cider Vinegar and Salt: Take a cup of water and two tsp of vinegar and half a tsp of salt to it. Mix them well and rinse your mouth several times during a day.
Baking Soda: Take a cup of water and two tsp of baking soda to it. Mix them well to make a paste, rub the paste on your tongue by using clean cotton cloth do this twice a day.
Coconut Oil: Take a glass of warm water and add two tsp of Coconut Oil to it. Rinse your mouth with this mouth wash twice a day. You can also apply some coconut oil directly on the affected area by using clean cotton cloth.
Garlic: Apply some garlic oil directly to the oral thrush or you can chew 2 to 3 garlic cloves on a daily basis.
Grapefruit Seeds: Extracted the grapefruit seeds juice and apply to the tongue or inner area of the mouth.
Yogurt: Consume half a cup of yogurt 2 to 3 times daily to get relief from thrush. Eating active yogurt can be a way to stabilize the pH balance after you’ve taken a series of antibiotics. Coconut oil, which contains Caprylic acid, is in known natural oral thrush treatment, effective in managing the Candida.
Olive Oil and Coconut Oil: Taking just 1/2 teaspoon of the coconut oil along with 1 teaspoon of pure olive oil and using it as a mouthwash can help your condition. Be sure and hold it in your mouth for at least 5 minutes and spit all of it out.
Aloe Vera: Apply the Aloe Vera gel directly to the affected area by using clean cotton cloth. Do this 2 to 3 times a day.
Margosa: You can drink an herbal tea prepare with margosa leaves on a regular basis. You can also apply its oil directly to the affected area.
Tea Tree Oil and Peppermint Oil: Apply half a tsp of tea tree oil and peppermint oil directly to the affected area by using clean cotton cloth. Do this 2 to 3 times a day.
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