Dietary Remedies for Toothache
· Salted Duck Egg and Oyster Rice Porridge: 2 salted duck eggs, 100g dried oysters (dried oyster meat), and适量 rice cooked into porridge. Eat continuously for 2–3 days. Suitable for toothache due to deficient fire rising.
· Century Egg, Tofu Skin, and Salted Lean Pork Porridge: 2 century eggs, 60g rehydrated tofu skin, 100g salted lean pork, and适量 rice (or millet) cooked into porridge. Eat continuously for 2–3 days. Suitable for toothache caused by deficiency-fire related dental caries.
· Clam and Cistanche Black Bean Soup: 30g clam (also known as sea mussel), 30g cistanche, and 150g black beans. Wash clams to remove sand and mud, wash black beans, slice cistanche, combine all in a pot with sufficient water, and simmer for over one hour. Strain and discard residue, consume the liquid in one dose daily. Continue for several days until toothache resolves. Clams enter the kidney meridian, nourishing yin and reducing fire; black beans tonify the kidneys, clear heat stagnation in the chest, and disperse accumulated heat in the five zang organs. Suitable for toothache due to dental caries or swollen gums from deficient fire.
· Mung Bean and Egg Sweet Soup: 100g mung beans, 1 egg, and适量 rock sugar. Crush mung beans, rinse clean, add water, and boil until soft. Break egg into the soup, stir well, cool slightly, then consume in one go. Take continuously for three days. Suitable for wind-heat toothache and oral redness, swelling, and heat-related tooth conditions.