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tx
eyes/ears/nose/throat
dental caries/toothache
botanicals
primary herbs
Eugenia aromatica (oil): for pain, applied on cotton to cavity (Ellingwood, p. 349)
Gaultheria procumbens (toxic): locally, anodyne
Gelsemium sempervirens (toxic): toothache from periodontal inflammation, toothache of pregnancy; facial neuralgia: darting pain due to caries, violent throbbing from active circulation (Felter, p. 389; Felter and Lloyd, p. 922)
Melaleuca cajuputi (oil): for pain, applied on cotton to cavity (Ellingwood, p. 349)
Mentha piperita (oil): soak cotton ball and place in tooth (Ellingwood, p. 281)
Passiflora incarnata: neuralgic pain (Felter and Lloyd, p. 1440)
Piscidia erythrina (toxic): topically for pain of exposed dental pulp, alveolar abscess or periodontal inflammation (Harper-Shove, p. 52)
Plantago major: topically for sensitive pulp (Harper-Shove, p. 53)
Rhus toxicodendron (toxic): with rheumatic origin, worse from warm or warm liquid (Harper-Shove, p. 52)
see: gingivitis
complementary herbs
pain: Piscidia erythrina (toxic) + Humulus lupulus (Sherman)
pain: Mentha piperita + Eugenia aromatica (Sherman)
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