Home Health Care : Bad Breath

Bad breath, or halitosis, is a term for unpleasant odor exhaled in breathing, especially when it is noticeable.

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• Use ¼ teaspoon grounded cinnamon in 1 cup warm water as mouth freshener or gargle.
• Mix 1 teaspoon honey and 1 teaspoon powdered cinnamon in 1 cup hot water. Cool. Gargle the mixture first thing in the morning to have fresh breath throughout the day.
• Drink lemon juice with honey added 2-3x daily.
• Chew on a clove every day. Alternatively, use clove as a gargle by steeping 3 whole or ¼ teaspoon grounded cloves in 1 cup hot water for 20 minutes. Stir and strain, gargle with it 2 - 3x daily.
• Gargle with salt water (1 glass warm water with 2 - 3 pinches of salt added).
• Gargle, then drink 1 teaspoon lime juice in 1 cup warm water. Repeat 2 - 3x.
• Chew on a few uncooked (and cleaned) rice.
• Suck on a cinnamon stick.
• Pound slightly a thumb-sized ginger and boil in 3 glasses water. Let cool. Drink this ginger tea after meals 2x a day for 3 days.
• Drink a mixture of 1 teaspoon each cardamom, cinnamon and bay leaves in 1 cup water.

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