How To Treat Burning Tounge With Home Remedies
Burning tongue is also known as burning mouth syndrome (BMS), glossodynia, glossopyrosis, oral galvanism, stomatodynia and stomatopyrosis. The pain caused by burning tongue may be acute and may last for several days. Some of the symptoms of burning tongue are as follows dry mouth, sore mouth, thirst, burning sensation in mouth, lips, palate, gums and tongue, loss of taste, numbness on the tip of the tongue, metallic or bitter taste in the mouth.
Some of the effective home remedies for burning tongue are listed below:
Gargle the decoction made up with the Ayurvedic herbs called ‘Triphala’. This is said to be cooling for tongue.
You can take the decoction made up with Babool (an Ayurvedic herb) which will not only give you relief in burning tongue but it will also reduce the inflammation.
Putting an ice-cube will give temporary relief from burning tongue.
Keep yourself hydrated. For this, take plenty of water all the time. Dry tongue burns more.
Chewing a sugar free gum serves as an excellent burning tongue home remedy for burning tounge.
Suck an ice cube for relieving pain.
Dry mouth (xerostomia) - Treating the cause of dry mouth, use of medications or some other cause may relieve burning mouth symptoms. In addition, drinking more fluids or taking a medication that promotes flow of saliva may help.
Other oral conditions - If the cause is oral thrush, treatment is with oral antifungal medications such as nystatin (Mycostatin) or fluconazole (Diflucan)
The best home remedy for burning tongue is taking the decoction made up with Babool (an Ayurvedic herb) which will not only make you feel relieve from the symptoms of burning but it has also properties of reducing the inflammation.
Simple home remedy for burning tongue - Some of the Ayurvedic therapies called ‘Kavala’ and ‘Gandusha’ help reducing the inflammation in the mouth especially inflamed and burning tongue.
