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Make a fairly concentrated solution of salt water and swish it over the sore. This will relieve most of the pain. Spit it out once the pain goes away.
As far as making the sores go a way and keeping them from coming back, I find drinking a lot of water and cutting back on the sweets goes a long way.
I've been getting canker sores since I was a little kid. I always had about 2 per month (sometimes 3 or 4 at one time! So painful!) until I switched to Crest Sensitivity toothpaste PLUS whitening. It cleared up the canker sores I had by the next day. I brush with it all the time now. I've been using it for about 2 years and have only had 2 canker sores. (Both times I bit my lip and it turned into the sore, but they both went away after about 2-3 days while I was using the toothpaste.) But it has to be Crest brand, I tried switching to Aquafresh because it was cheaper, and I had 2 canker sores the next day. Try it! It really works and its easy to use!
Canker sores can be stupid and annoying...to me I get them on my tongue all the time.....if I put calamine lotion on it really helps....keep it on for 10-15 min. and then rinse with hot salt water(as hot as cofee) and after youve done that it'll go away within a day or two.
Since I was little I've been getting canker sores. My mom always had me warm up water and add sea salt. Once the salt has desolved use it as a month wash. Repeat 2/3 times.
I have found I get canker sores because of stress, or eating acidic foods. Also, canker sores are commonly hereditary (which in my case it is). Diet makes a huge difference.
I am SO GLAD I found this out. If you read uses under Calamine lotion it says it dries out the area. Thats how you get rid of cold sores. Shake before using. Apply it to a Q-tip and it turns to paste. Use it in the infected areas, leave on for all night or throughout the day until it starts to flake off. (Just don't forget you have it on). When you want to rinse, gently use wet cloth. The more you repeat the cycle the quicker the process. To protect the skin from scabing, apply a good moisture to lips afterwards, like carmax. From the time I started feeling/seeing the cold sore, I think it took about 2 or so days before it was gone.
Simply place some dry powdered thyme on the sore. You may rinse after if you cant stand the taste just make sure you leave it on there for a couple of minutes.
Break a small piece of an aspirin off a tablet and place it directly on the canker sore. The area will burn, but let it dissolve. Within the day the sore will heal and be gone. This remedy also helps with the discomfort. (Do not use aspirin on kids under 12)
This is an unbelievable remedy if you have cancre sores. It took 25 years for me to find this. First, use L Lysene to prevent them.
But, if you get one...as soon as you can, break open a Vitamin e tablet and rub on the sore in your mouth. Keep doing this every day and you will be amazed at the difference it makes.
All you need is a gel capsules of vitamin e. (you can buy a bottle anywhere) Pop it with a toothpick or squezze it till it opens. And apply the vitamin e juice to your canker sore. Morning and night..and I wont lie it does taste a tad gross but the results will be worth it.
Someone told me once to take a pinch of salt and hold it onto the ulcer and I have used this method a few times and it clears up in a day or so.. It does burn some ..
Use a orange pecoe cut black tea bag or a black tea bag, wet with warm hot or cold water put it in your mouth were the canker sore is. It will sting but it works, keep it in there for a few, take it out feel the sore it went down right it will still hurt a little. It might take a few days do it a few times a day trust me it does work.!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey folks, if you haven't tried lysine tablets (one of 9 essential amino acids) you really should. On a nurse's recommendation, about 10 years ago I bought a bottle of lysine tablets and took one tablet a day for about a month - I haven't had a canker sore since and I've never taken a tablet since (and for years I used to get multiple large canker sores every month). Try it!!
are the size of an aspirin just place over ulcer it becomes a gel cover that soothes and heals after about an hour. There are 6 in pack for 10.00 at Walgreens I get frequent ulcers!!!!!I promise these work, has menthal, beta caratene nothing harmful usually one works, heals in 2-3 days.
Soak cotton wool with Glycerine mouth wash and rub onto the mouth ulcers 3 to 4 times daily. The results are amazing, better than otcs like bonjela and orabase. I discover this remedy by accident by giving to my Indonesian maid who always suffers from canker sores. She took some back to her village in Sumatra and her neigbours called it a miracle medicine for mouth ulcers.
Wet the tip of a cotton swab (Q-tip) and then dip in powdered alum. Press the swab to the mouth sore and leave it there for at least a minute. It can sting at first, but totally bearable. Then rinse your mouth with water. This treatment takes the pain away and helps heal. BTW, alum tastes horrible, so try and keep it on the effected area and rinse thoroughly. Do not swallow!
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Salt water
Zach in USA -Make a fairly concentrated solution of salt water and swish it over the sore. This will relieve most of the pain. Spit it out once the pain goes away.
As far as making the sores go a way and keeping them from coming back, I find drinking a lot of water and cutting back on the sweets goes a long way.
Jun 08, 2009
6 Yes
6 No
Sensitivity Toothpaste
Hannah W. in Lake Forest, CA USA -I've been getting canker sores since I was a little kid. I always had about 2 per month (sometimes 3 or 4 at one time! So painful!) until I switched to Crest Sensitivity toothpaste PLUS whitening. It cleared up the canker sores I had by the next day. I brush with it all the time now. I've been using it for about 2 years and have only had 2 canker sores. (Both times I bit my lip and it turned into the sore, but they both went away after about 2-3 days while I was using the toothpaste.) But it has to be Crest brand, I tried switching to Aquafresh because it was cheaper, and I had 2 canker sores the next day. Try it! It really works and its easy to use!
May 04, 2009
5 Yes
2 No
Relief for cankers on the tongue
emily in red deer alberta -Canker sores can be stupid and annoying...to me I get them on my tongue all the time.....if I put calamine lotion on it really helps....keep it on for 10-15 min. and then rinse with hot salt water(as hot as cofee) and after youve done that it'll go away within a day or two.
Apr 22, 2009
2 Yes
2 No
Canker Sore Remedy
Yipper in Flagstaff, AZ -Since I was little I've been getting canker sores. My mom always had me warm up water and add sea salt. Once the salt has desolved use it as a month wash. Repeat 2/3 times.
I have found I get canker sores because of stress, or eating acidic foods. Also, canker sores are commonly hereditary (which in my case it is). Diet makes a huge difference.
Apr 11, 2009
3 Yes
2 No
Calamine Lotion
Magan in Michigan -I am SO GLAD I found this out. If you read uses under Calamine lotion it says it dries out the area. Thats how you get rid of cold sores. Shake before using. Apply it to a Q-tip and it turns to paste. Use it in the infected areas, leave on for all night or throughout the day until it starts to flake off. (Just don't forget you have it on). When you want to rinse, gently use wet cloth. The more you repeat the cycle the quicker the process. To protect the skin from scabing, apply a good moisture to lips afterwards, like carmax. From the time I started feeling/seeing the cold sore, I think it took about 2 or so days before it was gone.
Feb 11, 2009
13 Yes
19 No
Remedy for Canker Sores
Beth in St. George, UT USA -Simply place some dry powdered thyme on the sore. You may rinse after if you cant stand the taste just make sure you leave it on there for a couple of minutes.
Jan 14, 2009
17 Yes
1 No
Aspirin
Anonymous in Virginia -Break a small piece of an aspirin off a tablet and place it directly on the canker sore. The area will burn, but let it dissolve. Within the day the sore will heal and be gone. This remedy also helps with the discomfort. (Do not use aspirin on kids under 12)
Dec 09, 2008
13 Yes
6 No
Vitamin e
star in Anytown, AT 55555 -This is an unbelievable remedy if you have cancre sores. It took 25 years for me to find this. First, use L Lysene to prevent them.
But, if you get one...as soon as you can, break open a Vitamin e tablet and rub on the sore in your mouth. Keep doing this every day and you will be amazed at the difference it makes.
Nov 28, 2008
10 Yes
6 No
Vitamin E
Julia in matthews, NC -All you need is a gel capsules of vitamin e. (you can buy a bottle anywhere) Pop it with a toothpick or squezze it till it opens. And apply the vitamin e juice to your canker sore. Morning and night..and I wont lie it does taste a tad gross but the results will be worth it.
Nov 17, 2008
3 Yes
2 No
A Pinch of Salt
Courtney in Florida -Someone told me once to take a pinch of salt and hold it onto the ulcer and I have used this method a few times and it clears up in a day or so.. It does burn some ..
Nov 17, 2008
8 Yes
6 No
Tea bags
Kim in colorado springs -Use a orange pecoe cut black tea bag or a black tea bag, wet with warm hot or cold water put it in your mouth were the canker sore is. It will sting but it works, keep it in there for a few, take it out feel the sore it went down right it will still hurt a little. It might take a few days do it a few times a day trust me it does work.!!!!!!!!!!!
Nov 04, 2008
7 Yes
1 No
L-Lysine (again)
Paul in Minneapolis, MN USA -Hey folks, if you haven't tried lysine tablets (one of 9 essential amino acids) you really should. On a nurse's recommendation, about 10 years ago I bought a bottle of lysine tablets and took one tablet a day for about a month - I haven't had a canker sore since and I've never taken a tablet since (and for years I used to get multiple large canker sores every month). Try it!!
Oct 31, 2008
6 Yes
4 No
Canker Cover by Quantum
JoAnn(dental hygienist) in Cinti Ohio -are the size of an aspirin just place over ulcer it becomes a gel cover that soothes and heals after about an hour. There are 6 in pack for 10.00 at Walgreens I get frequent ulcers!!!!!I promise these work, has menthal, beta caratene nothing harmful usually one works, heals in 2-3 days.
Sep 21, 2008
5 Yes
11 No
Pure Glycerine 100 %mouthwash is the best for canker sores
Jenny Liu in R Panjang, Malaysia -Soak cotton wool with Glycerine mouth wash and rub onto the mouth ulcers 3 to 4 times daily. The results are amazing, better than otcs like bonjela and orabase. I discover this remedy by accident by giving to my Indonesian maid who always suffers from canker sores. She took some back to her village in Sumatra and her neigbours called it a miracle medicine for mouth ulcers.
Sep 01, 2008
1 Yes
0 No
Powdered Alum
Lori in Olympia, WA USA -Wet the tip of a cotton swab (Q-tip) and then dip in powdered alum. Press the swab to the mouth sore and leave it there for at least a minute. It can sting at first, but totally bearable. Then rinse your mouth with water. This treatment takes the pain away and helps heal. BTW, alum tastes horrible, so try and keep it on the effected area and rinse thoroughly. Do not swallow!
Aug 07, 2008
9 Yes
6 No
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