The oral cavity is one of the "open doors" of the human body. Not only nutrients are ingested through the oral cavity, but also various bacteria, viruses and parasite eggs can enter the human body through the oral cavity. Doing oral health care well can not only prevent oral dental diseases, but also effectively prevent and treat a variety of systemic diseases. Oral diseases can not be treated promptly and correctly, which will affect the immune function of the body and cause many diseases, such as acute and subacute endocarditis, nephritis, rheumatic fever, arthritis, leukemia, malignant tumor, respiratory diseases, etc. Therefore, oral health care is an important measure to prevent systemic diseases.
A health care method for strengthening teeth
Dental care should start from an early age, and it will be very beneficial to develop good oral hygiene habits from an early age. Moreover, maintaining good hygiene habits and paying attention to dental care are important tasks of health care. Here are some specific health care measures.
(1) gargle: gargle can remove turbid air and food residues in the mouth and clean teeth. Rinse your mouth after three meals a day, or rinse your mouth after dessert. There are many ways to gargle, including water gargle, tea gargle, body fluid gargle, salt water gargle, vinegar gargle, Chinese medicine soaking gargle and so on. And you can choose to use it according to your own situation.
(2) Brush your teeth in the morning and evening: The function of brushing your teeth is to clean your mouth, massage your gums, promote blood circulation and enhance your disease resistance. Brush once in the morning and once in the evening. It is more important to brush your teeth before going to bed at night than in the morning. In addition, special attention should be paid to using the correct brushing method, that is, brushing vertically along the direction of teeth, first inside and then outside, with moderate intensity. Brush your teeth sideways, too hard, it is not easy to clean up the dirt between your teeth, and it may also damage periodontal tissue, leading to gingival atrophy.
(3) Knock your teeth frequently: Since ancient times, many people who live long have attached importance to and benefited from the health care function of knocking their teeth, especially in the morning. The specific theory of knocking teeth is: get rid of distractions, relax your mind, gently close your lips, knock your teeth 50 times first, then knock your teeth 50 times, and then knock your big teeth 50 times. Do it once every morning and evening, and you can also increase the number of times you knock your teeth.
(4) Lip rubbing massage: Close your lips, put four fingers of your right hand together, and gently rub outside your lips clockwise and counterclockwise until it is slightly hot and red locally. Its function is to promote the blood circulation of oral cavity and gums, strengthen teeth, prevent and treat dental diseases, and has the function of beauty and health care.
(5) correct chewing: chewing food should be done bilaterally, or alternately using teeth on both sides, not just chewing one side.
(6) Dietary health care: Oral and dental diseases have a certain relationship with nutritional imbalance, so nutrition should be reasonable. Vitamins A, D, C, B, calcium, phosphorus, protein, etc. It is an indispensable nutrient for tooth development. We should eat some fresh vegetables and fruits rich in vitamin C and foods rich in vitamins A, D and C, such as animal liver, kidney, egg yolk and milk. Women during pregnancy and lactation, as well as infants and young children, should pay special attention to properly supplementing such foods to ensure the development of enamel.
(7) Correct bad habits: Bad habits are also a cause of dental diseases. It is not advisable to pick your teeth with toothpicks or match sticks after meals. This method is easy to damage gingival tissue, and then cause infection and ulceration.
(8) Prevention of drug-induced tooth damage: Dental diseases should be treated in time, but some drugs that are bad for teeth should be avoided, especially pregnant and lactating women and infants. Tetracyclines should not be taken, and tetracycline, oxytetracycline, chlortetracycline and doxycycline should be added. Otherwise, it is easy to cause permanent yellowing of teeth, or enamel hypoplasia and dental caries.
Saliva health care method
Saliva, commonly known as saliva, is transformed from body fluids. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it is a natural tonic closely related to life, and gargling to produce saliva and swallowing saliva, which was called "fetal food" in ancient times, is a very advocated method of strengthening the body.
(1) The health function of saliva
Saliva has many functions.
① Help digestion: After food enters the mouth, it first mixes with saliva to form chyme. Amylase in saliva decomposes starch in food into maltose and then into glucose, so that food can be preliminarily digested.
② Protection of digestive tract: Saliva can clean mouth, protect teeth, neutralize gastric acid and repair gastric mucosa.
Detoxification: saliva and food are fully mixed, and the toxicity of carcinogens can be invalidated through chemical changes in the mouth. Known as a "natural anticancer agent", there is a proverb that "chew slowly and prolong life". In other words, three meals a day is an important part of health care.
④ Anti-aging effect: Swallowing saliva can really make people healthy and live longer. In addition, saliva can also prevent and treat diseases and promote wound healing.
(2) gargling and swallowing saliva
There are many ways to gargle, and there are two commonly used ones.
① Regular eating method: you can sit, lie or stand, lick the upper jaw calmly with your tongue or extend your tongue to the outside of the upper jaw teeth, stir it up and down, then extend it to the inside, and then stir it up, down, left and right. When the saliva is full, swallow the body fluid three times and send it to the abdomen with your mind. It can also be carried out in conjunction with knocking teeth, that is, knocking teeth first, then gargling, swallowing and spitting. Nine swallows every three times, and the time is better in the morning and evening. You can do it more often when you have time.
② Feeding by Qigong: Static exercise is appropriate, and specific exercise can be selected according to your own hobbies. The specific methods are: get rid of distractions, show your mind, put your tongue on the upper jaw, close your eyes slightly, relax naturally, adjust your breathing to be silent, and put your tongue on the outer edge of your upper teeth when inhaling, constantly licking it to promote saliva secretion; When exhaling, the tip of the tongue is downward, and the gas is drawn out from the abdomen, and the mouth is slightly opened and exhaled slowly. When the saliva is full, swallow it slowly in three times. You can practice for half an hour every morning and evening.
The above two methods are simple and easy to use. As long as you keep practicing for a long time, you can get the effects of vigorous vitality, lasting appearance, smart eyes and ears, vigorous metabolism, health care and longevity.