Today, let's take a look at how the ancients dealt with oral problems.
How did the ancients clean their mouths?
In fact, human beings have long realized the importance of teeth.
As early as 3000 BC, the earliest oral cleaning tool-dental stick was found in the king's tomb in Ur, the Sumerian city-state. Some primitive tribes used charcoal, salt water, fine sand and branches to clean their teeth.
Think about these wonderful painting styles. Fortunately, we have Chinese medicine, and we have taken many detours on the road of tooth protection.
People used brushing tools before they were invented? Rinse your mouth? . Historical records? What is the cause of tooth decay pointed out in Biography of Cang Gong? Don't rinse your mouth when eating? If you don't rinse your mouth after a meal, you deserve it.
In the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was an old minister named Diaocun. Because I don't like gargling, my bad breath is particularly severe. Whenever he addressed the emperor, the emperor always frowned.
Can't stand the smell and can't blame him face to face, so the emperor gave him a piece to chew in his mouth. Sure enough, his bad breath disappeared. For a time, lilacs became explosive products, and ministers put them in succession. Lilac? Like this? Gum? Ministers were no longer troubled by bad breath, and the emperor's mood became better.
But at that time, clove was a valuable medicinal material, which ordinary people could not eat just by eating it. They can only rinse their mouths frequently to avoid oral problems.
As early as more than two thousand years ago, the ancients knew to gargle with salt water, which was recorded in the Book of Rites. Is the chicken salty when it crows first? Sun Simiao, the drug king, is still here? Mouthwash? A lot of work has been done on this formula. ? Put a twist of salt in your mouth every morning and keep it tight with warm water? 、? Rinse your mouth with strong tea after eating, and the boredom will be removed, and the spleen and stomach will be self-harmonious? Salt water and strong tea do have antibacterial, bactericidal and tooth decay prevention effects. In a Dream of Red Mansions, Sister Lin first arrived in Jiafu and gargled with tea after dinner.
Ancient people's brushing tools
But there are so many oral problems that it is definitely not enough to gargle alone. If you want to protect your teeth, you should brush your teeth.
During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, people used their fingers? Wipe your teeth? There is a painting in the Dunhuang mural "Icon of Old Du Fork Head", which depicts a monk squatting on the ground, holding several mouthwash cups in his left hand and wiping his front teeth with his middle finger in his right hand.
In the late Tang Dynasty, the prototype of toothbrush was born. People soak Yang Liuzhi in water, bite it open when using it, and use plant fibers as chess pieces? Brush? If you want to brush your teeth, you need someone. Chewing gum? This is where it came from.
However, Yang Liuzhi was so rude that he stabbed his gums and bled. His cleaning ability was so poor that many people suffered from dental calculus.
But don't be afraid. If you are ill, there will be a doctor. In the Tang dynasty, there will be special helpers? Wash your teeth? Doctor, they will take out the calculus with tweezers and knives first, and then treat it with drugs. Unfortunately, there is no anesthetic, no pliers and knives, and no anesthetic. It's really enough for people.
It will be easy in the Song Dynasty. As the peak of China's ancient culture, the People's Congress in the Song Dynasty opened its mind and invented and improved countless things, including? Toothbrush? Commonly known as Brush your teeth? .
People drill holes in their heads and implant ponytails with materials such as bamboo, wood and bones. Brush your teeth? So it was born.
Zhou Shouzhong in the Southern Song Dynasty, in his book Treasure of Family Health, specifically described it? Brush your teeth? Usage and time of use.
Don't brush your teeth when you get up early, for fear that your teeth will be loose and easy to shake, and you will have a toothache for a long time. It is extremely harmful to cover your teeth with a ponytail. ?
The roots are loose in the morning, but the horsetail hair is too hard. If you use it at this time? Brush your teeth? If you brush your teeth, your teeth will loosen easily, and you will have a toothache over time.
Look at this song dynasty? Brush your teeth? Is it already very similar to the toothbrush we use now? Wu wrote in the Southern Song Dynasty:? All kinds of groceries have brushes. ?
In the Song Dynasty, there were not only toothbrushes, but also shops specializing in making and selling toothbrushes. On the riverside at Qingming Festival, next to the rain gear point is a franchise store selling steel needles, combs, scissors, toothbrushes and other items.
After the toothbrush came out, it was brought back to Europe by travelers and became popular. However, because of its high price, only princes and nobles can afford it. It was not until the19th century that the nylon toothbrush was born. Toothbrush? In Europe, it has become a necessity of oral care.
However, as early as the Qin Dynasty, China had a bronze version? Cloth? Toothbrush,
If so, China's toothbrushes can be ahead of the West for more than 500 years.
Bronze toothbrush in Qin dynasty, with cloth inserted into a round hole.
How did the ancients pull out their teeth?
During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, a new tooth appeared at the end of the alveolar bone in Gao Zhan, Wu Chengdi, Northern Qi Dynasty, which was very painful every day. Dr Xu Zhicai said, Your Majesty, you have wisdom teeth.
Dragon? Wisdom teeth? It is a good thing that people are smart and live long. The emperor was very happy and rewarded Xu Zhicai. ? Wisdom teeth? The name was handed down like this. ? Wu Chengsheng lost his tooth and asked the doctor. Deng, who is still in the pharmacopoeia, is serious about it, and Wu Cheng is furious and denounces it. Question finished, thank you for your balance:? This is wisdom teeth. People with wisdom teeth are smart and live long? Wu Chengyue and the reward? North seven books? Biography of Xu Zhicai
Celebrities such as Bai Juyi and Han Yu are deeply troubled by toothache. And want to eradicate it? Toothache? What's the simplest and most direct way? Tooth extraction? ,
However, the ancient method of tooth extraction was quite violent.
First of all, the simplest and most direct thing is? Tether method? , such as Qi Jinggong in the Spring and Autumn Period.
One day, Qi Jinggong was lying on the ground, playing with his little son with a rope in his mouth. The youngest son fell down and pulled out Qi Jinggong's tooth. So it became an allusion: Gan Niu.
Do women forget that you are a willing cow and bite their teeth off? And the back is also! ? Zuo Zhuan mourned for six years.
In addition to the tether, there are more violent ones, directly knocking with stones! Archaeological findings show that many human skulls in Neolithic age were broken teeth. But with the development of the times, people gradually invented tooth extraction tools, bid farewell to stones and ropes, and switched to pliers, but these tools still depend on them. Trying to work miracles? .
Are you still there after pulling out your teeth? Filling teeth? 、? Dental implants? Technology, during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, dentists made silver paste to fill teeth with white tin, mercury, silver foil and other materials. Judging from this name, ordinary people can't afford it.
Although the ancients gargled, brushed their teeth and pulled out teeth to fill their teeth, oral problems have always been a big headache. Moreover, filling teeth is risky, and tooth extraction needs to be cautious. Maybe you will die. It is a pity that Wen Qiao, a famous Eastern Jin Dynasty star, died of a stroke after tooth extraction in his prime. ? Baxian got dental disease and even had his teeth pulled out. He died in the town ten days ago at the age of 42 because of a stroke. ? Biography of the Book of Jin and Wenqiao?
Therefore, friends must pay attention to oral care, gargle more, brush their teeth frequently, nip in the bud and treat diseases as soon as possible.