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Any Advice? Killer Tongue Bite
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Me being a novice pipesmoker I have not been smoking Virginia's (and only smoking one blend of, fuller Virginia's) untill I get the hang of cadence where I don't overheat the pipe. Also I smoked this tobacco from a cob who are not very prone to overheating. So in my very slim experience would suggest the following: stay away from them untill you get a cadence with close to 0 heat on a pipe, pick up a cob. Also smoking while driving will give me to much distractions on concentrating on a cadance which doesn't overheat or let the pipe go out, therefore I would refrain from smoking while driving till the cadance goes on such a automatic pilot that you don't have to concentrate on it.
I got tongue bite especially after smoking "Captain Black" brand tobaccos. If you got tongue bite especially after a special brand don't smoke it again. For curing the tongue bite :
- Drink green tea
- Use Aloe Vera included mouthwashes
- Drink apple vinegar (2 tablespoon in 100 ml water)
and avoid smoking pipe 2-3 days
- Drink green tea
- Use Aloe Vera included mouthwashes
- Drink apple vinegar (2 tablespoon in 100 ml water)
and avoid smoking pipe 2-3 days
Thank you, Pipi.
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"In other words, pipe smoke that contains higher levels of alkalinity will produce painful irritations of the tongue and oral membranes."
I haven't tried yet but I hope eating "cheese" before and after smoking pipe will reduce tongue bite. Because it is an asidic food.
I'm also a newbie to the pipe, however I would imagine if you bought a low nicotine tobacco it would have a large influence on bite.
No I've just learned not to try and smoke a pipe like a cigarette and you don't get tongue bite
Took me a while to work that out too. So much more enjoyment once your brain works it out!
Your comment echos my thoughts on the matter to a tee, literally almost as if I had written them myself, lol. I don't like to do any activities requiring a great deal of effort or thought though. I just like to relax, watch a game, surf the net, or read so that I don't ruin the cadence and over smoke.
I found aloe vera toothpaste to heal your tongue bite. And i use black mulberry molasses two times in a day after smoking pipe. It is effective on mouth & tongue renewing
The stronger tobaccos don't cause you tongue bite.
Buy a good pipe, a Savinelli for around 100.00 is good. When you build up the cake in the pipe it will smoke cooler, drier and will give you a a baseline as to how a good pipe will smoke. . It will show you that when you get a lousy pipe you will know it when you get one. A Savinelli was my first pipe and i am glad I got it.
I cannot smoke blends with red virginia tobacco. It burns my tongue as soon as the smoke hits my tongue. It took years and so many different blends to figure this out. It sucks but I would not quit trying. I also used Biotene which is a mouth wash that helps with the burn. read all that you can about this and see if you can find out the fix. When I found out about the red virginia's I was able to finally build a cellar with 41 flakes and plugs that have no reds. I built my cellar in just about a year and it will last me around 20 plus years. I wish you good luck.
I cannot smoke blends with red virginia tobacco. It burns my tongue as soon as the smoke hits my tongue. It took years and so many different blends to figure this out. It sucks but I would not quit trying. I also used Biotene which is a mouth wash that helps with the burn. read all that you can about this and see if you can find out the fix. When I found out about the red virginia's I was able to finally build a cellar with 41 flakes and plugs that have no reds. I built my cellar in just about a year and it will last me around 20 plus years. I wish you good luck.
As was said... dry it longer, smoke it slower. I'll also add, don't get it too hot.
Smoking in a vehicle can be challenging because you can't always pay the attention to the tobacco it deserves.
Might I recommend getting a wind cap? That seems to help when I'm in my pickup, although I don't generally use one in the semi.
Hope this helps you out.
v/r,
Chris
Old post now. But FYI for those newer. Slowed my pace down a ton. Main thing that helped. It naturally happens over many many bowls. Don’t smoke aromatics either which helps a ton.
On the tongue bite/chemical burn issue, I've had better luck with non-aromatic blends, even strong ones. I think flavorings when burned cause a lot of tongue bite. The worst offenders I've had are "holiday blends" that can really sting, and then sting again when you brush your teeth with peppermint toothpaste. Sip don't puff. Dry the tobacco. Pack looser. I also think smoking when driving makes you puff harder because of the divided attention. A beverage with a pipe is also helpful.
#1 Slow. Virginia and any that are to moist can burn hot and wet tobacco burns from steam created, to the best of my knowledge when trying to fix tongue bite myself. English blends greatly reduce tongue tongue bite by being more alkaline. I like a strong English driving 1.5hr to work. I really chug at it for the 1st 30min with no pain.
Dry the tobacco till right before or right at crisp, and sip the smoke as slow as you can. This suggestion and similar ones are all over the forum. If it doesn't work, nobody would have wasted so many keystrokes in so many years.
I haven't read through this entire thread (which has good advice), but in my experience, in the end, tongue bite simply went away with time. Just like shin splints to a new runner. Don't push it, but don't worry about it either. You're adapting to something your body (in this case, your tongue) isn't designed to do, or is simply not acclimated to do (yet).
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