Ayurvedic Tongue Scraper

[Kooky]

Hello,

Just wanted to share a tool that might be of interest for oral health. Regardless of its spiritual nature and Western views of Ayurvedic medicine as pseudoscience, I feel this tool does contribute something.

The first time I used it I got rid of a gnarly white layer on top of my tongue... Dead cells? I don't know, but brushing my tongue apparently does nothing. Besides removal dead surface cells, this potentially helps revitalize taste, and decrease bad breath, while removing toxins from our pipe smoke that may have made their home on our tongues.

I feel it was worth the couple bucks and just a few moments of maintenance now and then. I don't use it after I eat, my gag reflex seems to take hold.

 

[sablebrush52]

Tongue scrapers are offered by dentists' offices and you can buy them at almost any drugstore. They're just not that common a practice. My dentist has recommended me to do this and I occasionally do, but I'm just sloppy about doing it.

 

[Kooky]

Tongue scrapers are offered by dentists' offices and you can buy them at almost any drugstore. They're just not that common a practice. My dentist has recommended me to do this and I occasionally do, but I'm just sloppy about doing it.

Hmm, that's good then. I've never seen one at any of the dentists I've been to. I was always told to brush my tongue and a few toothbrushes I've owned had those bristles on the back, but I don't think anything works as particular good as this simple device.

 

[OzPiper]

Use of tongue scrapers is very common in Asian countries.
Much easier to use your toothbrush to brush your tongue.
Some toothbrushes even have a rough "tongue scrapping" surface on the reverse side.

 

[mikethompson]

Add it to the pipe bag!

 

[verporchting]

Have you tried a Dorito? Seems like a perfect combination….

 

[bullet08]

I think tooth brush does good enough job brushing the crap out of everything in there.

 

[TheIronMonkey]

When flossing, it's easy enough to just drag the taut floss across your tongue and get all the gunk off without a tool.

 

[Casual]

I use spruce boughs, as god intended.

 

[buckaroo]

I use them after 2 cigars back to back, but pipes don’t leave near the residue. Not burning near the amount of tobacco.

 

[anotherbob]

Hello,

Just wanted to share a tool that might be of interest for oral health. Regardless of its spiritual nature and Western views of Ayurvedic medicine as pseudoscience, I feel this tool does contribute something.

The first time I used it I got rid of a gnarly white layer on top of my tongue... Dead cells? I don't know, but brushing my tongue apparently does nothing. Besides removal dead surface cells, this potentially helps revitalize taste, and decrease bad breath, while removing toxins from our pipe smoke that may have made their home on our tongues.

I feel it was worth the couple bucks and just a few moments of maintenance now and then. I don't use it after I eat, my gag reflex seems to take hold.

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generally it's consider pretty advanced for it's time and place. And modern medicine dips into the Ayurvedic medicine from time to time. In fact modern plastic surgery has it's roots in Ayurvedic medicine.

 

[Kooky]

I use spruce boughs, as god intended.

not sure I've ever seen spruce, all the trees around me were replaced with concrete. sometimes the landscape coconut trees try to attack me by dropping one.

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

Works wonders on just about everything?

 

[Grangerous]

Works wonders on just about everything?