Do you often get embarrassed due to bad breath? Are you interested in a permanent solution for your bad breath? If your answer is yes, try out any of these five remedies to fix your bad breath.

Many people have a bad breath problem, and it can be pretty embarrassing sometimes when you are talking to someone. Most commonly, bad breath occurs due to poor oral hygiene.

When some food particles remain inside the mouth, it causes the production of sulfur composites due to the decay of bacteria inside the mouth. So, it is essential to maintain oral hygiene by brushing your teeth twice a day, oil pulling, and flossing regularly.

Bad breath can also occur due to indigestion. When digestion gets weak, the food you eat remains undigested and leads to toxin formation inside the body. As a result, you may develop bad breath and other digestive ailments.

3 Ayurvedic remedies to cure and prevent bad breath:

1. Improve your digestion:

If you want to get rid of bad breath (occurring due to indigestion), the first step is to improve your digestion. With this, it will help reduce the toxins inside the body and get rid of bad breath.

How to improve digestion?
Firstly, eat only light meals like khichdi, porridge, soup for at least 2-3 days. Avoid heavy meals, fried food, and cold-refrigerated food items.

You can also sip a bottle of water boiled with carom seeds throughout the day. It will help you digest the undigested food and boost your digestion.

2. Aloe vera juice:

Aloe vera is a popular medicinal shrub rich in Vitamin C, Vitamin A, Vitamin B 12, and folic acid. Its gel is commonly used for skin, hair, and digestive problems.

You can take an aloe vera drink in the morning and evening half an hour before meals. It is beneficial to relieve constipation & improve digestion. As a result, it helps to get rid of bad breath.

3. Oil pulling:

Oil pulling (Gandusha) is an ancient Ayurvedic technique to detoxify teeth and gums. It is an essential part of Dinacharya (Ayurvedic day regimens) to improve your oral health. Oil pulling is an act of swishing oil inside the mouth which helps to support oral hygiene and maintain healthy teeth and gums.

How to do it?

Firstly, put one or two tablespoons of coconut oil or sesame oil into your mouth. Now, start pulling it in between your teeth and swishing inside your mouth. As you keep swishing the oil, it will get mixed with saliva and become thinner inside. Initially, you can practice oil pulling for a minimum of 5 minutes. Later, you can add a couple of minutes daily until you reach 15 minutes. Swishing oil for 10 to 15 minutes will mix the oil well with your saliva and make it thinner. You will start observing your mouth is full, which is entirely normal to feel. Now, spit it out into the trash and rinse your mouth with warm water. 

Practicing oil pulling every day will help you maintain oral hygiene and prevent bad breath.  Try out these three simple steps to get permanent relief from bad breath. It is always better to get to the root cause of the problem. Here the root cause of bad breath is indigestion. So, try to improve it with the given advice and maintain your oral hygiene regularly for permanent relief from bad breath.