Chinese medicine believes that the upper toothache is generally caused by stomach fire, colon fire is mostly seen in the lower toothache.
According to the Chinese medicine meridian foot yangming stomach meridian route: “stomach foot yangming vein …… down through the nose outside, into the upper teeth, but also out of the hostage mouth, around the lips,” that is, the stomach meridian circulation is down along the outside of the nose, and then into the groove of the upper teeth, back to come out of the mouth beside the folder (dicang point, that is, the outer corner of the mouth, up straight pupil place), around the lips. The stomach meridian runs down the outside of the nose, then enters the upper alveolus, and comes back out to the side of the mouth (Dicang point, i.e., the corner of the mouth, up to the pupil), surrounding the lips.
While the large intestine meridian in the circulation, “its branch, from the lack of basin on the neck through the cheek, into the lower teeth, but also out of the hostage mouth,” that is, the large intestine meridian of the branch, is the upper fossa of the clavicle up the side of the neck, through the cheeks, into the lower teeth groove, out of the hostage mouth side.
Therefore, when the stomach fire, will be in the stomach meridian meridian circulation parts show heat, such as upper teeth pain, mouth and tongue sores, bad breath, constipation and so on. And when there is heat in the large intestine meridian, it usually manifests as pain in the lower teeth.
There are many causes of toothache, so it is recommended to go to the hospital in time to find out the cause and standardize the treatment.