Generally there is no “teeth on fire” method of speaking, Chinese medicine is called “swollen and painful gums”. Gums swelling and pain are mostly evidence of fire and heat, fire and heat can be divided into real and virtual, namely “real fire” and “virtual fire”, the real can use the lips and teeth to clear the stomach pill, etc.; virtual can use Zhi Bai Di Huang Pills and so on. It should be combined with the overall situation to identify the use of drugs, it is recommended that the professional physician guidance.
The causes of swollen and painful gums are different, including excessive fire in the stomach, wind-fire attacking the upper part of the body, and insufficient kidney yin, etc., and the treatment should be based on the different causes of the disease.
Lip and Teeth Clearing and Stomach Pill contains rhubarb, scutellaria baicalensis, gentian and other traditional Chinese medicines, which have the effect of clearing the stomach and lowering the fire. It is good for treating swollen and painful gums caused by hyperactivity of the stomach fire, dry mouth and lips, sore throat, hyperphagia, smelly breath, yellowish urine and constipation. Attention, pregnant women, spleen and stomach cold (spleen and stomach weakness and cold), diarrhea should not be taken. This product is supplemented with honey, and should be taken with caution by diabetic patients.
Zhi Bai Di Huang Wan contains several traditional Chinese medicines such as Zhi Mu, Huang Bai, Shu Di Huang, etc. It has the effect of nourishing yin and lowering fire (nourishing yin essence and lowering fire), and is good for treating kidney yin deficiency and fire (deficiency of yin essence and hyperactivity of fire in the body) caused by baking heat, zygomatic redness (reddish color of cheeks and zygomatic bones), dryness of the mouth, sore throat, swollen and painful gums and yellowish urination. Note that it should not be taken by people with cold and fever.
The use of medicines should be under the guidance of a doctor and should not be used on one’s own.