From the perspective of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), tooth tenderness may be caused by deficiency of qi and blood or deficiency of kidney yin.
According to Chinese medicine theory, deficiency of qi and blood will cause insufficient qi and blood in the gums, resulting in gingival atrophy, pale white color, loose teeth, bleeding with symptoms such as fatigue (mental exhaustion, physical weakness), and lack of energy and laziness (lack of strength, do not want to talk), etc., when the use of the spleen soup (consisting of atractylodes macrocephala, ginseng, Angelica sinensis, Poria cocos, and farnesia, etc.) to benefit the qi and replenish the blood.
In addition, the kidney is the main bone and produces marrow, the kidney stores essence, and the teeth are the rest of the bone, if the kidney essence is sufficient, then the teeth will be healthy and the bones will be firm, and if the kidney essence is insufficient, then the teeth will be loose and the bones will be withered, and the symptoms will be seen as loose teeth, soreness and weakness, and the treatment should be Zuo Gui Pill (consisting of Chinese yam, ripened Chinese diabetes, Cornu Cervi Pantotrichum, Chinese wolfberry, Cuscuta chinensis, and so on) to replenish the kidney and enrich the essence and to solve the problem of soreness and weakness of the teeth at the root.
It should be noted that the above formulae should be taken under the guidance of a professional Chinese medicine practitioner, and should not be taken on one’s own to avoid adverse reactions.