Swollen gums are a result of deficiency fire or actual fire.

Swollen gums require evidence-based treatment, and Chinese medicine recognizes that both false fire and solid fire can cause swollen gums. Gum swelling caused by real fire can also be seen in bleeding gums, bright red blood, red and painful gums, bad breath and other symptoms. The main cause of the disease is excessive fire in the stomach, and the treatment is to clear the stomach and diarrhea fire (to remove the fire in the stomach), cool the blood and stop bleeding (to make the blood cool and moist, to prevent bleeding). The formula is Jia Wei Qing Stomach San combined with Diarrhea Heart Tang. If the gums are swollen due to deficiency fire, it may be accompanied by bleeding gums with light red color, slow onset of disease, often triggered by heat and fatigue, and the teeth are not firm, etc. The treatment is to nourish yin and lower the fire (nourish yin essence and lower the fire), and cool the blood to stop bleeding (cool and moisten the blood and prevent bleeding), and the formula is Liouweidihuangwan (Six-flavored Di Huang Pill) combined with Xiigen San. If you have symptoms, you should take medication under the guidance of a professional doctor, do not take medication blindly on your own, in order to avoid delaying the condition or producing adverse reactions.