Chinese Herb Anti-Sensitive Toothpast
Chinese Herb Anti-Sensitive Toothpast
If you experience short, sharp pain when eating hot or cold foods, you may have tooth sensitivity. Read on to find out how Chinese herbs and acupuncture can help relieve it.
Rhizoma Chuanxiong and Rhizoma Imperatae can promote blood circulation, remove stasis, and inhibit bacteria. They can also help prevent gingivitis and gingival bleeding.
Long Pepper Extract
Long pepper extract (Piper longum) has antioxidant properties and can help reduce tooth sensitivity. It contains alkaloids and tannins that can bind to proteins in dentinal tubules to slowly seal them and block nerve transmission. It also has astringent and anti-inflammatory actions. It is a natural pain reliever, and its volatile oil has analgesic and mild local anesthesia effects. It can also relieve itching, redness and swelling of the gums.
It is used to treat a variety of health problems, including headaches, toothache, indigestion, cough and bronchitis. It is a powerful diuretic and helps eliminate toxins from the body. It can also stimulate the secretion of bile, which helps with digestion. It is a good aphrodisiac and can improve sexual function in men. It also promotes urination and is helpful for treating bladder infections.
In one study, researchers found that Galla chinensis extract significantly reduced dentin hypersensitivity in vitro and in vivo. In addition, it inhibited the production of inflammatory mediators and prevented the activation of NF-kB pathway. It also decreased cell-adhesion and migration of leukocytes to sites of inflammation. Its efficacy for reducing sensitivity was comparable to that of sodium fluoride.
Sanchi Extract
Sanchi extract is a traditional Chinese herbal medicine that has been used to prevent tooth sensitivity for thousands of years. It is prepared from the roots of the perennial herb Panax notoginseng, which are collected from the wild in China and Japan. Sanchi is a hemostatic and anti-inflammatory herb that is beneficial for teeth, gums, and mouth ulcers. It has also been found to lower the levels of oxidative stress markers and increase the levels of antioxidant enzymes in oral tissues.
This toothpaste formula contains a variety of other herbs to soothe the teeth and gums, including Zanthoxylum, Saposhnikovia divar, mentha, Herba Ecliptae Echlorostylis, and Cyperus rotundus. It also contains potassium citrate, which has been clinically shown to assuage sensitive teeth and promote gum health. The formula also includes natural ingredients such as ginger root, rhizoma cimicifugae, cortex moutan, and mangnolia officinalis.
The toothpaste formula has been tested for its efficacy in preventing and alleviating sensitivity of teeth, with the results showing that it is significantly more effective than a control toothpaste. The toothpaste has also been shown to Chinese Herb Anti-sensitive Toothpast contain tannic acid, which may help reduce dental caries by inhibiting dentin demineralization and promoting remineralization. It is recommended that this toothpaste be used as part of a comprehensive oral care regimen to keep the teeth and gums healthy.
Honeysuckle Extract
Organic acids present in honeysuckle berries such as citric acid (62%), malic acid (30%), quinic acid, shikimic acid and tartaric acid (1%) make it an ideal ingredient for cosmetics. They have been shown to be effective in minimizing UV radiation damage to the skin, promoting whitening and inhibiting melanogenesis.
The nourishing and soothing properties of Honeysuckle Extract make it an excellent addition to skincare products, helping to soothe irritation and sun cream redness, reduce inflammation, promote healthy cell growth and improve elasticity. It is also a gentle astringent and can be used to tone the skin, preventing and treating enlarged pores.
It also offers antimicrobial and antioxidant properties, reducing the number of bacteria in the mouth to prevent gum disease. It is able to help to reduce excess internal heat and dampness in the body, making it useful in treating conditions such as asthma, bronchitis and coughs.
It is also thought that honeysuckle berry extract could have an effect on improving cognitive function, easing age-related memory deficits. In addition to this, it has been found that the phenolic compounds in honeysuckle fruit can inhibit liver microsomal peroxidation and slow down low-density lipoprotein (LDL) oxidation in humans. This has led to the suggestion that a diet rich in honeysuckle berries could lower the risk of cardiovascular disease, and may be used as a natural substitute for statin drugs [51]. Lastly, research suggests that a combination of honeysuckle, Baikal skullcap, and Forsythia can shorten the symptoms of respiratory syncytial virus infection in children.
Myrrh Extract
Myrrh is an aromatic resin from trees of the Commiphora family in the subtropical and tropical regions including north-east Africa, Arabian Peninsula, India and Australia. It is a valuable product and used in perfumes, bouquets and embalmment processes. It has also been found to have anti-neoplastic, anti-inflammatory and wound-healing effects. The chemical composition of myrrh consists of nine secondary metabolites. Computational predictions indicate that some of these compounds may possess anti-neoplastic, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, as well as free radical scavenging potential.
The myrrh resin has been shown to induce apoptosis in breast cancer cells, colon cancer and leukemia cell lines. It also significantly inhibits tumor growth by suppressing cellular proliferation and regulating the cell cycle, in addition to its anti-inflammatory and inflammatory actions (Ashry et al., 2015). The myrrh resin extract has been shown to protect against hepatic oxidative stress and inflammation induced by lead acetate in rats. It reduces the hepatic LPO and TNF-a levels while increasing the hepatic antioxidant status and immunological defense responses (Mahmoud et al., 2017a).
Ginger root extract, Rhizoma Cimicifugae extract, Cortex Moutan extract and Magnoliae Officinalis extract are compounded compositely as anti-responsive functional component in this toothpaste. These Chinese herb extracts complement each other, act synergistically on dentin teleneuron and play analgesic activity, add strontium salt and hydroxyapatite simultaneously, seal dentinal tubule, alleviate nerve stimulation of tooth sensitivity to cold, heat, acid and sweet, thereby preventing and relieving tooth sensitivity symptom radically.