How to do “Oil Pulling”
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Here are some simple instructions to get you started. The ebook above contains more detailed information and answers to a multitude of questions about OP.
BUY:
- Unrefined, cold-pressed sesame or sunflower oil (sunflower has less taste, but some people like the taste of sesame), or virgin coconut oil
- Unscented pure vegetable oil soap (without added glycerin). There are a few options:
- A pure vegetable oil bar soap. You can use any you like, but it can be difficult to find pure soaps without toxic ingredients. Diane from Peace Soap makes wonderful homemade soaps for all purposes, but her spearmint-citrus flavor in particular is made with food grade essential oil and is perfect for brushing teeth with.
- Dr. Bronner’s liquid soap (peppermint is good), although that tends to drip off the toothbrush.
- Recommended but optional: Unrefined salt like Real Salt, Celtic Salt or Himalayan Crystal salt
First thing in the morning on an empty stomach is best to do OP, but if another time works better for you, that’s fine. Take about 1 tablespoon of oil in the mouth, and swish and pull it through the teeth gently, not vigorously, in a comfortable way, for 10-15 minutes.
If you have the urge to swallow, exhale slowly (through the nose!) and continue breathing slowly until the urge passes. If you really need to swallow, go ahead and swallow just from the back of the throat, keeping the oil in the front of your mouth.
If it becomes too unpleasant, spit out and try again another day. It can be a bit unpleasant at first when you’re not used to it, but soon won’t be bothersome at all, just like brushing your teeth.
When the oil has become saturated with the toxins it has pulled out, it will become somewhat whitish and a thinner, milky consistency, depending on the type of oil used. Each time you oil pull, it can take a different amount of time to get to that point, so 15 minutes is a general rule of thumb, but you can experiment with this.
Spit the oil out, then rinse the mouth with warm salt water. Salt water rinsing isn’t absolutely necessary, but is very helpful.
Then brush teeth very thoroughly with soap. If using bar soap, swipe the brush across the bar and then rinse the bar to keep it clean. Brushing with soap doesn’t taste bad at all - toothpaste foams up in the mouth even more than a little soap does, so we’re really used to the foaming feeling. (Do NOT use toothpaste!)
If you want a stronger flavor for brushing, you can add a drop of food grade essential oils to the brush, such as “Tooth and Gum Elixir” from Uncle Harry’s.
You can do the oil pulling every morning if you like. Because it can be detoxifying, you might want to take a break sometimes. There’s no rule about frequency - judge according to your body’s own signals.
I highly recommend that people who want to maximize their health-promoting regimen and minimize the adverse effects, receive individualized guidance. The one-size-fits-all world of natural health marketing promotes a lot of confusion, which I can help sort out. See my nutrition and natural health counseling website at
Dynamic Regimen and Nutrition Counseling
65 comments
just wondering why you advise not to brush after oil pulling with toothpaste?? i use a baking soda type… i do not have olive oil soap, where do you find it?
Hi Karen,
Toothpaste, even unfluoridated, is very unhealthy for teeth mainly because of the glycerin. Glycerin coats the teeth with a barrier that prevents them from taking in the minerals they need.
You can get a pure olive oil soap from http://www.mothernature.com.
I also use a drop on the toothbrush of Tooth and Gum Elixir from Uncle Harry’s, http://www.uncleharrys.com.
Hope that helps!
-Karen
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I am interested in oil pulling but I will continue to brush my teeth with my toothpaste, baking sode type. Because of this what should I expect, how will brushing with a toothpaste effect the results of oil pulling ?
Hi Debbie,
If you interfere with the remineralization process with glycerin, that doesn’t interact directly with the action of the oil pulling. It’s just that it’s best to maximize the effort to heal the teeth, by whatever means you can. You can also use tissue salts (the product called Bioplasma by Hyland’s), to help the body utilize minerals.
Best,
Karen
thanks
I have no access to cold pressed sesame or sunflower oil. I can get cold pressed olive oil. What’s more important, the processing or the oil base? I believe oil pulling comes from Ayurveda which has no history of using olives, could this be the reason? Or are there special properties about sesame and sunflower oil that make them particularly suitable and other oils unsuitable?
Hi Patrick,
Yes - Ayurveda traditionally uses certain oils and we’re not limited to those.
Each type of oil has a certain effect, for example, sesame oil is more warming than other oils and may be more gently detoxifying than other oils that are “colder” energetically. You can try different types of oils and see which feels best to you, and you can also experiment with oil pulling for a longer or shorter time, and doing it more or less often.
It’s best to get organic, unrefined, cold pressed oils with the life force of the food intact. But actually, Dr.Karach’s modern research on oil pulling was done with refined oils, probably because that’s what was available.
There’s also the matter of palatability–you may find one type of oil too unpalatable anyway. So I’d say, start with a refined sesame or sunflower oil, and see how you do with that. Then experiment with the cold pressed olive oil and see if you notice a difference in the results.
Best,
Karen
Besides oil of oregano, is there anything you recommend to add to the oil? What is the purpose of oil of oregano? What about flower essences or other essential oils?
Can I brush my teeth with baking soda after I do the oil pulling instead of toothpaste? And when you say “bar soap” are you talking about any bar soap if we don’t have the olive oil soap?
Thanks!
Vicki– There’s really nothing you need to add to the oil for oil pulling. If you want to use anti-microbial herbs it’s best to do that by adding a drop of essential oils to your toothbrush. There are many good products - I happen to like Uncle Harry’s Tooth and Gum Elixir for this. Herbalist & Alchemist also makes a similar product, called Phytodent.
Oil of oregano is just one of many anti-microbial oils, but I don’t think it’s necessary to use that specifically. Also, it’s VERY strong and can burn if you don’t dilute it with other oils.
Flower essences are great, when you can find the ones that are a good match for you, but there’s no particular benefit in combining that with oil pulling.
Travis — Baking soda is a bit abrasive to use every day. Once a week might be okay. For everyday use, best to use the tooth soap or pure olive oil bar soap. Most commercial bar soaps contain lots of harsh chemicals and ingredients that you wouldn’t want to be absorbed through the mouth. There’s a good pure olive oil bar soap made by “Kiss My Face” brand, and also Dr. Bronner’s has a liquid soap (peppermint is good for tooth brushing) as well as bar soap.
I’ve just recently discovered that Spry Infant Tooth Gel doesn’t contain glycerin, and might be a good alternative for people who have trouble with the idea of soap!
-Karen
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Thanks so much Karen!!
What should the Lable on the sesame oil or sunflower oil read? I want to purchase the most effective oil…Is “Expeller Pressed” Ok to use? Does it need to be “Clod Pressed”? Where can I purchase the proper oil? David Lojacono
Hi David, expeller pressed is fine - the heat used isn’t high enough to damage the oil. Many health food stores in the U.S. carry these high quality, organic oils. Spectrum is a good brand, and can be mail ordered online if you can’t find it locally.
http://www.spectrumorganics.com/
Hi, today is the first time I did oil pulling. I used extra virgin olive oil… I took a big table spoon full of oil as I thought the qty was less initially. I could only do oil pulling for about 6 mins, as my mouth was getting tired& when I spit it out, it was like light yellowish, thick liquid.. The other thing I noticed is that the quantity of liquid was slowly increasing in mouth, which i think was happening because of increase in saliva. And i now understand why only small qty of oil should be used…
Hi Vineet, if your mouth gets tired after 6 minutes you’re probably doing it too vigorously. It can be done in a more relaxed way.
I read somewhere that one can use virgin coconut oil. Is this true?
Sure. Coconut oil has a cooler energy than sesame oil, so it’s good for people who tend to have a warmer constitution or condition of heat. People will have somewhat different experiences with different oils, so you can experiment. Some people have reported that coconut oil is more strongly detoxifying, which isn’t always a good thing for some people, so it’s best to be cautious and go slowly.
Coconut oil does have a taste advantage, and for people who just can’t stand the taste of the other oils, that might be an option. I happen to like sesame oil, a familiar food flavor.
Hi there -
Just wondering if after oil pulling one can use a castile soap (such as Dr. Bronner’s) to brush the teeth instead of olive oil soap?
Thanks
Yes! The glycerin in Dr Bronner’s is only the naturally occurring glycerin from the original oil, and there’s no added glycerin so the amount is very low. I had mentioned the peppermint one, but I prefer the unscented one and then you can customize the flavor and strength by adding drops of essential oils to taste.
What is the reason for needing to OP on an empty stomach and what are the side effects for not doing so? Thanks!
A couple of reasons. First, it helps not to have a full stomach if you get a little queasy from the oil pulling experience before you get used to it. Second, the detoxifying effect is a bit stimulating, whereas digestion involves the parasympathetic nervous system, so those are kind of opposite functions. Eating something light may not be a problem, and you can judge by how you feel. If you can oil pull first thing in the morning, that takes care of that problem.
That was very cool… I just did my first oil pulling. I used olive oil. My stomach was not empty I confess, I had had a light vegetarian meal but I couldn’t wait. While pulling I started to feel nauseous and all the saliva and oil filled my mouth too much so I spit it out and started again for a total of about 15 mins. After it when I spit there was a whole lot of mucous. I also dizzy and lightheaded as if I had been in a sauna. My eyes felt a lifelt ttle cloudy or something, then I felt sleepy then woke up again. I’ve been fighting Lyme and candida for a long time, now on Nystatin and anti-candida diet so I’ve been experiencing a lot of die-off. The effect of the oil pulling was different than the herx from other things. I think it did pull out some toxins and I look forward to tomorrow morning when I’ll do it again, this time on an empty stomach!
Yes, best to do it as recommended especially when first getting used to it. I would do it for less than 15 minutes if you had such a strong reaction the first time. No need to go for the gold right away :). Remember that when the body is under stress, the microbes shape-shift so that no matter how much you kill with Nystatin they will come back if the underlying cause isn’t addressed. Anti-candida diet is fine, but it sounds like you need to go the next step. If you’re interested in a very effective system for treating Lyme with homeopathy, see http://www.homeopathy.com/clinic.
Karen, what about “toasted” cold pressed seasame oil? That doesn’t sound to good to me but I got it out of a Trader Joe’s health food store.
And do you know if there is such products as sprouted seed oils? If so, I’m thinking those might even be a step up in addition to being organic and cold pressed.
Hi Dan, toasted sesame oil is yummy, and I use it in small amounts for the yum factor in sauces, but I wouldn’t use it often or for health purposes :). Sesame oil is pretty unstable at such high temps and is easily damaged.
I never heard of oil from sprouted seeds! The best oils are those that you can extract without industrial equipment - think of how oily olives are - you could easily get oil out of them using a mortar and pestle. As compared with something like corn - pretty hard to get any oil out of that. So that means that olive oil and coconut oil are really the best oils to use for general purposes, not seed oils. Even if you sprouted the seeds first, I think the oil would still be unstable and go rancid easily.
But for oil pulling, the best results seem to be from sesame or sunflower oils - at least those were the oils most studied for this. And those would be pretty hard to extract yourself if you couldn’t find a commercial product. Interesting idea, though!
Karen - Why do you recommend rinsing with warm salt water? Why warm and why salt? Also, what is it about these oils that extracts toxins?
Hi Dave, the warm water dissolves the salt, but also warmth is applying the law of similars to any inflammatory conditions in the mouth, which Dr. Hahnemann discovered is the curative principle in nature. That doesn’t come from the oil pulling research, but I could explain that more in depth if you want to go into it further.
Salt is a great anti-microbial agent for the mouth without disrupting the balance of healthy flora. So when toxins are being expelled through oil pulling, salt is a simple and easy way to clean the mouth, and it also soothes inflammations. It’s not absolutely necessary as long as tooth brushing with soap follows the oil pulling, but I include it in the regime anyway.
About how the oils extract the toxins, it really goes beyond the simple notion that they suck out toxins in some mechanical way, or even by purely biochemical means either. The Ayurvedic tradition that this practice comes from recognizes the subtle energy properties of oils, and the importance of the tongue with its connections to all areas of the body. Each area of the tongue is connected to a specific organ/meridian system. The oil pulling then stimulates these systems to naturally detoxify.
Also, a few thousand years ago, Ayurveda found that swishing oil in the mouth would eliminate “ama” (toxins), and the research that Dr Karach did validates that in more modern terms.
I hope that helps,
Karen
Hi Karen, I am excited to try oil pulling tomorrow am!!
Could poor nutrition cause deep groves on my tounge. I haven’t been able to find much info on line.
Thanks so much for your work!!
Julie
Hi Julie, it’s hard to say - Chinese medicine makes a very detailed study of the tongue, and if you went such a practitioner who does tongue diagnosis they could tell you precisely which systems are out of balance. It would depend on exactly what area of the tongue has the grooves. Often many cracks in the tongue is a sign of yin deficiency, a kind of dryness, and that can be related to nutritional imbalances. I can’t say for sure in your particular case, because so many other factors are involved, but in any case, improving nutritional status can only help :). Good luck with the oil pulling!
-Karen
hi karen
if v dint get olive oil bar,v can go for oilve oil to brush our teeth
Brusing teeth with oil isn’t as good as with soap- just like washing anything with oil doesn’t clean as well as with soap, even though the soap is made from oil.
Should oil pulling be done during pregnancy?
Hi Marg, during pregnancy it’s not a good idea to do any major detoxification. I can’t give medical advice here, so I’d advise you to consult with a naturopathic physician on that. You might be able to do a more gentle version.
Karen, how about
“Miracle Alkaline Toothpaste” from
Uncle Harry’s? Here is the description: “Organic Non-Abrasive Toothpaste will protect your teeth from demineralizing. Its ionic minerals will neutralize all food acids and supply precious calcium, magnesium and phosphorus to mineralize teeth.
Ingredients: Organic coconut oil soap, organic ionic minerals, purified ocean water.” Will it work?
I have been OP for a week (brushing without any toothpaste) and feel so much better with it!
On the other note: is there a resource that you can recommend for skin care? I gravitate towards living food diet; not because someone said it is good, but because most cooked foods would make me nauseous and I crave living foods, esp. greens. I would like to do a similar thing for my skin/hair - I cannot find a “canned” product that feels right - maybe I should learn to use fresh ingredients on hand?
Thanks for your work,
Elena G.
Hi Elena, thanks for mentioning the Uncle Harry’s “toothpaste!” It looks great. I’m not sure if putting ionic minerals in a product to put directly on the teeth is so important, though, if you’re getting good minerals nutritionally. The soap part of the product is the best part, I think. And for that, you can use Dr. Bronner’s or a pure vegetable oil bar soap, so it’s really a matter of personal preference.
As for skin care, the absolute best, purest commercial products I’ve found are Dr. Hauschka brand. Weleda is another good line, although I have a personal preference for Dr. Hauschka. First go to http://www.drhauschka.com and learn about the products. Then go to http://www.skin-one.com for best prices, although they’re still more expensive than you might expect. I just buy them once in a while and use them sparingly, but a little goes a long way. They have an amazingly fresh and light energy that my skin loves, and the natural plant oils are great aromatherapy. They have samplers so you can try out a variety of their products for a little over $20.
If you don’t want to spend much on products, there are good ways to make your own natural skin care products.. I never wanted to spend the time doing that, but if you’re up for it, go for it :). There are some good “recipes”, and I don’t know of any offhand but am sure you could find them on the internet.
Good luck with your OP!
my first post on oil pulling, I linked to my favorite page on the subject which is Karen’s Guide for Self Healing site. I happened to check back at that page a couple of months ago and discovered that there are many more comments there on her How to Do “Oil Pulling†page now than there were then when I initially linked to it, and with great bits of information
Hi Karen,
I see that you recommended that a woman should not OP while pregnant… I’m breastfeeding. I’m guessing that I should wait too???
Thank you.
Hi Jennifer, the body has a detoxification function that goes on constantly as part of the polarity of life - building up and breaking down, anabolism and catabolism. So your body is always detoxing to some extent anyway, and if your organs of elimination are functioning well, then the toxins would be excreted through the normal elimination pathways. So whether to detox or not is not such a cut and dried issue. And whether your body is handling it properly depends on many individual factors. So I couldn’t give a general answer. You could try OP’ing a few hours away from feeding (if that’s possible!), or OP less often, and watch the results. I’d suggest consulting with a nutritional or holistically oriented physician who could give you a more individualized answer.
i have heard oil pulling gives best result for cancer and aids and these two dieases cant be cured
This is a big issue that I can’t cover here completely, but I address this in my articles, in the difference between a disease and a condition, and the difference between curative Medicine (in the true sense, not the allopathic sense) and “healative” Regimen. A condition is a group of symptoms, and a condition may have several or more underlying diseases causing it. In other words, cancer is not one disease that can be treated the same way for each person, but each person would have different underlying diseases that can be cured. See my article on Healing vs. Curing.
Oil pulling is not curative in that sense, but “healative,” because it acts on a different principle than curative medicine; it treats imbalances. In many cases, we need both curative AND healative remedies as they work together synergistically. But Regimen, the healative side, is the foundation, and we start there.
Treatment has to be individualized. If someone has cancer or AIDS, they would benefit from treatment with Heilkunst homeopathy, which provides a synergy of curative and healative treatment. Curative treatment is for the underlying causes which would be different in each case. Oil pulling is part of the healative (regimen) side, and that might be used also, depending on the particular case.
But we have to get away from the idea that a particular condition or symptom always calls for a particular treatment or procedure. Just like with a headache, if one person’s headache is from not drinking enough water, they obviously need a different treatment than the person whose headache is due to emotional stress. In chronic disease, there are a multitude of factors to sort out and treat according to causes, not simply according to what makes the symptom go away.
(See my article on “The Meaning of Symptoms.”)
I was wondering if it will be helpful to oil pull after going thru anytype of dental work. I have an upcoming implant and want to know if it will help in the healing process?
Hi Tony, yes, OP can help the healing. Also warm salt water rinses. To remove the physical trauma, you can take Arnica (in “homeopathic” potency). There are other remedies for dental work as well, depending on your individual situation.
Dear Karen,
Since you’ve recommended that we should try to experiment with other type of oil, as well, to see which one to suit us best.
I would like to ask you if Grape seed oil would be a suitable choice. I have checked on its nutrition fact per gram, it contains higher level of Polyunsaturated Fat (and, also, a lot fewer of Monounsaturated Fat) compared to Olive oil and Sesame seed oil.
Would these properties affect the oil pulling detoxification processes?
I also rinse my mouth with pure sea salt (no artificial contents) and clean my teeth with Dead Sea Soap (made from Palm, Olive and Coconut Oil) with a drop of Tree Tea Oil. Your comments on this are very welcome.
Thank you.
The best oils are the ones that you could easily produce manually with a mortar and pestle. Otherwise, like with grape seeds, an industrial process is usually used, and there will be residues of solvents. If you could find an organic, cold pressed grape seed oil, that would be ok - I’m not sure if it’s possible to completely cold press grape seed, as there’s less oil in grape seeds than in many other seeds and it’s harder to extract it. And it would probably be more expensive than the other recommended oils. Polyunsaturated fats are generally not as good as monounsaturated or saturated, but grape seed oil has other benefits and can be used in small amounts (if you have a good source).
About the Dead Sea soap, the ingredients sound fine, as long as there aren’t any other additives.
I am planning to try oil pulling for the first time and need some advice about the oil. I was in a health food store looking for sesame or sunflower oil. I would prefer trying sesame, but the only kinds they had were refined sesame and unrefined toasted sesame oil. Most of the sites I’ve seen say to use unrefined. Will the unrefined toasted oil work, or does it need to be non-toasted?
Hi Bonny, try to avoid toasted oils, as the high heat damages them. Refined oil is okay for oil pulling if that’s all you can get. You could get a small bottle of the refined oil to start, and then mail order an unrefined oil for later. Spectrum brand oils can be ordered online. Good luck with it!
Dear Karen,
Thank you very much for the time and effort you’ve put into answering all of our questions on oil-pulling. I am a newbie to all this, i began the practice four days ago. I would like to ask two things:
>The solution i spit out is never white!It is always a cream colour verging on yellow… I have followed all the instructions to a T and even oil-pulled for a good 30minutes today to see if the 15/20 mintues i was doing it for before was too short…what could be the problem here, if any?
>For the warm salt rinse solution, could you give a rough guide of amount of salt to amount water needed?
Thank you very much!
Lisa
You’re welcome, Lisa! I don’t think there’s a problem. The viscosity and color should change significantly, but the color depends on so many factors, and can even be slightly different each time. A milky or creamy color is fine. For the amount of salt, just go by taste, and use as concentrated a solution as you can comfortably take. I don’t bother to measure it, but then I’ll adjust it either way if it’s too salty or if I can stand it a bit saltier. Hope that helps!
hello Karen,
Yes, thank you so much for your indepth answers to everyone’s questions - you are very kind!
My question is this: I have been oil pulling for a few days now (I too find it tiring on the mouth/neck muscles - so I must be pulling it too vigorously!), anyhow, after I’ve finished I brush my teeth (will begin using olive oil soap as recommended!), and then after that I “disinfect” my mouth by swilling it with certified organic apple cider vinegar, as I understand that vinegar is a natural “disinfectant”, killing bacteria, mould etc.
How does this sound to you?
I also drink ACV in water each day to improve my health (I have Fibromyalgia and Lymes).
Yours sincerely,
Fiona
Hi Fiona, you’re very welcome. Organic ACV is great to drink, but very harsh on the teeth enamel because of the acidity, so be sure to rinse thoroughly afterward. I wouldn’t use it as a part of dental regimen - there are other mouth rinses that are effective without being acidic. Look at Peri-gum, for example. [EDIT: I just discovered that Per-Gum contains glycerin, and am trying to find out how much - until I'm sure, I'm not recommending it.] You don’t want to disinfect harshly, because the mouth has a natural balance of flora, just like you don’t want to kill all the bacteria in the gut because there are good ones that we need.
I hope that helps - if you could use more guidance, think about requesting a free personal consult! (info is on the Contacts page)
Best,
Karen
I wonder if someone has a cavity (or at least a toothache) if this could cure it?
Hi Bill, that’s hard to say, in any particular situation, because the factors that enter in are different for each person - their healing capacity; their diet and nutritional status; any factors that might inhibit the remineralization of the tooth such as using toothpaste; how far the decay has gone, etc. But generally, oil pulling can only help, along with other regimen to support the healing process.
I am from Thailand and I don’t know the cold press type of sunflower oil. Once I read your topic I went to drug store couldn’t find it but I bought sunflower cooking oil instead. Will it work?
Yes, any oil will work, but it’s preferable to use the highest quality oil you can, meaning one that’s not industrially pressed so it doesn’t contain residues of chemical solvents. I’m guessing you can get coconut oil there, so maybe look into that next time, see if you can get virgin coconut oil that’s hand made from fresh coconuts. Bruce Fife, who wrote the new book on oil pulling, recommends coconut oil. But the refined sunflower oil you have now is fine.
HAI
I AM SHANTHI.I AM USING GINGELLY OIL.DID IT GIVE BENEFIT TO ME ?
I CURED FROM ACNE PROBLEM BUT I WANT TO KNOW WHAT ARE THE OTHER USES
Hi Shanthi, Yes, gingelly oil works fine for oil pulling. Oil pulling isn’t a cure for specific conditions, but it’s generally a detoxifier and that tends to help a wide range of issues. If you acne was due to emotional reasons, the oil pulling wouldn’t have helped. That’s why we can’t really say that a particular condition can be helped by oil pulling, because each condition can have many possible causes.
Hi karen,
In India we dont get olive oil soaps for brushing..can we use some toothpaste which doesnt have glycerin in it?
Hi Raj, it’s not necessary to use olive oil soap, but any pure natural soap is fine. Maybe you can get soap made from sesame oil or other vegetable oil? As long as it doesn’t contain chemical additives. Toothpastes that don’t contain glycerin usually contain other harmful ingredients like sodium lauryl sulfate to give it a creamy texture and make it foam up. Sometimes the manufacturer says that the sodium lauryl sulfate is natural because it’s “from coconut oil” and it is, but it’s processed to become an industrial strength cleanser, not good for human tissue. So check the ingredients on the toothpaste carefully.
Hi Karen,
I’m so excited to have found your website here! I’ve been OP for about a month now and I feel really good! I’m so glad that I no longer have use the dentist’s whitening program to get my teeth white……way too much sensitivity! Ouch! And I just received a compliment the other night at church that I look younger than I actually am! ;o)…I’m 35, and a friend at church, who is 37, told me she could have sworn I was in my late 20’s! Wehew! :o)
I have a couple of questions for you please. First, I’ve read a lot in previous posts about rinsing with warm salt water after OP. I confess I’ve been using mouth wash after OP just because it seems to “strip” the oily feeling out of my mouth. I then use a separate, clean toothbrush to brush through my mouth with (I brush my teeth prior to OP each morning). Is the mouthwash ok to use?
Also, I’ve learned that there might be certain types of oil to use according to your blood type. How would I go about finding the best one for me? I’m O+ and I’ve been using the Sunflower oil.
Thanks!
TJ
Hi TJ, that’s great news! About the mouthwash, commercial mouthwashes are full of junk, but you could use something that’s just pure essential oils - Uncle Harry’s has a nice one that’s sold as a pump spray. Be careful about “natural” mouth rinses, since many contain glycerin.
You can also soak your toothbrushes in the essential oils to clean them, but letting the toothbrush dry thoroughly in between uses gets rid of the bacteria. I use a different brush for morning and night - color coded
About oils for blood type, most vegetable oils are fine for type O. Sesame oil is a bit more warming, and coconut oil is a bit more cooling. Hope that helps!
Thanks Karen! That helps!
TJ
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