Health Tips & Benefits-Mouth Ulcers Causes,Treatments,Types,Prevention

What is Mouth ulcers?



A mouth ulcer is a painful sore in the mouth. It appears on the tongue, the lips, and the gums or inside the cheeks. Mouth ulcers are sores or open lesions within the mouth, caused by various disorders.The first sign of the sore may be a tingling, burning sensation inside the mouth. They can occur either singly or in clusters. They are usually white or yellow in color, surrounded by red halos. Usually they heal within 7 to 10 days.



There are other alternate name of this disease is,

(1) Oral ulcer

(2) Stomatitis – ulcerative

(3) Ulcer - mouth



There are 3 types of ulcers :-



(1) Minor ulcer

(2) Large ulcers

(3) Herpetiform ulcers (where one can have up to 100 very small painful ulcers)



Common Causes of Mouth ulcers :-



(1) Nutritional deficiencies such as iron, vitamins, especially B12 and C

(2) Poor dental hygiene

(3) Food allergies

(4) Stress

(5) Infections particularly herpes simplex

(6) Biting the cheek

(7) Hormonal imbalance

(8) Bowel disease

(9) Skin disease

(10) Canker sores

(11) Gingivitis

(12) Herpes simplex

(13) Leukoplakia

(14) Oral cancer

(15) Oral lichen planus

(16) Oral thrush



The skin lesion of histoplasmosis may also appear as a mouth ulcer.

Ayurvedic Treatments for Mouth Ulcers :-

Ayurveda prescribes the Irimedadi tailam for local application over the mouth ulcers. It gives relief from the pains and assists in speedy recovery. Instead of Irimedadi tailam, camphor powder can also be applied on the ulcers.

Home Remedies for Mouth Ulcers :-

Grind the leaves of the Indian plum (jambula). Exude their paste in water and gargle with this water. It will give immediate relief from the pains of the mouth ulcers.

Gargling with the water of the adulsa (Justicia adhadota) also brings about an immediate relief from the mouth ulcer pains.

Mix the peel of a lemon with white catechu. Grind them into a very fine paste. Apply this directly on the ulcer. The ulcer will get treated almost immediately.

Take two to three leaves of the guava tree and some catechu. Chomp them together. This will cure even the most persistent of ulcers within a few days.

Mix some catechu in water till it gets a pasty consistency. Apply this paste on the ulcers.

Mix a ripe banana in curds that have been prepared from cow’s milk. Eat this as a dessert.