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Tongue Cleaning – Tongue Scrapers to Maintain a Healthy Mouth

By Maggie 4 November 2022
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Would you like know how to clean your tongue and why using a tongue scraper is such a great plan? Read about it here!

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Using a tongue scraper can be a great tool to keep your mouth healthy. In the West, dentists and dental hygienists recommend it, and Ayurvedic doctors also swear by it. According to Indian medicine, a clean tongue represents a vital body! Tongue cleaning can, for example, help with the:

  • Reduction of Bad Breath and Plaque
  • Improvement of Taste and Digestion

Are you curious how such a daily cleaning session works? In this article you can read all about the wonders of your mouth and find tips to get started with scraping!

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How Does a Tongue Scraper Work?

If you suffer from plaque or bad breath, the tongue scraper is an easy way to support your oral flora. The cleaner removes most bacteria in a simple way, so that they do not linger in your mouth. In addition, your food also tastes better if your tongue is free of these particles. Indian Ayurveda assumes that good tasting helps with efficient digestion, because enjoyment ensures satiety. Cleaning a dirty tongue has many benefits! However, the pH value of your saliva also plays a role in good oral health, as does your diet and stress level. If you continue to have complaints despite the tongue scraping, medical advice is also an option!

What is the Film on your Tongue

The surface of your tongue is like a mountain landscape with deep pores and large taste buds. Saliva, dead cells of mucous membranes, and food remains easily get stuck in this capricious structure. It is also a breeding ground for fungi and bacteria of the mouth. You can smell the sulfur substances that these organisms excrete in your breath or taste it as a bad taste. Coated tongue  is a collective term for the layer of everything that lives and remains on your tongue.

How to clean your tongue 

Curious about how to use a tongue scraper? These steps will help you through:

  • Stick your tongue out as far as you can
  • Grasp the ends of the cleaner with both hands
  • Place the scraper as far back on your tongue as possible, avoiding the taste buds
  • Slowly pull the tongue scraper towards the tip
  • Rinse the scraper with water
  • Repeat three to five times
  • Rinse your mouth with clean water
  • Clean the scraper

Starting Scraping – Things to Know

When you use tongue scrapers for the first time, you may gag. That’s a normal reflex, so don’t worry too much. You have to get used to the feeling, but standing up straight or moving the scraper less deep in your mouth can help too. Cleaning the back of your tongue doesn’t have to be a torment! Another point to consider is the order of scraping, i.e. from the back to the front – otherwise the waste will go the wrong way. In addition, be kind to your mouth and examine how much pressure you need without damaging your tongue and especially your taste buds.

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How Often You Can Use the Tongue Scraper

Dentists recommend cleaning your tongue twice a day, in the morning and evening before brushing. If you remove the layer in advance, you prevent the bacteria from spreading through your brush or from swallowing them. Do you not clean your teeth immediately after getting up? Then consider scraping your tongue before eating or drinking anything and before brushing. This way, the deposits built up during the night do not have the opportunity to end up in your stomach! People with bad breath, dry mouth or need for more brushings can of course scrape more often. Also don’t forget that cleaning tongue scrapers after use is also important to avoid bacteria.

Copper Tongue Scraper

Ayurvedic doctors call a white tongue or white deposit Ama, a sign of too much waste in your body. They recommend using copper tongue scrapers, as this metal is said to have a purifying effect. These scrapers work exactly the same as plastic versions, only the maintenance is slightly different. If you want to clean such a special tongue scraper, you use lemon juice or baking soda with water, just like with a Copper Water Bottle. That way it stays shiny!

More Self Care from Spiru

Caring for your body and mind is not a luxury, it’s essential. Learning about your Doshas can help in this, by improving the balance of your body’s natural qualities. Caring for your skin with gentle natural Aleppo Soap can also make a big difference. Neti Pots and Ear Candles can also help to purify your body and live with a clear head. You’ll find everything for your self care routine at Spiru!

What are your tips for tongue scraping?

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