Home remedies for bad breath freshen you up fast!

Does your breath leave your friends breathless? For any one who has experienced the fowl aroma of another`s bad breath, we certainly don`t want to be the one with it. Many things can cause this condition... from the foods we eat, medications, gum disease and some infections.

Here are some great natural remedies for your bad breath blues!

• Herbal remedies for bad breath #1: As a great herbal treatment chew on anise seeds. This plant is cousins to parsley, but instead of the leaves you chew its seeds to freshen breath.

• Home remedies for bad breath #2: In addition to bushing ones teeth you should also do tongue scraping to dislodge bacterial growth that can cause bad breath. Take a metal or plastic spoon and from back to front scrape top and sides of tongue several times.

• Eating tips for bad breath #3: Eat small meals every few hours rather than one or two big meals a day and drink green tea and water throughout the day. This will keep the mouth from getting dry and will produce germ killing saliva.

• Kitchen remedies for bad breath#4: Eat oranges or lemons. These fruits will cause you to salivate which reduces bad breath.

• Natural remedies for bad breath #5: Put a natural cinnamon stick in your mouth and suck on it. Cinnamon is a natural antiseptic.

• Home made toothpaste for bad breath #6: For a natural toothpaste take baking soda , cinnamon, and a couple of drops of tea tree oil and just enough distilled water to make a paste.

• Essential oil remedies for bad breath #7: For a refreshing mouth rinse mix these essential oils...peppermint, spearmint and lemon and shake well. Add a few drops of this oil mixture to a glass of water and gargle and rinse well. Don`t swallow.

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