Anyone ever try Oil Pulling?

[bluebird]

What is oil swishing or oil pulling? Alternative Medicine > Cleansing > Oil Swishing or Oil Pulling FAQ

Measure one table spoon of any available edible oil; refined, cold pressed or expeller pressed - preferably organic, (sesame & sunflower are common, but you can use just about any available oil including, but not limiting to coconut, grapeseed, hemp, flax, walnut, haselnut, ...

(If you are allergic to a particular brand of oil, change the brand of oil or the oil itself to different oil.)

Take a table spoon of that oil, put it in your mouth and swish it, wash and suck the oil inside the mouth like using a mouthwash.

WARNING! Never gargle or swallow the oil. Pull the oil through the teeth often and this oil will pull all the toxins from your body through saliva.

How long?

This process has to be carried out for at least ten minutes, preferably for fifteen to twenty minutes or till the oil becomes a thin white foam.

When to do?

Oil-pulling has to be done early in the morning on empty stomach before brushing the teeth for best results. It can be done twice or three times a day initially for quick results.

Precautions, if any?

One should never swallow the foamy substance. It can be toxic.

Wash your mouth thoroughly and brush it as usual after spitting the foam.
Brisk walk for thirty minutes daily and sufficient intake of Water in regular intervals in a day are essential for curing any ailments.

Who can benefit from Oil-pulling?

Any one from young to old can start on this therapy. It is more beneficial for curing colds, cough, eczema, asthma, digestive problems, chronic head-ache, pimples, cracking of feet etc.

Other reported benefits and a more thorough description can be read here:

http://www.oilpulling.com/PULLING%20...acharticle.pdf

http://www.oilpulling.com/opuniversalremedy.pdf

I just read about this on another forum and decided to give it a shot. For something relatively cheap, looks like it could be quite beneficial. Anyone ever try this? Results?

[PurfectTom]

sounds like quackery nonsense to me. Wont pull toxins from body (thats what a perfecftly healthy liver does normally) and holding some olive oil in ones mouth is not going to turn toxic.

That all said one novel mouthwash (Dentyl pH) uses principle of carefully selected oil that the bacterial in ones mouth prefer to stick to (vs ones teeth & tongue etc) and so are lifted away, but that is local surface layer effect and not some whole body panacea.

[bouncer]

There have been studies of the expelled oil after use. It does seem to draw out some toxins. Another side benefit, is that if you brush your teeth afterwords like you should, your teethstart to become whiter. My girlfriend and I both had that experience.

Good reading at E A R T H . C L I N I C - Folk Remedies and Holistic Cures if anyone wants to research it more.

[Insex]

That's quite an interesting method. I might give it a try.

I know for a fact that oral health is directly related to overall bodily health. Studies have shown that unhealthy gums can end up leading to heart disease. I asked my dentist why this is; he told me because the bacteria from the foods we eat can enter the bloodstream while pieces of food get stuck in between our teeth and gums. This is why dentists strongly advise people to at least brush their teeth twice a day and floss their teeth after every meal.

I'm assuming that this oil pulling method helps pull out bacteria and toxins through the gums much in the same way mouth wash kills the bacteria in the mouth while gargling. However, I don't think this oiling pulling method would actually remove all toxins from the body through the mouth in a period of ten minutes, that's what the liver and kidneys' jobs are.

[FitnessStrengthTraining]

never heard of this before - not sure what would make the oil toxic though... Not sure I believe it - I use olive oil in my diet by mixing it in my protein shake.