Oil Pulling vs. Chlorhexidine

Tibya · Post by **Tibya** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 5:24 pm

I read somewhere on this site about oil pulling. No one has commented on this much. I searched online and found this link where they did a research/comparison between Oil Pulling Vs. chlorhexidine.

http://iadr.confex.com/iadr/2008Toronto ... 105440.htm

http://iadr.confex.com/iadr/2008Toronto ... _19724.htm

Just for Information Purpose. If some one has tried it earlier, feedback on this will be appreciated.

emotional rescue · Post by **emotional rescue** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 4:30 am

Oil pulling (sunflower oil) helped me for a while, maybe some months. Not a cure, but a help.

Slowly it stopped to take effect on my bb.

This was like two or three years ago.

Two months ago I tried one or two times again, but it didn't seemed to help me so I quit it.

But i would recommend you to give it a try, I think it's a harmless option.

mike987 · Post by **mike987** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 12:24 pm

emotional rescue wrote:Oil pulling (sunflower oil) helped me for a while, maybe some months. Not a cure, but a help.

Slowly it stopped to take effect on my bb.

This was like two or three years ago.

Two months ago I tried one or two times again, but it didn't seemed to help me so I quit it.

But i would recommend you to give it a try, I think it's a harmless option.

How do you suppose the oil pulling actually helped but for a limited time? You don't think you might have been mistaken about it's positive effect?

Oil pulling doesn't kill bacteria, so it wouldn't be that they somehow grew resistant to it.. Unless the bad breath bacteria are conscious of your efforts and 'learn'. Hah.. Seems that way sometimes..

Tibya · Post by **Tibya** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 6:09 pm

emotional rescue wrote:Oil pulling (sunflower oil) helped me for a while, maybe some months. Not a cure, but a help.
Two months ago I tried one or two times again, but it didn't seemed to help me so I quit it.
But i would recommend you to give it a try, I think it's a harmless option.

I emailed them and got this response (their email is on the top right hand corner of the research paper).
"Hi I really think if u have tried other things and your reports are normal....try oil pulling therapy with sesame oil. The oil needs to turn watery...it might take10-15 minutes. All the best
Regards Sharath"

I also googled and found this link oilpulling.org. It does not say anything about bb cure in general, except for one user experience who tried it for 5 months to get rid of bb. It seems to have worked well for gum diseases.
Also, I think they first recommend Seasme Oil and second choice is Sunflower oil.

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