Herbal Ginger Protects Your Gum Against Gingivitis, Scientists Say

By Kyle J. Norton

Gingivitis is a highly prevalent periodontal disease resulting from long-term microbial infection and subsequent inflammation.

In severe cases, gingivitis can cause the loss of tooth or teeth.

The most common causes of bacterial are plague-built up the part of your gum around the base of the teeth due to poor hygiene.

Most common symptoms of gingivitis are swollen or puffy gums, tender gums, gums that bleed easily, particularly,  bad breath.

If you experience the aforementioned symptoms, please make sure that you check with your dentist to prevent tooth loss and open sores development.

Some researchers suggested that by changing to an oral health optimized diet,, gingivitis is preventable.

Dr. J. P. Woelber, the lead scientist in the study " An oral health optimized diet can reduce gingival and periodontal inflammation in humans" said, "Despite constant plaque values in both groups, all inflammatory parameters decreased in the experimental group (oral health optimized diet group) to approximately half that of the baseline values. This reduction was significantly different compared to that of the control group".

And, "A diet low in carbohydrates, rich in Omega-3 fatty acids, rich in vitamins C and D, and rich in fibers can significantly reduce gingival and periodontal inflammation:.

Ginger (Zingiber officinale) or ginger root, the second superfood used for thousands of years by mankind, is the genus Zingiber, belonging to the family Zingiberaceae, native to Tamil.

The root has been used in traditional and Chinese medicine for the treatment of dyspepsia, gastroparesis, constipation, edema, difficult urination, colic, etc.

Researchers on finding a natural compound for the treatment of gingivitis with no side effects reviewed the efficacy of herbal preparations in patients with gingivitis reported in some previous studies.

The study compared the herbal preparation, a polyherbal mouthwash containing hydroalcoholic extracts of Zingiber officinale, Rosmarinus officinalis and Calendula officinalis (5% v/w) with chlorhexidine and placebo mouthwashes.

The randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial included 60 participants randomly assigned to the polyherbal mouthwash (n = 20), chlorhexidine mouthwash (n = 20) or placebo mouthwash (n = 20).

Also, participants were instructed to use the mouthwash twice a day (after breakfast and dinner) for 30 s for a period of two weeks. 

According to the assays, herbal preparation and chlorhexidine mouthwash exerted a significant improvement of all assessed efficacy measures i.e. MGI, GBI and MQH scores from baseline to the end of the trial, compared to the unchanged in the placebo group.

There was no significant difference between the polyherbal and chlorhexidine groups, on day 7 and day 14 of the trial.

Additionally, the polyherbal mouthwash was safe. There was no report of adverse reactions, or any drop-out during the course of study.

Based on the findings, researchers said, "Polyherbal mouthwash containing hydroalcoholic extracts of Z. officinale, R. officinalis and C. officinalis (5%) was effective in the treatment of gingivitis and its efficacy was comparable to that of chlorhexidine mouthwash".

Take all together, ginger used alone or combined with other herbal remedies may be considered a function alternative for the prevention and treatment of gingivitis with no side effects, pending to the confirmation of large sample size and multicenter human study.

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Kyle J. Norton (Scholar, Master of Nutrition, All right reserved)
Health article writer and researcher; Over 10.000 articles and research papers have been written and published online, including worldwide health, ezine articles, article base, health blogs, self-growth, best before it's news, the karate GB daily, etc.,.
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Sources
(1) Evaluation of the efficacy of a polyherbal mouthwash containing Zingiber officinale, Rosmarinus officinalis and Calendula officinalis extracts in patients with gingivitis: A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial by Mahyari S1, Mahyari B2, Emami SA3, Malaekeh-Nikouei B4, Jahanbakhsh SP1, Sahebkar A5, Mohammadpour AH. (PubMed)
(2) An oral health optimized diet can reduce gingival and periodontal inflammation in humans - a randomized controlled pilot study by J. P. Woelber,1 K. Bremer,1 K. Vach,2 D. König,3 E. Hellwig,1 P. Ratka-Krüger,1A. Al-Ahmad,1 and C. Tennert. (PMC)