Comments on: Home Remedies For Canker Sores

By: TipNut

TipNut — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:54:12 +0000

I find it soothing and not painful at all! I haven’t had a canker sore in ages (knock on wood), but that’s a treatment I know I’ve tried with good results.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 01:04:31 +0000

If you’re going to mention that vinegar and salt water sting, you might want to mention that honey is excruciatingly painful when applied.

By: Danele

Danele — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:35:31 +0000

Alum is absolutely the way to go! First dry the sore as well as possible and apply the alum. Hold and keep dry for 30 seconds. Yes it tastes awful and leaves an awful aftertaste, but the sore is gone in a day, two at most.

By: Rich

Rich — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:47:44 +0000

On the out side of your lips, I use any liquid antibacterial hand soap, put it on straight then pat dry with a wet cloth , best to do it when you first feel it coming on.

By: Tina

Tina — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:51:15 +0000

My brother was plagued with canker sores when he was young and our old-time family doctor has us put a bit on the end of a cotton swab and press on the sore. He hated doing that because it hurt, so he started swigging pickle juice, which, contains alum! And it worked!

By: Cholin

Cholin — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:49:30 +0000

Once on a camping trip in Tennessee my mouth and throat swelled with canker sores. When I got back to civilization I did research online and found that sodium lauryl sulfate(SLS) may be the culprit because I had changed my toothpaste to a travel size Colgate. The only toothpaste I found that didn’t have SLS was as generic Sensodyne from the Dollar Tree. After switching, my canker sores all went away and stayed away. Every now and then when I travel and forget my toothpaste and have to use a different one with SLS my mouth will breakout after 2 or so uses. But they begin to go away with once I switch back and as long as I use that toothpaste I don’t get any canker sores. For the pain of canker sores I usually just use the aspirin method.

By: JustAMom

JustAMom — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:28:00 +0000

My son has suffered from canker sores all of his life.Some of the best advice we have ever received was from his first pediatrician. He taught us to mix up a “magic mouthwash” consisting of about a 50%/50% mix of Mylanta Supreme and liquid Benedryl. Swish it around, and spit it out. Use it several times a day. It speeds up the healing by lowering the acid levels in the mouth, and reducing inflammation. It has a soothing effect as it coats the area. We have been able to heal up some pretty bad sores in just a couple of days with this.

By: Maria

Maria — Sun, 31 May 2009 12:01:13 +0000

All my life I had Canker Sores and after I started using Scope 2-3 times a day, they never came back. My whole family suffer from the Canker Sores and now my kids and my husband.

By: Rita

Rita — Tue, 19 May 2009 20:51:14 +0000

I just rinse my mouth with Hydrogen Peroxcide 3%, and it does wonders. Don’t swallow of course.I wear dentures and sometimes they cut into my gum or cheek. after rinsing with the above mentioned item , next day it is healed. Anyhow that is my expierence.

By: Melinda

Melinda — Tue, 12 May 2009 22:28:03 +0000

Oh my goodness, you guys are all doing it the hard way! Plain old cane sugar. dab it on (coat the sore) and let it desolve. Usually once or twice will do it. Doesn’t sting or taste bad. Been doing this for wellll over 50 years.