Homemade Mouthwash
Homemade mouthwash simple to make, simple to use, simple to store. Look no further.
If you’re after a ‘green’ alternative to mouthwash here are some simple recipes you can create at home. Essential oils are not only good for their natural, disinfecting properties but they can be used in more ways than one.
Minty mouthwash recipe
1 cup distilled, filtered, or boiled water
2-3 drops peppermint essential oil
Mix together in a clean container. Shake before each use. Do not swallow. Store in a dark cupboard or medicine cabinet. (sunlight causes essential oils to lose their potency)
Orange spice mouthwash recipe
1 cup distilled, filtered, or boiled water
3 drops clove essential oil
2 drops cinnamon essential oil
2 drops orange essential oil
1 drop ginger essential oil
Mix together in a clean container. Shake before each use. Do not swallow. Store in a dark cupboard or medicine cabinet. (sunlight causes essential oils to lose their potency)
Ingredients
Peppermint essential oil
excellent mouth freshener, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antifungal, antimicrobial, antiseptic, astringent
Clove essential oil
antibacterial, antimicrobial, antiseptic, anti-inflammatory, freshens breath
Cinnamon essential oil
antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, freshens breath
Orange essential oil
anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, bactericidal, I added this for flavor
Ginger essential oil
stimulates production of saliva (saliva helps prevent tooth decay, gum disease, and bad breath), antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antiseptic, astringent, aphrodisiac
Additional mouthwash ingredients
Don't limit yourself to the essential oils most essential oils have disinfecting properties, so feel free to use other essential oils. Here are a few additional ingredients, but certainly not all, that can be used in a homemade mouthwash.
Baking soda
add 1/4 tsp per 8 ounces of water, neutralizes bad breath odours, neutralises acid
Myrrh essential oil
add 1-2 drops per 8 ounces of water, used in many oral care products, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antiseptic, astringent
Tea tree essential oil
add about 1 drop per 8 ounces of water, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antiseptic, antiviral
Why stop at making your own mouthwash when you can also try making your own tooth paste. Follow this simple recipe and you’ll be laughing all the way to the bank.
2/3 cup baking soda
4 Tsp of fine sea salt (optional)
1-2 Tsp peppermint extract (or flavour of your choice)
Water to desired consistence
Now mix all the ingredients together and hey presto you have homemade tooth paste.