Home remedies against Boca Seca

Two great choices of home remedies that can be prepared at home, having low cost, to counteract the dry mouth sensation are to take the ginger tea in small sips and use the homemade chamomile spray with flaxseed whenever needed.

Other common discomforts in those who experience dry mouth are thick saliva, burning tongue, needing to drink liquids while eating because of difficulty in swallowing dry foods. These home remedies are indicated against all of them.

Ginger tea against dry and bitter mouth

An excellent home remedy for dry mouth is to take ginger tea in small sips several times a day because this root stimulates the production of saliva and yet in has a beneficial effect on digestion, which is another problem associated with dry mouth. To make the tea you need:

Ingredients

• 2 cm of ginger root
• 1 liter of water

Method of preparation

Put the ginger root and water in a pan and let it boil for about 10 minutes. When you knead, strain and drink several times during the day.

Chamomile Spray with Flaxseed

Another great home remedy effective in combating dry mouth is to prepare an infusion of chamomile with flaxseed that can be used throughout the day whenever you feel need.

Ingredients

• 30 g of flax seed
• 1 g dried chamomile flowers
• 1 liter of water

How to make

Add the chamomile flowers in 500 ml of water and bring to the boil. Put out the fire and reserve filtered.

Then add the flax seeds in another container with 500 ml of boiling water and stir for 3 minutes, filtering after that period. Then just mix the two liquid parts and place in a container with spray and keep stored in the refrigerator.

Dry mouth is very common in people over 60 years of age and may appear as a side effect of medicines for Parkinson's, Diabetes, Arthritis or Depression, for example, or due to radiotherapy in the head and neck. Xerostomia, as it is called, can increase the incidence of cavities besides making food swallowing difficult, and it is therefore important to adopt strategies to increase salivation and combat dry mouth sensation, improving the quality of life of the individual.