2023-10-23 23:30:02
(Taxation and Finance News = Kim Dae-bok, director of Hyeeundang Clean Oriental Medicine Clinic) People who are worried about bad breath seek out various treatment methods. During my bad breath consultations, I often receive questions about the relationship between foods containing vitamin C and bad breath. In conclusion, vitamin C indirectly helps relieve bad breath. It can help relieve bad breath caused by gastrointestinal disease or gum disease.
If you lack vitamin C, you are at risk of scurvy, which causes gums to swell and bleed. There is also a high possibility of subcutaneous bleeding, tissue bleeding, joint pain, and anemia. Poor oral hygiene also increases the chance of bad breath. Vitamin C is not produced in the body. Therefore, consuming foods containing vitamin C can lower this risk, and the effect of eliminating odor can be expected due to the antioxidant effect.
There are also cases of bad breath caused by chronic gastritis. One of the causes of gastritis is Helicobacter pylori. Vitamin C, a non-toxic antioxidant, removes excessive harmful oxygen radicals in the human body. A body with a strengthened immune system effectively suppresses the growth and infection of Helicobacter pylori, which causes gastrointestinal diseases. This is where vitamin C can help. Representative fruits and vegetables rich in vitamin C include strawberries, tangerines, persimmons, kiwis, lemons, and oranges.
In Oriental medicine, gastrointestinal diseases, including biliary tract disease that occurs when waste products decay, are divided into psychogenic, supra-nasal, and hepatobiliary. Bad breath is also viewed as a psychological problem, decreased spleen function, and weakened liver and gall bladder.
Prescriptions include decoctions and acupuncture to stabilize nerves, communicate energy and blood, and strengthen heart and spleen functions. However, the treatment method for the same gastrointestinal disease is different due to differences in constitution and progression. Bad breath caused by gastrointestinal disease can be expected to have a synergistic effect by treating bad breath caused by gastrointestinal disease directly with herbal medicine and using vitamin C-containing foods as supplements.
[프로필] Kim Dae-bok, Director of Hyeeundang Clean Oriental Medicine Clinic
• Former adjunct professor, College of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon University
• Former, MBC Health Plus advisory member
• Master’s/Ph.D. degrees from Daejeon University College of Oriental Medicine
• Paper: Retrospective study on 469 cases of patients with bad breath
• Book: Bad breath, cured in one month
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