Home Remedies for Bad Breath

Bad breath is caused by odor producing bacteria in the mouth. There are certain food products like garlic and onion that are responsible for bad breath. When we don’t clean or brush our teeth properly after meals, bacteria gets accumulated on the left over food in the mouth and also between the teeth. It releases sulphur compounds that makes the breath smell. Bad breath originates from mouth, from the surface of the tongue, between the teeth and below the surface of gum line.

Causes of Bad Breath

Bad breath is usually caused by the breakdown of proteins by bacteria in the mouth. Consumption of various foods and drinks like garlic, onion, cheese, and orange juice. Smoking and eating tobacco are also the major causes of bad breath. Some other factors responsible for the bad breath are:

Gum diseases
Dental decay
Accumulation of food between teeth
Throat infections
Intestinal worms
Constipation and other stomach disorders like gastritis.

Chewing mint leaves will soon freshen up the breath and is simple home remedy for bad breath.

Brushing teeth after every meal will prevent bad breath.

Gargle with baking soda dissolved in warm water. It can also be used for cleaning tongue. This remedy is one of the good home remedies for bad breath.

Drinking a hot cup of unsweetened tea will help curing bad breath.

After meals chew some sunflower seeds and drink a glass of water. This is a good natural remedy for bad breath.

Eating yogurt for 6 weeks will completely remove bad breath.

A good natural remedy for bad breath is tea made from Fenugreek (methi) seeds.

Chewing one clove after meals daily will help dealing with bad breath.

Squeeze a lemon in a glass of water and gargle frequently. Good home remedy for bad breath

Drinking pineapple juice will soon vanish the foul smell from the mouth and acts as natural remedy for bad breath.

Eating apples daily is also good for mouth purification as it removes the bacteria causing bad breath.

Chew cardamom seeds to sweeten your breath as the aromatic flavour of cardamom acts as a breath freshner. This remedy is also good home remedy for bad breath.

Mouthwashes containing, dyes and alcohol should be avoided as they only provide temporary relief.

Eat parsley to reduce bad breath.

Rinse juice of half a lemon with a glass of water after every meal. This is one of the effective home remedies for bad breath.

Intake of food products that are rich in zinc prevents bad breath as it keeps the check on the anaerobic bacteria in the mouth.

Chewing cardamom seeds also sweetens the breath.

Before brushing use hydrogen peroxide to rinse the mouth.

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Normal Bad Breath?

If you are embarrased by having bad breath sometimes, (you know you don't have a serious problem) it could just be because you are not eating the right foods. If you're hungry, your breath starts smelling really bad. and if your at a place where you cannot get any healthy, wholesome food that will actually fill your stomach, do NOT go for that chocolate bar in the vending machine. Your breath will get worse when you are hungry and you eat junk food. If there's not even a salad you can buy at the nearest mcdonalds, there's no food to grab, drink pleanty of water. Wehn you get the chance, Eat a healthy snadwich (lettuce, turky, chicken, etc.) and some more water. When you are full and your stomach is satisfied, the bad breath will be gone.

however, if you always tend to have bad breath, and do not feel good, that when you should see a doctor.

hope this helped. :-)

#1 - Private - 08/27/2007 - 21:52

Use dental flows to clean the food particle between the teeth which does not come out by brushing the tooth and causes bad breath.

#2 - Prankster - 12/21/2007 - 00:34

One of the most effective treatments for Bad Breaths and Bleeding Gums is brushing your teeth every night with a pinch of Salt. You will see results within a week.
No More Bad Breath OR Bleeding Gums...

Try it! ;-)

#3 - Shalina Rodrigues - 09/02/2008 - 10:57

as u brush ur teeth turn ur brush horizontally and sweep the tongue 3x.this will remove some of the bacteris that will cause bad breath.

#4 - TAM - 09/12/2008 - 21:29

one thing that i have learned the hard way is that chewing gum and eating mints normally doesnt help or get rid of the bad breath.....som stay away from those kind of things....just drink lots of water!!!! :-)

#5 - BECKY - 10/05/2008 - 13:06

Avoid common salts. Use Sea Salt in warm water to rinse. Avoid common toothpastes as most cause cancers in humans and also can cause liver and kidney damage. Brush with Baking Soda and Peroxide. Brush the tongue always. Take half a strawberry, and rub around the teeth and gums. Rinse with the warm water and sea salt. Chew on Parsley leaves or peppermint leaf.

#6 - Thought Nubian - 11/18/2008 - 12:13

alovera gel diluted in water and alovera juice works like magic

#7 - mimi - 12/20/2008 - 03:06

Whats gingivitics?

#8 - sarah - 01/09/2009 - 18:28

all i gotta do is just brush your freaking teeth !! that would take care of your promblem!!

#9 - melissa yo - 01/09/2009 - 23:59

mainly- floss. you need to floss your teeth usually after each meal. as far as brushing teeth.. brush them like your going to have to show them off at the red carpet. try to get in between and behind teeth as good as possible. :-D

#10 - kylie - 01/12/2009 - 23:56

how to clean tounges more effectively other than scratiching it with tounge cleaner.

#11 - mohit - 01/15/2009 - 14:59

just off the top of my head i would recommend brushing your teeth at least once a day. This includes your tongue as far back as you can. this should it for you. keep your mouth stink free by not eating poop,stinkbugs,gym socks,used tampons,panty liners,rotten stuff,stinky foods,don't lick armpits,dont suck feet,and stay away from high simple carb foods.

#12 - foot suckers are gross - 01/30/2009 - 17:04

I've read every comment here and it seems like people assume that bad breath is due to poor hygine. Sure! Some people have bad breath because they dont take care of their mouth/teeth. My husband's breath smells terrible latelly. He brushes every morning after b-fast, sometimes after lunch and always.. and I mean.. ALWAYS before bed (this includes, mouthwash and floss). He goes to the dentist every 6 months for cleanings and tune ups and his teeth are by all definitions healthy. He drinks plenty green tea, doesn't drink alcohool, does no smoke. How do I explain the bad breath?

#13 - Anna - 01/31/2009 - 10:16

Scrub out your mouth with a tounge cleaner and a toothbrush, then swill some baking soda mixed with warm water around in your mouth to prevent bacteria from living there.

#14 - Daniel - 02/07/2009 - 03:00

I disagree with parsley - Food Network's new food detective show just did a piece on bad breath - and they tried tea, seeds, gum, brushing, parsley - the only ones that worked was brushing after every meal and chewing gum

#15 - Brett - 02/08/2009 - 20:25

what I can think of is:

- maintain a consistant oral hygene routine with all ( if possible for you ) NATURAL products or home-made products. ie: baking soda rinse, sea salt rinse.
*make sure to brush/massage your gums but not too hard. your gusm can recede and that is irreversible!
*try oral b's humming bird flosser. flosses and massages at the same time
*an amazing product is a water pik! it is definately worth it to invest in one.
- avoid unhealthy super processed/refined foods. coffee/smoking = bad breath no matter what.
- try eating pineapple after meals as it helps aid in digestion, and adds a sweetness to your breath
- change your tooth brush!! don't always wait for the blue part to turn white on the tips, change it often. bacteria accumulates on toothbrushes. you could also rinse your tooth brush in baking soda.
- have a pack of good mint gum
(natural if you can) close to you always... carry a 'travel' tooth brush in your bag, but make sure to give it the rinse as they are prone to becoming smelly after use and putting the cover over them.
:-D

#16 - bdix - 02/11/2009 - 11:57

I too have something going on with my breath. I brush and floss daily. I recently started 1.Brush my teeth with tooth paste 2. dip mytooth brush in baking soda and brush again including tonge,gums,cheeks and roof of mouth 3. rinse and gargle with 100 % lemon juice. I have done this now for 1 week and my kids have not told me ,y brath stinks so it must be working. I also feel like my mouth is clean. I notice my tongue is pink and my teeth feel and look squeeky clean. I do this at night before bed and in the morning. While at work I brush with paste and gargle with Thera Breath mouth wash.

#17 - Maryann - 02/24/2009 - 12:30

sometimes, the cause of bad breath could be chronic acid reflux problem and sinus infection. even if you brush regularly, floss, use gums, rinse and gargel with mouthwash, one will still have a foul breath because of the two factors.

#18 - evening whirlpool - 03/22/2009 - 21:11

I am very problematic..I am very conscious of it since I don't remember when it occurs, that was years ago. I brush my teeth almost every hour but my breath still stinks. Sometimes I feel that there is something unexplainable happening in my throat, tastes like chemical, I spit it or drink a lot of water to relieve my taste bud of that taste. omeone told me that the problem may be on my stomach, is that possible?? I brush my teeth often but I am not confident to speak with people even with my own husband. This problem causes me low self-esteem, I remember my classmates when I was in college, talking about me and my stinky breath..also my niece that was 5 years of age, your breath stinks.. what will I do?

#19 - problematic - 04/13/2009 - 20:58

My oral health I'm told by dentists. My denists don't have to do much cleaning, because of my flossing, and I brush my teeth at least 3x's a day and twice per brushing cleaning my toothbrush w/poroxider between each of those brushings. I brush my jaws, teeth, gums, roof of mouth, use tongue scraper (rinsing w/water & poroxide per scraping), and brushing where my wisdom teeth were extracted the back of those teeth and corners along with brushing the roof of my mouth. I gargle all the time with poroxide and mouth wash. I take medicatiion because my physician said it might be my stomach. I don't have tonsiliths according to my physician and oral hygienist. I started having breath odor around the age of 5. In my teens, I notice a yellowish discharge on my pillow that flowed out of my mouth as I slept. I started sleeping with a clean towel over my pillow every night. I use to have severe VERY painful sore throats from the time I was 5 until I was approximately 20. I would go through bottles of throat sprays every so many months that I thought that I was going to be ill from all those formula sprays. HMMM, what to do or think? Well, I don't think home remedies are going to work on all of us who suffer from halitosis, because it's a coverup of something more complicated. I wish someone or medical scientists would take it more seriously than what the general population does and find a true genuine treatment. So many people out there treat us with such disdain, but it's not our fault. I live my life as a spectator all the time so that I don't offend "people", but I want to be a participator! I want to laugh and talk with people and not feel such misery or fear of embarrassing odor coming out of my mouth while I'm speaking. OH how it has affected my life. Is anyone listening, it has affected almost every part of my life in unbelievable negative ways that anyone out living without could never even begin to imaginge, but thank GOD I still have such courage to hold my head up and live. Please find us a cure.

#20 - NotSoSimple - 04/14/2009 - 09:02

What else? Apart from all the oral hygiene, which is obvious, is there more help for halotosis. I believe so. First and foremost, if this halotosis is causing a depression in ones life and it seems unnatural, then God can surely help. Just pray. I also believe that bad breath can come from your stomach and or intestines. It may be a good idea to detoxify oneself with those supplements like dual action cleanse. I also believe that the soul/spirit/body are all connected. For example anxiety can dry your mouth. Therefore if you trust in God, can rid yourself of anxiety. Clean your soul for fresher, healthy breath. It should all connect. Plus eat lots of fiberous food and papaya before you go to sleep. There is hope, Surely there is hope!

#21 - healthy soul - 04/23/2009 - 17:37

I found a Scope and Listerine mixture, gargled and swished for a minute, can do very well, but don't forget bad breath can come from as far back as the backsides of your throat. The Food Network said brushing your teeth and tongue with toothpaste, flossing, and chewing on a couple pieces of gum, specifically cinnamon, should do the trick. While chewing, the cinnamon goes down your throat reaching those parts your toothbrush can't get to.

#22 - Stealth - 04/27/2009 - 23:43

eat vag,

#23 - bert - 04/28/2009 - 14:38

my mom ate 8 garlic cloves and took in 2 asprins just to relieve a headache and so her breath has been kicken for 2 days so if someone can help, what can i tell her to try? :-)

#24 - gigi - 05/02/2009 - 07:25

I tried thera breath and it worked. If your problem is chronic then, try the xtra strength,It really works.

#25 - serious problem - 05/05/2009 - 23:33

Eat less meat. Meat makes the body and breath smell bad. Eating raw almonds kind of neutralizes bad breath. Also eat handfuls of clean parsley and drinking mineral water.

#26 - Miss know it all - 06/24/2009 - 09:08

Hi guys, I have read all that u guys have written and am try the regular brushing and drinking tea with out sugar.... i hope this works for me.. as i keep having bad breath on a regular basis. Saw the doc also, gave me some anti biotic to clean my stomach but now again it back... so i am figuring out that may its coz I dont have a lot of water... will try all these for a week and share with u all again...

#27 - Ranu - 06/26/2009 - 19:53

try eating raisins!!!! :-D

#28 - jen@405 - 07/10/2009 - 13:52

This message is for "Not so simple"... I'm not sure if you'll even read this since you wrote in April and I'm writing this in July but here it goes anyway. You're not alone as I read about your kind of problem a lot of people feel the same way as you. I too have concerns of bad breath and I too am constantly brushing, flossing and gargling and my husband swears that I live in the bathroom due to hygiene LOL. However, I don't think it's as simple as that. I am very moved by some of the comments that I've just read and I do believe that bad breath also comes from what you eat (such as too much meat in the stomach causing digestive problems) and also from sinus issues. So here's what I'm going to try: I'm going to try to change my eating habits by reducing my meat intake.... adding more fresh vegetables and raw fruit... especially pineapple and apples. I'm going to add yogurt to my diet each morning. I'm going to add a pinch of sea salt to my toothbrush when I brush. And lastly, I'm going to add a little yoga to my exercise routine to take away some of the stress that I feel because I believe that stress in itself can have damaging effects to the body. I am going to make a conscious decision to choose to run my life and not allow bad breath to run me. And lastly, but most important, I'm going to thank God for the blessings in my life and start living with confidence and assurance the way that He created me to live. I hope you'll choose to do the same... God Bless

#29 - Pat - 07/19/2009 - 08:44

quick remedy for bad breath i have triend everything...but the problem is we ourselves dont come to know that our breath stinks.

#30 - veens - 07/22/2009 - 10:17

When i brush my teeth, I use a sonicaire (didn't spell that right, i know) tooth brush. It times your brush time. It's really snazzy :-D

So it makes you brush your teeth for 2 minutes and it times you for 30 seconds on your bottom and top and inside bottom and inside top. Then, once my 2 minutes are up, the toothbrush turns off by its self. Then i turn it back on, ignore the timer, and brush my tounge. Your tounge is where most of the germs are that cause bad breath. Once i finish that, I floss and get all the plaque out from inbetween my teeth. I then finish off with rinsing for 60 seconds with Listerine mouthwashe. Im not sure exactly the name but the one i use is a blue and it works WONDERS.

hope i helped :-D

#31 - Shannon - 07/29/2009 - 15:14

message for NotSoSimple - you may be suffering from tonsil stones which are said to be very smelly but can be treated - good luck!

#32 - Mary - 08/13/2009 - 08:31

VERY IMPORTANT, YOU NEED TO KNOW THIS REMEDY - every time you to get rid of your bad breath use a glass of water with salt and gargle with this. 100% effective. I also use a tongue cleaner before. Cheap, effective, not definitive but at least it works and you can enjoy your life. Be Nice 2 Peolple.

#33 - sinubi - 08/21/2009 - 03:58

i think u shud try fenel seeds they freshen your breath immdeiatley

#34 - fennelboy - 08/24/2009 - 13:28

u may also visit web site sahajayoga.org and learn to meditate. The problems related to stomach & throat, mouth will be cleared after nabhi & vishuddhi chakras are cleared.
Your all round development and spiritual assent will also take place automatically!

#35 - ashok kumar misra - 09/07/2009 - 19:45

Hi, if your breath is kicken, try to eat more chicken. As my uncle Archie once told me at a Civil War reinactment, "boy, go down yonder and fetch me some cannon balls so I can pop some caps in them thar asses." It became clear to me, man, maybe I should do something different with my life. So, to summerize these events, make sure you.... wait, what am I typing my opinion on again? Oh yeah, try typing without looking at keyboard and you to could become a better typer in just a few days. As my brother Sampson always says, " Bye."

#36 - poop breath - 09/25/2009 - 09:10

that was really painful...i mean living all your life suffering from bad breath... well, count me in, ive been suffering from this affliction since i was 13 years old...im 22 now, although its so disgusting and degrading, it never hindered me from doing what i want most in life...To speak...yeah, i can never really express my feelings verbally that much because i am aware that people are offended by my stinking breath, but guess what, i have become a good writer instead..i was editor in chief and feature editor during my college days... well, i still join extemporaneous speaking contests and debates and luckily, i win,,, part of the compensation process in p[sychology! wahahaha...but im still hopeful that someday, ll be totally relieved of this affliction... im still glad i was born and that i have family and friends who really love m,e despite my offensive breath...im a nurse by the way, and that makes it more difficult for me because i have to talk to people everyday and give them good health instructions...ill try to follow all your suggestions, it might help me...im so glad i visited this site...im not alone in this war against halitosis

#37 - debater - 09/27/2009 - 00:51

This is so saaad waaaa boooo, why me, why meee heeee heeee >-(

, yip, cruel people, who have nice and fresh breath, jip, that's what they call me, dragon breath! Can you imagine :-o

, how big a dragon is, and what it eats. By the way, my two wisdom teeth are decaying, am scared to go to the dentist to pool them out because am scared they gonna have to drill them out! and that is the most scariest experience, oooh believe me brother, i have been there, done that, it is SCAAAAARY. What EFFECTIVE remedy besides parsely, yoghurt etc can i use, i think the baking soda and sea salt sounds convincing. and oh ya, with the baking soda or salt do you mix it with you toothpaste Answer please anyone, dont wanna be called dragon breath for the rest of my life!!!!!! :-(

#38 - Dragon breath - 09/28/2009 - 03:02

i just read about tonsil stones, i might have one, because ever since i was a child, ive been suffering from tonsilitis, huhuhu! good lord i still don't have Rheumatic heart disease!

#39 - debater - 10/10/2009 - 11:05

Try to inhale and exhale every 5 min's using your mouth.. This will allow your bad breath to be replaced with the new fresh air of outside..!!

#40 - Simon - 10/11/2009 - 03:22

this works for mee ;-)

(1) eat healthy

(2) drink plenty of water as you should be anyway

(3) have toothbrush with a special tounge cleaner on the back helps because it means that lots of bacteria is taken away but if you use an ordinary toothbrush that dosent have the tounge bit your basicly spreading germs from your teeth to your tonge and that causes infection

P.S i dont come on this site much i just seemed to find it when i was looking for home remidies for skin so i proberly wont reply to any comments SORRY xxx

#41 - babe - 10/18/2009 - 14:15

ye all wount have smelly breath if we brushed yer teeth

#42 - fresh n her breath up - 10/27/2009 - 17:45

srry for saying dis every one but dragon breath id hate to talk 2 you face to face eww and god help da fella that has to kiss you even though we haven met in a way i feel lucky ps try brushing your teeth or get them pulled and you wont have to deal with them hahahahaha pss i only came on dis site to make fun of ye hahahahaha

#43 - iv fresh breath - 10/29/2009 - 08:16

I also have the problem of bad breath. It is NOT the hygiene that is the problem. It is the stomach acid and constant sinus drainage. Allergies cause the sinisitis which cause the sinus problem that causes sinus infection. That infection drains into the throat and lungs. I also have gastritis and other stomach problems and have for years. This causes food not to digest as fast as it should and the smell of undigested food in the stomach is like a garbage can! This can not be helped. I take medications to help the allergies and to speed up the digestion in my stomach, but I have side effects to the medications and have to be careful. All I can do is try to mask the odor with gum and mints. Try not to judge people who have these problems. Some really do try to take care of the problem and they do take care of their teeth. By the way, some medications can cause bad breath and also tooth problems.

#44 - Me bad too - 10/31/2009 - 10:10

Thanks for the remedies. I have just decided what Pat #29 decided to do. That is to do as much as I can, trust God and stop allowing bad breath to ruin my life. If anyone wants an encouraging word from me, I just started a blog. It is http://godamhurting.blogspot.com/
I am writing about some of my experiences.

Let us fight this bad experience together.

#45 - over comer - 11/07/2009 - 15:50

so i just got braces put in yest. hurts like...well, let's just say it hurts. and, i don't know if they're related but i have stinky mucus in my nose. when i sniff it goes down my throat and my breath stinks. what the hell is going on??? it's been 2 days since it began to stink. i looked up smelly mucus and all i got was 'sinuses' and 'tonsil stones' i have just the one symptom. i'm not coughing up white balls or anything...help.

#46 - JustGotBraces - 11/25/2009 - 12:45

i tried urs sinubi and it does work! ;-)

PIE IS GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-)

#47 - jessie pieisgood - 11/26/2009 - 19:08

Hey! I have heard chewing on a few fennel seeds is good for bad breath or once in a while putting a drop of sweet orange essential oil on your tongue is great whenever your mouth needs to be refreshed. I will try Sinubi's remedy while I wait for the fennel seeds, though. ;-)

#48 - Nature_Chick101 - 12/11/2009 - 18:31

Hi again! Just tried Sinubi's remedy (putting salt in water and using as a gargle) and it already works! Yay!

#49 - Nature_Chick101 - 12/11/2009 - 18:51

Dear alls,
Hungur may be a problem.... which is solvable. You may be having the problem of constipation. When the stool is noy clear, is decomposes in intestine. The bad smell gets sucked in blood, and resilts in bad breeth. Thus clear up the stool by laxsatives, and see the difference,
Best luck

#50 - RAJESH BAWKAR,INDIA - 12/17/2009 - 11:57

my toungue has white stuff on i, like a white film, and ive tried the salt thing, and i brush 3 times a day, but nothing will get rid of it........ i have a girlfriend and im afraid 2 make out with her cuz i dont want her 2 "taste" my bad breath............. plz help me

#51 - dude wid the breath - 12/19/2009 - 20:59

hey ive found a cure!!! drink lots of water and gargle peroxcide, and then brush and scrape your tounge, it really works!!! brush twice a day and stay hydrated

#52 - help - 12/26/2009 - 20:31

bad breath is also caused by an unclean stomach, cardamom is very helpful because is contains chemicals that treat stomach and intestinal spasms and gas, it then increases the movement of food in the intestine. its also been studied that long term use of cardamom can cause cardiovascular problems..
rinsing mouth with H2O2 is very helpful but can be very dangerous if swallowed but only if in large proportions.

#53 - royboy011 - 01/04/2010 - 23:49

MY MOUTH SMELLS LIKE BUTTTTTT AND I HATE IT BECAUSE MY GIRLFRIEND AND HER GIRLFRIENDS HATE IT TOO. I NEED SOOOOOOOOOO MANY TECHNIQUES TO CURE IT. I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO. HELP ME. THIS WILL BE MY LAST HOPE. IVE BEEN TRYING TO MAKE MY BREATH SMELL LIKE MINT SINCE SOOO MANY YEARS AGO. HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME. IF U CAN HELP ME PLEASE DO. GOD BLESS THEE CHILDREN OF THIS WORLD

#54 - buttripper - 01/04/2010 - 23:55


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