Drinking ice water is like a needle prick, tooth sensitivity is a precursor to osteoporosis

October 20, 2010

Ouch, so sore and painful! Once you drink cold drinks or eat cold food, your teeth feel like a thousand needles are stabbing you. This annoying feeling makes many people with sensitive teeth feel headaches, but don’t think that you can solve this “hard to say” sensitivity problem by brushing your teeth hard and applying anti-sensitivity toothpaste, Chinese medicine doctor Sheng-Pu Lee reminds that tooth sensitivity is not just a dental problem, there may be a bigger hidden problem of osteoporosis behind it.

With the strong television broadcast of anti-sensitivity toothpaste ads, tooth sensitivity has suddenly become a familiar medical term, but tooth sensitivity can really be cured by brushing this simple little action? Chinese medicine doctor Sheng-Pu Lee thinks that many people may have gotten the wrong direction. Relying on diligent brushing and anti-sensitivity toothpaste to block the sensitivity reaction is only a temporary cure, to completely get rid of tooth sensitivity, in Chinese medicine, Dr. Sheng-Pu Lee said, only from the internal health of the non-sensitivity, the effect will be stronger. Tooth sensitivity is usually a precursor, a warning sign, that not only the enamel, nerves and dental bed have lost their health, but also the bones and bone in the body are in trouble.

What is the relationship between teeth and bone and bone quality? It turns out that in Chinese medicine theory, the teeth, known as the world’s first gate, are actually closely related to the bone building function and bone loss, and are an important indicator for Chinese medicine doctors to observe the health of a person’s bone capital and bone. Dr. Sheng-Pu Lee said that the teeth are the same as the bones and the hair is the same as the blood, therefore, to determine whether a person’s bone Qi is good or not, we have to look at the teeth, especially the kidney is the main bone, the kidney Qi is the bone Qi, if the kidney Qi is strong, the teeth from the enamel to the tooth bed and the root will be healthy, on the contrary, the unhealthy teeth means that the kidney has problems and the bone is degraded.

Chinese medicine says “look and see”, Dr. Sheng-Pu Lee said, to know whether the liver is good to look at the eyes and the vision, look at the nose to know the lungs, look at the ears to know the kidneys, the five internal organs are related to each other, dental sensitivity is absolutely related to age, osteoporosis, especially many women in their fifties, once the menopause first have dental problems, could know that the bone, hormonal problems will definitely occur; men are about 60 years old to start facing the same problem.

To protect bones from osteoporosis, Dr. Sheng-Pu Lee emphasizes that basic herbs such as Tortoise and Guilu Erxian Glue (GEG), Major Bupleurum Decoction or more advanced herbs such as premium deer antler can be used. Dr. Sheng-Pu Lee, who is over the age of 70 and still has real teeth, cites his own example of using his own herbal medicine to protect his bones. He says that protecting the bones emphasizes warming the kidney and nourishing the qi, and once the kidney qi is strong, the teeth will naturally be healthy, especially since many people have periodontal disease, and the blood circulation and metabolism and detoxification function of the periodontium are not good.

Dental problems are not just about the teeth themselves! Dr. Sheng-Pu Lee emphasized that unlike modern medicine, which divides the human body into different disciplines and treats only the teeth or only the eyes, and takes a blood sample for a single visit, traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes the concept of the whole person and the connectedness and systemic nature of the human body. It is not possible to solve the root of the disease by just looking at the teeth or treating the teeth, and it is not possible to take good care of the health of the body. People who are troubled by tooth sensitivity must start by protecting the qi of the kidneys, and then protect the bones and dental health.