I woke up this morning with completely dried out lips due to straight clove oil coming in contact with them; trust me, it’s not pleasant and I do not recommend it. Basically, I was having such intense tooth pain that the diluted clove oil my step mom was giving me to dab on the sore area wasn’t doing anything – so I applied straight clove oil which totally numbed the pain, but also resulted in my puffy/cracked nightmareish looking mouth. Ew.
Combine that with the fact I had an allergy attack (albeit a mild one), and I’m a bit of a sight for sore eyes right now.
Anyway, I made this to drink cold this morning, to kind of “jump start” my day and get me more energized/feeling a little better. I used 1 1/2 tsp. of leaf for an 8 oz. mug, and steeped it for four minutes in boiling water. It was pretty rich and hazelnut/toffee smelling, with a nice roasty, almost coffee like quality in the background.
Taste wise, it was definitely a sweet toffee and hazelnut flavour with the same deep, roasted earthy mate flavour that vaguely reminded me of toffee – though stronger than was in the smell. Didn’t get much of the sunflower today – but it was still really good.
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You should get that tooth looked at :)
I will eventually. I need to find a dentist in Saskatoon first though; I don’t have one. Honestly, it’s been years since I was at a dentist – I probably have a whole mess of tooth problems that have been left unchecked.
My former dentist in Stoon moved to Calgary, which is unfortunate. He was awesome (and also super hot). Sorry can’t help you out with that.
Toothaches are the worst thing ever, I hope it eases up for you soon. Over the summer I was visiting my mom (a thousand miles away from my dentist) and a tooth broke and was in agony, my mom came up with the idea of making a paste of raw honey and clove oil to pack into the hole. It helped some and didn’t irritate my mouth as much as the straight oil.
That sounds awful. I hope you can find a dentist quickly :(
Slept perfectly soundly last night with no tooth irritation – and not even the slightest tooth irritation so far today. In fact, I think this is the first day in a week I haven’t felt ill at all (minus the cracked up mouth from the clove oil/allergy attack).
You should get that tooth looked at :)
I will eventually. I need to find a dentist in Saskatoon first though; I don’t have one. Honestly, it’s been years since I was at a dentist – I probably have a whole mess of tooth problems that have been left unchecked.
My former dentist in Stoon moved to Calgary, which is unfortunate. He was awesome (and also super hot). Sorry can’t help you out with that.
Toothaches are the worst thing ever, I hope it eases up for you soon. Over the summer I was visiting my mom (a thousand miles away from my dentist) and a tooth broke and was in agony, my mom came up with the idea of making a paste of raw honey and clove oil to pack into the hole. It helped some and didn’t irritate my mouth as much as the straight oil.
That sounds awful. I hope you can find a dentist quickly :(
Slept perfectly soundly last night with no tooth irritation – and not even the slightest tooth irritation so far today. In fact, I think this is the first day in a week I haven’t felt ill at all (minus the cracked up mouth from the clove oil/allergy attack).