Mouth and teeth are important organs of human-beings. They use to bring food
to a human body. Therefore, if some disease occurred in oral cavity, they will cause major problems in human’s growth. With ancient Thai people’s intellect, they use the medical properties of local herbs that common found in area to prevent and also cure diseases in the mouth. For many years the knowledge has accumulated and come to be many valuable herbal toothpaste and mouthwash formulas.

Many herbal mouthwash formulas are often composed of salt, alum, cloves and
camphor. Ancient people also add other herbs that have useful medical properties to increase the effective of oral treatment. At the present time, scientists have proved that many properties of herbs found in ancient oral care formulas are very quite matches with the scientific results.

For example:
- Salt has property to heal the wound in mouth;
- Alum which is very astringent taste can heal inflamed gum and stop bad smell in mouth;
- Cloves can heal bleeding gum that has pus.
- Camphor and menthol can make fresh breath.