Does All Disease Start in the Mouth?


By: Mark A. Breiner, DDS T


here are certain bugs or bacteria in the mouth that are always associated with periodontal disease. To differentiate the ‘bugs’ in my patients’ mouths as well as to monitor and assess their periodontal health, I screen for infection with the use of a micro- scope. A sample of plaque from under a patient’s gums is viewed at a magnification of 400x. There is a difference between a healthy sample and non-healthy sample. If the plaque sample is not good, future samples can be viewed to monitor treatment progress.


Oil Pulling One of the treatments that I have found efficacious is oil


pulling. A number of years ago I read a short paragraph about the benefits of orally swishing with a tablespoon of safflower oil for 15 to 30 minutes per day. I had some patients who had persistent infections; I told them to try using the safflower oil swish. In most of these cases I observed a positive effect.


Does All Disease Start in the Mouth? Recently, I have seen more talk about oil pulling, so I decided to look more deeply into this matter. I did an internet search and also purchased a book called Oil Pulling Therapy by Dr. Bruce Fife. Dr. Fife gives an overview of holistic dentistry and stresses the im- portance of dental health to systemic health. He discusses mercury fillings, fluoride, root canals, and periodontal disease; he builds the premise that all disease starts in the mouth. This being the case, treatment, which addresses the bacterial levels and infections in the mouth, is extremely important. His solution is oil pulling.


Ayurveda – An Ancient Healing Practice Oil pulling was discussed more than 2000 years ago in


Ayurvedic medical texts, as a way of cleansing the mouth and helping general health. A contemporary Ayurvedic physician, Dr. F. Karach, brought this ancient healing method into modern times in the early 1990s. He said, “…most different diseases could be totally cured without medicines or surgery. With pulling oil treatment I have cured my chronic blood disease with which I suffered for 15 years. It healed in 3 days an acute arthritis which made me lay in bed. Pulling Oil heals headaches, bronchitis, tooth pain, throm-


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bosis, eczema, ulcers and diseases of stomach, intestines, heart, blood, kidney, liver, lungs and woman’s diseases. It heals diseases of nerves, paralysis, encephalitis, and chronic sleeplessness. It prevents the growth of malignant tumors, cuts and heals them.”


A Success Story Soon thereafter, a retired military officer in India, named Tum-


mala Koteswara Rao, became aware of Dr. Karach’s paper. Tummala had suffered from allergic sneezing for 43 years and from asthma for two decades, and he said, “I tried many methods but could not get cured. I was still looking for a solution. It was at that time I got the article by Dr. Karach who proposed ‘pulling oil’ treatment with sunflower oil as a cure for all diseases. It was during the last week of December 1992 and I started practicing since 3 Jan 1993. My wife and I have been practicing Oil Pulling for over 14 years. After practicing OP for over a year, at the age of 63 I have been cured of allergic sneezing of four decades, asthma of two decades, sleep- lessness, palpitation, allergies due to food items, smells, digestive problems and my wife at 56 cured of over two decades old migraine (headache), three decades old varicose veins, arthritis, blood pres- sure, and many other minor ailments. We were suffering from the above diseases for many years obtaining temporary relief from dif- ferent systems of medical treatment.”


People Report Improvements and Cures In his zeal to make more people aware of this wonderful heal-


ing modality, Rao ended up with a weekly newspaper column about oil pulling. Over the years he received many testimonials on the benefits of this technique. People reported improvements and cures with almost every disease known, including diabetes, cancer, arthritis, digestive problems, eczema, sinusitis, allergies, infections, fibromyalgia, gum disease, tooth decay and general aches and pains. There have been studies done in India verifying these results. Dentally, there have been studies showing the positive effects of oil pulling on plaque and gingivitis.


First Thing in the Morning From what I have read it seems that most recommend doing oil


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