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Any good homemade recipe for tooth paste?
  • Tired of chemically filled up "natural" commercial brands. Please help.
  • buy white clay and a steam distilled (food grade) essence like eucalyptus, mint, lemon, sage, etc. Mix all with little water and you are done.
  • Srila Prabhupada had a recipe for toothpaste. Does anyone know it?
  • I found this:

    "You will know that I was collecting nim. But now it is impossible. That also I have manufactured my own toothpaste. I purchase only the brush and I made my toothpaste at home. I never used any toothpaste. Even in my young days. I never used. You have seen it practically. Not only that now I have become sannyasi. When I was grhastha I never used. When I was grhastha I was using that nim datun(?) regularly. And I can give you the paste. So if you cannot use nim datun, you can use this paste."

    Room Conversation — September 5, 1976, Vrndavana

    "For your toothache trouble, you can brush your teeth with the following mixture; common salt, 1 part, and pure mustard oil, quite sufficient to make it a suitable paste. With this paste brush your teeth, especially the painful part, very nicely. Gargle in hot water, and keep always some cloves in your mouth. I think that will cure your troubles. It doesn't require to extract any teeth."

    Letter to: Kirtanananda — Los Angeles 14 February, 1969
  • The full recipe seems to be a bit longer:

    "Everyone smiled in admiration. Prabhupada seems to know nearly everything. He was referring to his own toothpaste recipe: a combination of ground mustard seed, salt, calcium carbonate, eucalyptus oil, camphor, menthol, and oil of
    wintergreen. Many devotees are now eagerly making it for themselves, and Prabhupada asked if they like it."
    (Hari Sauri Das, Transcendental Diary 1.4, December 23rd, 1975)

    But...

    Text PAMHO:5653316 (33 lines)
    From: Kailasavasini (dd) HKS (New Radhakunda - S)
    Date: 10-Jun-02 20:40 (22:40 +0200)
    To: Free Forum (Announcements) [5680]
    Subject: Srila Prabhupada's toothpaste
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    Dear Devotees,

    I just got some interesting letter from one friend telling me about his
    experience with Prabhupada's toothpaste. Here his message I wanted to share
    with you as well:

    "There are some who have been using for many years the toothpaste
    developed by Srila Prabhupada. It has become unfortunately apparent that all
    is not well with using it. Here is some information that would be good to
    share if you know someone who is using it now, or to follow if you are using
    it yourself.
    In the short term, the toothpaste does indeed stop the production of
    cavities as Prabhupada said it would. However, within a year or two there is
    a noticeable problem of receding gums. HH Tamal Krsna Gosvami stopped using
    this toothpaste after a few years as he could detect his gums were receding
    rapidly. Those who have used it far longer have had severe cases of receding
    gums so much so that there is little contact of the gums with the teeth.
    Further, there are other serious problems. The abrasive nature of the salt
    and other ingredients in the toothpaste cause the enamel on the top and
    sides of the teeth to be rubbed gradually away. This creates weak teeth,
    corroded fillings, and such a thinning of the enamel surface that the
    dentine shows through. The effect of this is that the teeth become sensitive
    to acids, such as fruit, the eating of which will cause pain. Further, any
    hard substance, even a mustard seed, when entering the thin area can cause
    great pain. The teeth can become 'gouged' due to the abrasion. These effects
    are very rare in ordinary people who do not use such kinds of toothpaste.
    It is not good to use any kind of abrasive on the teeth. Those who have
    long term experience with this toothpaste recommend that no one use it for
    any length of time as the deteriorating effects of this toothpaste begin
    with the first use. There are other softer toothpastes, such as the Indian
    Vicco, which are good, but one can simply use water and get basically the
    same effect. If one wishes to disinfect the mouth, diluted food grade
    H2O2 (hydrogen peroxide) will do it much better."
    (Text PAMHO:5653316) ---------------------------------------
  • Prabhupada's recipe has salt in it so it may be shocking to some of you when you try it for the first time.
    We are used to that freshy, bitter taste but this one is very salty!
  • 3 more reasons to manufacture your own toothpaste:
    http://www.vedanews.com/out.php?title=Counterfeit_Toothpaste_Dangerous
    http://www.vedanews.com/out.php?title=New_warning_issued_for_Indian_toothpaste
    http://www.vedanews.com/out.php?title=Chinese_Toothpaste_Scare_Spreads_to_Canada
  • Dear Kailasavasini prabhu,

    THank you very much for giving this info on the side effects of Prabhupada's tooth paste recipe. I used to make this tooth paste as a brahmacari in the 70s, and it was very austere to use since we all grew up with the dugary stuff

    I really cant understand why SP would give such a recipe since he was a chemist and there seems to be so many harmful effects from it

    It just doesnt make sense

    Ys
    Gaura das
  • Most probably m. Kailasavasini isn't reading this forum.

    Found something about the recipe's background: http://kuruvinda.com/Myths.aspx#b4

    I settled on 'Promise' toothpaste plus baking soda. Natural and cheap.
  • meme:
    Gargle in hot water, and keep always some cloves in your mouth. I think that will cure your troubles. It doesn't require to extract any teeth."

    Letter to: Kirtanananda — Los Angeles 14 February, 1969


    Does anyone know anything more about what kind of cloves are meant here? Fresh, dry ...?[br][br]

    Other than that, fresh ginger (just cut it into a slice and lick/suck it) is good against infections in the mouth. Helps against cough quite well.
  • VEDA:

    "There are some who have been using for many years the toothpaste
    developed by Srila Prabhupada. It has become unfortunately apparent that all
    is not well with using it. Here is some information that would be good to
    share if you know someone who is using it now, or to follow if you are using
    it yourself.
    In the short term, the toothpaste does indeed stop the production of
    cavities as Prabhupada said it would. However, within a year or two there is
    a noticeable problem of receding gums.


    Interesting. My gums are receding too. I have tried different toothpastes, I have no inflammations, but the gums are receding. My dentist doesn't know why.
  • On the morning walks archives there is a conversation where Prabhupada talks about this toothpaste. He says that the mustard and other ingredients must be very very finely grinded (he emphasis it). If the powder is fine enough, there should be no noticeable abrasion, so maybe the problem was just devotees making the recipe imperfectly. Anyway, this recipe was intended to relieve toothache, not to be used continually... 
  • I use a very, very small amount of a good natural toothpaste (less than a pea size) which tends to minimize whatever side effects there are. Most people use way too much toothpaste which is not just a waste but also creates problems with residue and swallowing.


    It is very true that the mineral ingredients (like salt, baking soda, and chalk) must be ground up extremely fine to avoid abrasion to your teeth in any home made formula. That is hard to do at home.

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