How to Handle Bleeding Gums
Ted, My pH is very stable now taking the lemon/baking soda twice a day for the Rheumatoid Arthritis. I use my Hanna pH meter throughout the day to monitor. Since I stopped the 50,000 mg mega doses of vitamin C (ascorbic acid) and only taking 2500 mg twice a day with the lemon/baking soda, while I am waiting for my order of sodium ascorbate, my gums are bleeding and inflamed. I am thinking this is from stopping the high doses and getting a scurvy type condition. Do you have any suggestions how I should handle the bleeding gums. I did put one drop of tree tea oil on my toothbrush this morning to see if this would help. Also, when I get my sodium ascorbate do I still mix this with the lemon/baking soda and how much do you suggest I take of the vitamin C sodium ascorbate?
Two vitamins that were extemely helpful for bleeding gums were the vitamin B complex and the vitamin K. Those I will try to take it once a week as maintenance dose. Although if a condition of bleeding gums, I may take it twice a week for a couple of weeks. While taking vitamin C is well known for bleeding gums, that alone won't work. A little known vitamin is the niacinamide (B3) and the riboflavin (B2). The body whenever it is in alkaline also needs more vitamin B to repair itself too.
The dose of vitamin B complex I used can be 50 or 100 mg for B1, B2, B3, B5, B8, and 50 or 100 mcg of B12, for example. The other missing vitamin Bs, such as B13 can come from the brewer's yeast. The vitamin K I used, preferably is the K2, or K3 but if those are not available than a simple K will do. Apparently Natto, a Japanese delicacy is rich in vitamin K that is most available and certain supplements may sell in the form of natto, which is a fermented product.
Sometimes a bacteria may cause bleeding gums too. But my favorite remedy is to use a 1% H2O2 mouthwash to deal with that problem, rather than the use of tea tree oil.
Also, when I get my sodium ascorbate do I still mix this with the lemon/baking soda and how much do you suggest I take of the vitamin C sodium ascorbate?
Even if I do take the socium ascorbate, I will take the lemon and baking soda.
I should have mentioned that it is quite common for me to be deficient in water soluble vitamins as the body seems to have problems in storing them. This includes both vitamin B complex and vitamin C, but a non vitamin such as baking soda/lemon is also as important to maintain pH is generally the problem too.
It should be noted that flossing might initially cause the bleeding gums, but after a couple of days the bleeding gums will also stopped. The reason is whenever the bacteria and plaques are in high number, the gums recede and cannot heal, causing a bleeding gums simply because the bacteria gets in the way of healing. One other remedy is to use milk of magnesia as a mouthwash where a tablespoon of milk of magnesia is mixed in 1/2 glass of water. Milk of magnesia also kills certain pathogenic bacteria in the mouth and I do get favorable feedback. Receding gums seemed to lessen if I also use xylitol (one teaspoon) left in the mouth for a minute, before swallowing also. The xylitol also has certain antibacterial properties which may benefit some healing of the receding gums and bleeding gums in some ways also.
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