How to Relieve a Toothache with Pressure Points

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By maxmonkey
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Long before the invention of modern pain medication, people used pressure points to relieve toothache pain. You can do this yourself. All you have to do is press the points we show you here.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Step 1

Position the tip of a finger in front of your ear hole. Open your jaw and and feel for a gap that forms. Press the point inside that gap. Do this carefully. You will feel a tingling sensation in your jaw. This partially paralyzes the nerves causing you so much pain from your toothache.
Step 2

Reposition your finger directly under your ear where it meets your head. It should be in the gap behind your ear lobe. When you open your jaw the gap will get bigger. Press the point inside the gap. You will feel a numbing sensation in your ear and side of your head.
Step 3

Trace a line down and around your jaw bone. Stop when you are directly under the outside corner of your eye. Press the point on the inside edge of your jaw bone. Press upward and outward toward your jaw bone. This will make much of your mouth go numb.
Step 4

Move your finger up to your cheek bone. Feel along the underside of the cheek bone until you reach a point directly under your eye ball when it is looking forward. Press the point upward and inward toward your cheek bone. Much of your face will go numb including your upper jaw.
Step 5

Leave your head completely and find your Achilles tendon. It is the ridge that connects your calf and heel. Press the points on both side of the middle of your Achilles tendon. Do this in the indention between the ridge and the bone that sticks out in your ankle. This pressure point forces your body to divert attention away from your toothache.

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kimmij said

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on 6/17/2009 well...since I've seen an oral surgeon, a general dentist, a neurologist AND an endotontist this week, I'm giving this a try! FIVE STARS!!!!!

bunnyknitter said

on 6/1/2009 I really like the tips, it's better than taking pills and gel.

on 4/8/2009 Thanks for commenting on my pressure point article. If you want to learn more about pressure points all over the body, check out pressthepoint.com. I also contribute to that website.Maxmonkey

tmcrill said

on 4/8/2009 These are awesome tips on how to use pressure points. It's nice to know there is something you can do for a toothache without taking pills.