by I had the worst toothache last night :face: it was so painful. Anyway, since I am the kind of person to fret about what if's, I luckily had a bottle of clove oil in the medicine cabinet and have to say it really works 
this is a good thing to know.. I really do recommend keeping a little vial of it at home in case you have a tooth ache and can't visit a dentist right away. Add some pure oil around 6-7 drops to 1 cotton wool ball and apply it to the gum below the tooth and compress for up to 20 minutes. It tastes horrible but it works sooo well . I was surprised how good it worked and did a quick read up on it. The numbing injections which dentists use for minor (non wisdom tooth) extractions , is based on the chemical found in clove oil. It works as a local anaesthetic. Not always for long, maybe an hour at a time but you can re-apply clove oil every half an hour.
If you hate the taste you can dilute it with some luke warm water and apply it that way.
It's good stuff.
this is a good thing to know.. I really do recommend keeping a little vial of it at home in case you have a tooth ache and can't visit a dentist right away. Add some pure oil around 6-7 drops to 1 cotton wool ball and apply it to the gum below the tooth and compress for up to 20 minutes. It tastes horrible but it works sooo well . I was surprised how good it worked and did a quick read up on it. The numbing injections which dentists use for minor (non wisdom tooth) extractions , is based on the chemical found in clove oil. It works as a local anaesthetic. Not always for long, maybe an hour at a time but you can re-apply clove oil every half an hour.If you hate the taste you can dilute it with some luke warm water and apply it that way.
It's good stuff.
