There are no supplement industry or lucrative sales connected to the practice of 'oil pulling'. I cannot see anyone making big dollars from this simple health approach, apart from sounding sensible and simple, and that's probably why it is somewhat obscure and I decided to try it. The theory is that our body expels toxins through the surface of our tongue (think of all the diagnoses in Traditional Chinese Medicine that the tongue provides). The tongue seems most coasted and is most noticeable in the mornings after waking.
Oil pulling is part of ancient Ayurvedic medicine and is known as Kavala Graham. The tongue seems easily coated with a white film (and in the case of some illnesses with a yellow coat), which can also be accompanied by a bitter taste and bad breath.
The simplest oil pulling method is that by taking a tablespoon full of organic sesame or organic sunflower oil right after getting up in the morning on an empty stomach (before even brushing your teeth) and swishing it around in your mouth for about 15 minutes before spitting it out (definitely not swallowing it!), the oil assimilates while removing many of the toxins from your tongue.
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