How can you use licorice for canker sores? In a study published in the March/April 2008 issue of General Dentistry, recurrent aphthous ulcers were tested against a relatively new licorice for canker sores treatment.
The report was prepared by a team of four dentists and doctors who conducted a study of Cankermelts, the dissolving oral patch made with Glycyrrhiza complex herbal extract, otherwise known as licorice extract.
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Licorice root was used as a prescribed treatment for gastric ulcers until the 1970s. In 1989 study to investigate licorice root for the treatment of canker sores, but the flavor and concentration of the licorice root extract in a warm water solution was too much for most patients to stand. It was just too strong.
Unfortunately, even though it proved to be a very effective treatment, it would be hard to get patients to use the licorice for canker sores treatment consistently. Researchers have now developed a new licorice for canker sores treatment.
After years of research and testing Cankermelts was developed. It was found that this dissolving oral patch would shorten healing time and reduced lesion size in pain when placed in topical contact with the canker sore.
"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.."
Researchers have also developed a product to prevent the development of canker sores for individuals prone to the ulcers. Avamin Melts contain a bioactive form of vitamin B12, and used once daily prevented canker sores in up to 77% of users.
Considered all natural canker sore remedies, they may just prevent you from suffering anymore