Friday, May 16, 2008

Saliva-a natural medicine


The saliva is a watery substance found in the mouth of humans and animals too.The saliva is said to be a good medicine for wounds that occur inside mouth.The saliva has got the natural disinfectants that heps in cleaning and curing wounds and mouth ulcers.The nerve growth factor(NGF) is a protein in the saliva of humans that helps in curing wounds faster than un-attended wounds.The humans when they lick the wounds the saliva removes the dirt and bacterial deposits in the wounds and helps in curing the wound faster.It is also said that natural painkillers can be obtained from saliva that works equally or more than morphine,a painkiller drug.

The researchers from Texas have found that Breast cancer can be found in women from their saliva in the early stages of cancer.The cancer leads to change in the secretions which can be analyzed from the saliva.The medicinal effects in saliva are being used now to find new drugs that can serve mankind in a better way.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

I am using saliva since 1975 for wound healing and to avoid sepsis.
It has antiseptic properties.

Dr. C. Sudhersan.

Unknown said...

It can used for pimples on face. we can see the effect in 2 days.