Hi @nypara66, Placing Extra Virgin coconut oil or EV-olive oil in the mouth and swishing is called Oil Pulling. This practice dates back centuries. It can help reduce inflammation, oral yeast infections, improve gum and oral tissue in the mouth among other attributes.

You can try working your way up to 20 minutes to get the full effect. You might start with just a teaspoon of the coconut oil, let it melt on your tongue, then swish somewhat vigorously for 2 minutes or 5 minutes and spit out into a tissue. Don’t swallow the oil/saliva mix. Also don’t spit it in the sink as this can clog drains. When you get used to that amount, then gradually increase the time and amount of oil over the course of days or weeks.

You don’t have to stand around with a timer or waste time while swishing. Though I do set a timer on my watch for 20 minutes, I go about my morning by cleaning out the dishwasher, catch up with notifications on Connect, toss in a load of laundry, take a quick walk, etc.. It’s a quick 20 minutes to help calm your mouth.

Here are a couple of articles that you might find helpful which explain the benefits and the how-to:
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/323757#risks-and-considerations
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https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/oil-pulling-coconut-oil
Oil pulling with organic EV-coconut oil has really helped keep my tongue/mouth happy after months of chemo and a bone marrow transplant. Even years later there are lingering side effects that promote yeast infections and burning mouth syndrome. The pulling seems to help significantly. So you might want to give it a try, plus it’s coconut!! It tastes good. ☺️
What do you think? Will you try it?