I was trying to reply to someone going through a lot with oral lichen planus. Then I had to sign in and now can't find this person's message. This seems common on the internet, while all the time it just keeps getting more and more over-engineered and complicated.

With oral lichen planus, I generally eat only soft food, like oatmeal instead of dry breakfast cereal, rice, cooked vegetables, etc.

I lived most of my life in northern Labrador, but when living in southern Canada for a time, I came across White Oak Bark in a health store. It is produced by Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc., Spanish Fork, Utah, USA. My guess this cure comes from Native American healers. I was told L-Lysine is also good. It is generally used to reduce the recurrence of Herpes Simplex infection.

Another strategy might be to write down all the things you normally eat for say the last 20 years. Evaluate each one for it irritation of the gums. Then try to avoid the ones that consistently are in your diet when you have oral Lichen planus. I switched using sugar to eating honey. It seems to make a difference. Honey calms the nerves, and it seems nervousness is a factor in oral lichen planus.

@spruceriver