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Tonsil stones can be frustratingly uncomfortable. In order to know how to get rid of tonsil stones safely however, let’s examine just what a tonsil stone is (these are also called “tonsilloliths”), and then we can have a better understanding of how to keep these away forever. Basically, the condition of having tonsil stones (this condition also called “cryptic tonsils”), is when food particles become lodged in tonsil crypts, which are small, naturally occurring pockets and divots in the surface of the tonsils. These pockets can widen or become smaller depending upon our eating habits, whether we eat spicy, sour or mild foods and such, or even if we become a bit under the weather.

Not unlike the way that an oyster can get a particle of sand stuck inside his shell with him, and then secretes a substance to form around it and create a pearl, mucus then forms around these particles and hardens, eventually even calcifying to form these white to yellowish-white things called tonsil stones. Now that we’ve nailed down exactly what these are, we can get down to the business of how to get rid of tonsil stones. I should say here that I don’t suggest you do anything potentially dangerous to yourself, so let me say… have your doctor flake these away with a tongue depressor. It can be a little tricky, but these can come away easily – often, you may have coughed up a piece of them before.

Alright, that’s how to get rid of tonsil stones, but how to we keep them gone for good? Well, the tonsil crypts, the pockets or divots in the surface of your tonsils where a tonsil stone can take root, can be shrunk down naturally once the tonsil stones have been removed. This is pretty much done in a similar way to how these have become widened in the first place, by what you eat and drink, and that is how to keep tonsil stones away. But should we have to completely change our diet?

Well, an extreme dietary change is really not necessary at all, simply because certain salad herbs and herbal teas that naturopathic herbal medicine and CTM (Chinese Traditional Medicine) can offer, usually do the trick rather quickly, and quite naturally as well. Natural herbal medicine is the best way to regulate such things naturally, and keeping the surface of your tonsils smooth and healthy is how to keep tonsil stones from returning.

Courtesy of ezinearticles.com by Jesse Robinson