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What is Oil pulling?

Oil pulling or oil swishing, in alternative medicine, is a traditional Indian folk remedy that involves swishing oil in the mouth for claimed oral and systemic health benefits.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Bad breath 1 1 Efficacy_moderate
Digestive problems 1 1 Efficacy_slight
Detoxification 1 1 Efficacy_cant_tell

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 2

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Oil pulling

Always
 0 0%
Usually
 2 100%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Oil pulling

Very
 1 50%
Somewhat
 1 50%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 0 0%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Oil pulling

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 1 100%

Report created on May 24, 2012.