Why Copper Tongue Scraper?
Copper Tongue Scraper is a magic wand for your cleanest mouth ever! 
The tongue is one of the most neglected organs in the body. Brushing your teeth, flossing, and even using mouthwash is often not enough to remove harmful mouth bacteria or build-up of toxins on the tongue. In fact, many conventional types of mouthwash damage your oral flora and can actually worsen your bad breath problem. Using a toothbrush to clean your tongue is inadequate. Always use a good quality metal tongue scraper for the best result.
With a few simple scrapes, you can revitalize your tongue, teeth, and mouth, and protect the internal organs directly linked to tongue health. Tongue scraping is an ancient Ayurvedic oral care remedy that rids the mouth of bacteria and build-up that contribute to poor oral ecology. It is a painless process to remove dead skin cells, food particles, fungus, and bacteria from the surface of the tongue.
Traditionally, according to one of the Ayurvedic texts, the Charaka Samhita, tongue scrapers should be made of gold, silver, copper, tin, or brass. Tongue scraping help remove the toxins (ama) that would otherwise accumulate on the back of the tongue causing obstructions in respiration and foul smell.
When certain bacteria on the tongue and in the oral cavity break down certain proteins in the mouth, volatile sulfur compounds (VSCs) are released that result in bad breath. Studies have confirmed the benefits of tongue scraping as an effective way to reduce volatile sulfur compounds. In fact, tongue scraping greatly outperforms tooth brushing to accomplish this.
Traditionally, according to one of the Ayurvedic texts, the Charaka Samhita, tongue scrapers should be made of gold, silver, copper, tin, or brass. The benefits of copper make a copper tongue scraper hard to beat. Copper has been used for centuries as a bacteria-resistant metal, and new studies are confirming these ancient practices.
Copper may be the best metal to be used for tongue scraping because the mouth is loaded with both good and not-so-good bacteria. Copper not only seems to be toxic to the bad bacteria, it also provides important enzymes that are needed for healthy microbes in the mouth to survive.
In one study, the antiseptic benefits of copper were so great that, when copper was put in hospital rooms as furnishings, the bacteria count on all of the surfaces in the rooms was significantly reduced. Some hospitals are now incorporating copper furnishings as part of their natural anti-bacterial strategies.
How to Clean Your Tongue:
Your tongue is sensitive, so it’s important to be gentle and not to press the cleaner too forcefully into your tongue. Here are a few more general cleaning tips:
- In the morning, right after you wake up, drink warm water as the first thing you do. These early morning mouth microbes are good microorganisms and are essential to nurture your microbiome (gut flora) and digestive health.
- Before or after brushing your teeth, scraping the tongue regularly can reduce accumulating digestive ama (toxins). Using a toothbrush to clean your tongue is inadequate. Always use a good quality metal tongue scraper as suggested.
- Rinse your tongue cleaner preferably with warm water, before and after using it to remove bacteria and food debris that may be present on your tongue.
- Start cleaning at the back of your tongue, and work your way forward.
- Scrape and clean the entire top and side surfaces of your tongue, not just the center.
- Repeat this 3-5 times, reaching as far back as comfortable, rinsing the scraper after each pass.
- A slight gag can help bring up some mucus and ama from the back of the throat
- Rinse your mouth after cleaning your tongue.
- Rinse the tongue brush or tongue scraper off after you use it to remove bacteria and any food debris from the areas of the tongue you cleaned.
Information Courtesy: Various online public resources