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Tarragon tooth relief

Fun fact! Tarragon has been used in traditional medicine as a remedy for toothaches. Click to read more.

Tarragon has been used in traditional medicine as a remedy for toothaches.1 This is due to the herb’s natural numbing properties, derived from the essential oil eugenol,2 which is also found in cloves.

Sources:

  1. The Complete Illustrated Book of Herbs; Reader’s Digest, 2009.
  2. Chung, G.; Oh, S.B. Eugenol as Local Anesthetic. In Natural Products; Springer, 2013; pp 4001–4015

Written with the assistance of AI and verified for accuracy.


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