A Tool to Clean (Like Really Clean) Your Tongue
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It takes a lot for me to add a step to my dental routine. Let’s just say that even after decades of being urged, I still don’t floss as often as my dentist thinks I do (don’t tell). But once I got a tongue scraper—a firm palm-sized tool in the shape of a horseshoe—it was not only easy, but also satisfying and strangely addictive, to add another step to Toothpaste Time.
We love it: Kosha Ayurveda Tongue Scraper, $8
Tongue scraping is a traditional Ayurvedic practice known as Jihwa Prakshalana that removes bacteria, food debris, and dead cells from the tongue’s surface. It offers a temporary reprieve from stinky breath (it’s been proven to be more effective than scrubbing with a brush), and some people also believe it improves the ability to taste and promotes good digestion. As for me, tongue scraping simply makes my mouth feel fresher.
If you are the type of person who is both fascinated and horrified by the dirt that’s lingering all around us (perhaps you, like me, watch videos of carpet cleaning, just wait until you see the amount of whitish-gray gunk that comes off your tongue after scraping even once. – Sarah Jampel, contributing editor.
Buy it: Kosha Ayurveda Tongue Scraper, $8.
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