Toothache plant

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Ever heard of spilanthes (aka buzz button or toothache plant)? Find out about this fascinating edible and medicinal plant with a buzz! #medicinalplants

It’s a must-grow in any herbalist’s garden, both for its medicinal benefits and striking flowers. The toothache plant can numb a sore mouth.

Known for its round yellow flowers, the toothache plant has anesthetic and anti-inflammatory properties. The plant is also used as an herb or food in some parts of the world.

Learn how to grow spilanthes from seed, with instructions on sowing, germination, transplanting, spacing, soil and light preferences, hardiness, and harvesting.

How to grow and use Toothache plant. This unique plant is easy to grow and can be used fresh to numb mouth pain or preserved for later use. This antiviral, antibiotic and antifungal has a numbing sensation when used in the mouth or on small wound like bug bites.

Spilanthes acmella, also known as "the toothache plant," "buzz buttons," or, most relevant here, "the Botox plant," is a plant with anesthetic properties in addition to a myriad of other skin-loving benefits.

Known as the “toothache plant,” herbalists reach for spilanthes tincture for its pain-relieving and numbing properties. It’s traditionally been used to treat inflamed gums, mouth sores, and toothaches. Spilanthes antibacterial and antiviral properties are lesser

Botanical Name: Spilanthes acmella, Spilanthes oleracea, Acmella oleracea. It was Nicolaus Joseph von Jacquin, an Austrian scientist, who in 1793 constructed and named the genus Spilanthes. The name Spilanthes is formed from the Greek words 'spilos' meaning spot and 'anthos' meaning flowers, due to the reddish spot on the top of the plant's inflorescence. There are two plants (Spilanthes acmella and Spilanthes oleracea) that are commonly referred to as toothache plant or sometimes paracress…