# Dopers, how do you deal with canker sores?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-how-do-you-deal-with-canker-sores/307891
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [June 11, 2005, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-how-do-you-deal-with-canker-sores/307891 "2005-06-11T21:39:12Z")
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### Author:  [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2005, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-how-do-you-deal-with-canker-sores/307891/21 "2005-06-13T00:38:27Z")
Daily doses of acidophilus. Zilactin. And I hear that sauerkraut juice is effective too; push the spoon down on the sauerkraut, collect the juice, and use it like mouthwash.
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### Author:  [@Tomcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tomcat)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2005, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-how-do-you-deal-with-canker-sores/307891/22 "2005-06-13T09:57:22Z")
I use Vitamin B and Lysine (pills and ointment) for prevention and treatment of all mouth problems. Works for me.
-Tcat
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### Author:  [@Hokkaido\_Brit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hokkaido_Brit)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2005, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-how-do-you-deal-with-canker-sores/307891/23 "2005-06-13T10:15:20Z")
Vitamin B multi vitamins (B6 and B12) really, really help me.
And brushing my teeth often during an attack.
And drinking a cup of tea, and holding the tea in my mouth to bathe the ulcer, as hot as I can stand it, four or five times a day really helps with the pain. A friend told me it was the tannin in tea that helps, but it might be the warmth, too. Either way, it’s cheap, and non-dangerous!
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