Well, I didn't really manage to heal it completely, because it was already beyond repair. However, the abscess and infection are gone completely and I feel like my old self again.
That was likely different when I wrote my last post because right after that, I finished the article I had to finish. Yesterday I received some comments on it, and at first, I was sure I had covered all my tracks. But then I looked at it again, and did a little more research into the matter and discovered that I had left out a big chunk of material that just would have made things so much clearer. I am now convinced that my fever from the other day must have affected my brain in a way that it just wasn't functioning properly. This should be seen lightly because of course there's nothing wrong with my brain. 🙃 Let's just call it a temporary creative brain fog...

Back to the subject

OK, it's been a few days since my tooth started acting up and my face swelled up to outrageous proportions. If any of you remember the classic movie 'The elephant man'? Well, exactly like that, but man should be replaced by woman.
There was not a lot of pain, but my body was dripping sweat like something from an Alien movie which pretty much indicates that I was running a fever for a few hours. Fevers don't scare me much because it means my body is trying to get rid of some alien invaders, which can only be a good thing if you're familiar with the movies.
My eye was completely swollen shut in the morning, and the face...well, it wasn't my face, let's leave it at that.
The black eye that had shown so very prominently during Steemfest after I got hit by that idiot driver's car, somehow came back into the picture too. This kinda proved to me that my suspicions were right when I thought that there was a tear in my eye socket, instead of 'just a nasty bump and a black eye'. Funny how this can go, because I don't know what upset me more: the black eye returning or the alien elephant look...
So what did I do to get rid of all that and get back to normal?

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Garlic, Turmeric, coconut oil, oregano oil and one special ingredient

Those 5 above. MAN! They're absolute saviors that everyone should have in their home at all times.
When any of us have any kind of infection, my first instinct always calls for garlic.
I can't repeat this enough: garlic is one of the best natural antibiotics to have around.
But not everyone can handle garlic. My kids...it can be hard to get my youngest to just eat a raw piece of garlic. The others are fine with it if I 'hide' it, but he just won't do it either way.

Now, this time, the tooth and crazy abscess needed a little more than just garlic. Plus, the best way to do it is to cut a small piece of garlic and put it on the part of the gum where it hurts or is infected. In my case, the garlic was burning like hell within seconds, so I couldn't take it any longer.

This is what I did

First, I mixed two drops of oregano oil (no more, it's crazy strong!) with half a tablespoon of coconut oil.
I swished this around my swollen gum for a few minutes and spit it out.

Then, I mixed another half a tablespoon with half a teaspoon of turmeric, and a pinch of black pepper (important) and swallowed this. This should be taken 3 or more times a day, just like you would antibiotics (we don't do antibiotics here, so yeah).

I always have ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) in the house, and it's wise to take that three to four times a day to keep the immune system healthy.

Then, whenever I could take it, I would put the garlic on my gum for a few minutes. I think I did that about 5 times throughout the day.

But because my gums had also swollen in size and I knew there was quite the abscess to get rid off, I had to do something else. Firstly to cool the area and to keep it from swelling even more. I mean, more than a shut-eye is really not what you want...
This is where the special ingredient came in.

Plain and simple: a tea bag

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Black tea that is. Black tea draws out infections and it works absolute wonders!
You want to be careful though because black tea has a naturally high fluoride content. To prevent taking in too much of that crap, it's wise to use Ceylon tea, since that has the lowest fluoride content. Green tea seems to be good too, but I hate green tea, so never tried it.
Simply put it on the gum, and wrap around the tooth et voilà! A lifesaver!
I managed to keep it there for about 20 minutes at the time before the taste made me gag. And I did this about 5 times in the day.

After getting up with my eye swollen shut, I think only three hours later, my eye was open again and the swelling had diminished considerably. By evening, my face was back to normal! That's something regular antibiotics probably wouldn't have done. However, before I went to bed at night (this must have been around 2 or 3 a.m) I had hoped that the pocket in my mouth would have burst and the abscess disappeared. But it hadn't. In fact, the thing had grown, and of course, I couldn't see it, I could feel it: the size of a ping-pong ball. YUP. Gross!

In the morning it was gone!

I woke up early morning and my gum was a bit sore. Then I felt the skin hanging off and there was blood. I had the nastiest taste in my mouth EVER. (Sorry, GROSS again). But the abscess was gone, completely.
My face was back to normal completely, although just above the eye it felt like someone had hit me in the head. But that was it. Completely gone and healed from an infection that could have caused some major issues. All naturally.

Amazing!

Now, I don't know exactly which of the above ingredients eventually did the trick, but to be honest, with the state I was in, I think I needed the boost of all of them combined. Either way, I am happy to have those things around the house at all times. Those 5, together with colloidal silver, my own iodine, and hydrogen peroxide is something I even keep in the car for emergencies. Oh, and honey for burns. It could save lives!