Organic Miswak Powder

Properties

For oral hygiene, ORGANIC ayurvedic miswak powder is renowned for the following properties:

• Gently cleans teeth and helps eliminate plaque, thanks to its soft plant fibres

• Purifies the mouth, combating bad breath

• Protects and soothes sensitive gums, helps reduce minor gum bleeding

• Helps whiten teeth

Synergies

To use in your toothpaste and dental and oral health products: sodium bicarbonate, calcium carbonate, orris root, liquorice and lithothamnion powder.

To clean the mouth and combat bad breath: essential oils of tea tree, Clove, Bay Laurel, Peppermint, Spearmint; Hydrosols of Peppermint, Coriander, Thyme linalool, tea tree, Bay Laurel.

To whiten teeth: Baking soda, natural activated charcoal, tea tree essential oil.

• Miswak powder can be used to make toothpastes in powder form, mixed with other powders such as calcium carbonate, bicarbonate of soda, lithothamnion, white or green clay and orris root powder.

• It is used to make toothpastes in paste form for immediate use, mixed with other powders and water, and possibly a gum (to provide a gel texture – unless the paste is clay-based to form a paste).

• It can be used as an infusion or aqueous macerate, to make mouthwashes or toothpastes.

This aqueous macerate (or infusion) is ready to be incorporated into your mouthwash or toothpaste.

Culture

• Ecological and organic

• Certified 100% organic by Ecocert Greenlife according to the COSMOS standard.

Quality

• 100% pure and natural

• Cosmetic quality

• Powder debacterialised by an innovative steam process

• Non-irradiated

Production process

Air-dried Miswak sticks ground into powder

Part of the plant used

Small branches

Botanical name

Salvadora persica

Botanical family

Salvadoraceae

Benefits and properties

Purifying

Country of origin

India

Other names

Miswak, meswak, arak, toothbrush tree, jhak, mustard tree

INCI name

Salvadora persica stem powder

Presentation

A fine, greenish-beige powder with a characteristic herbal odour (hay and slightly acidic spicy notes), packaged in a zipped and sealed doypack.

Main active ingredients

Tannins, alkaloids, flavonoids, silica, fluorides.

Learn more

• Keep out of reach of children.

• Do not ingest.

• Powder product, do not use near a source of ventilation.

• Store the powder in its original sealed sachet or in an airtight container, in a dry place, away from light and heat.

Warning

The properties, indications and methods of use described above are derived from scientific literature and/or reference books or websites in aromatherapy, hydrolatherapy and phytotherapy. This general information is provided for informational purposes only and cannot under any circumstances be considered as medical information. This information cannot under any circumstances replace a diagnosis, consultation or medical follow-up, nor engage our liability.

Supplier documents

H. S. Halawany. A review on miswak (Salvadora persica) and its effect on various aspects of oral health. The Saudi Dental Journal, 24 (2012), 63-69.

Sofrataa et al. Short term clinical effect of active and inactive Salvadora persica miswak on dental plaque and gingivitis. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 137 (2011), 1130- 1134.

F. Ezoddini-Ardakani. Efficacy of Miswak (Salvadora persica) in preventing dental caries. HEALTH, 2 (2010), 499-503.

Chaurasia et al.Miswak in oral cavity - an update. Journal of Oral Biology and Craniofacial Research, 3 (2013), 98-101.

K. C. Chinsembu. Plants and other natural products used in the management of oral infections and improvement of oral health. Acta Tropica, 154 (2016), 6-18.

Amoian et al. Salvadora Persica extract chewing gum and gingival health: Improvement of gingival and probe-bleeding index. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, 16 (2010), 121-123.

N. Alili et al. Volatile compounds of Salvadora persica inhibit the growth of oral Candida species. Archives of oral biology, 59 (2014), 441-447.