Oil pulling is not needed Saliva in our mouth is alkaline and injuries in the mouth are healed by saliva itself.

When we use oil in the mouth, it blocks the pores there and exchange of nutrients and waste is impeded.

Also oil pulling extracts a lot of saliva from our mouth and hence it is a waste of the valuable stock which can be made only out of alkaline foods.

As part of preventive oral hygiene, we have to swish water in the mouth every time we eat any food and clear our mouth.