How to brush your tongue without gagging

Gag reflex can be reduced

One of the main problem when it come to tongue cleaning is the gag reflex side effect. Some peoples face this problem almost every time they’re cleaning their tongue that is why you need to know how to brush your tongue without gagging.

The gag reflex is pretty normal and it should go away in time. However for those who find it really difficult to overcome this problem, here are a few tips for you.

Breath with your nose
One of the reason you’re experiencing the gag reflex is you’re trying to breath through your mouth. Breathing through your nose while cleaning your tongue might be able to reduce your gagging.

Take it easy
Of course you’re eager to remove that stain on your tongue but you’ll need to do it gently. Brushing too far inside your mouth might cause the gag reflex to occur. Other than that, you might also damage your taste bud if you’re brushing your tongue to hard. Try to brush gently and do not brush too far inside to prevent gagging.

Cleaning your tongue is not really that difficult if you know how to do it correctly. You can read more about how to clean your tongue in this post.

Extra tips : Use tools that’s created and designed to clean tongue
Using the right tools not only help to clean your tongue effectively but these tool can also help making tongue cleaning a much easier task. Find out more about tongue cleaning tool.