• It is a pain in and around a tooth. The cause of pain may be lying within the tooth or surrounding anatomical structures such as gum and jaw etc.
• It is caused by Sū’-i Mizāj Hār o Bārid o Yābis (Hot, cold and dry morbid temperament), Sū’-i Mizāj Māddī (Organic morbid temperament), dental carries. Sū’-i Mizāj Māddī may be either due to predominance of humours or their viciousness, thickness or sharpness.
• It is characterized by pain and other symptoms related to primary and secondary causes.

• Mazmaza (Rinse) with decoction of the following drugs
• Pudīna (Mentha arvensis, Linn.), Āqarqarha (Anacyclus pyrethrum, DC.) , Sa‘tar (Zataria multiflora, Boiss.) boiled in vinegar (When caused by Sū’-i Mizāj Bārid)
• Mazmaza (Rinse) with decoction of the following drugs.
• Kundush (Dregea volubilis, Benth.) 1 part, Asl al-Sūs ( Glycyrrhiza glabra, Linn.) 1 part, Zar-i Ward (Stamens of Rosa damascena, Mill.) 2 parts (When caused by Sū’-i Mizāj Bārid)
• Mazmaza (Rinse) with decoction of the following drugs to relieve the pain.
• Koknār (Rind of Papaver somniferum, Linn.), Filfil Siyāh ( Piper nigrum, Linn.)
• Holding the mixture of vinegar and rose water in mouth (When caused by Sū’-i Mizāj Hār).
• Mazmaza (Rinse) with lukewarm mixture of Kāfūr ( Cinnamomum camphora, Nees.), vinegar and rose water (When caused by Sū’-i Mizāj Hār).
• Tadkhīn (Fumigation) of the tooth having dental carries with the following drugs
• Tukhm-i Gandanā (Allium ampeloprasum, Linn.), Tukhm-i Piyāz ( Allium cepa, Linn.), Lehsan (Allium sativum, Linn.), Tukhm-i Mūlī (Raphanus sativus, Linn.) mixed with wax, burnt and fumigated using a funnel shaped instrument.

Compound drugs:

• Sweet diets
• Aghziya Ghalīza;Dry and viscous foods such as dry date, Adas Musallam (Lens esculenta Moench.)etc.These are of two types i.e. Mahmuda (that produce good humour) and Ghayr Mahmuda(that produce morbid humour).
• Aghziya Mubakkhira;The food liable to produce flatus and vapours e.g. cabbage,pea,brinjal,cauliflower,beans,turnip,etc.

• Fasd-i Qīfāl (Bloodletting through cephalic vein)
• Ishāl (Purgation)
• Mazmaza (Rinse)
• Gharghara (Gargle
• Tadkhīn (Fumigation)

• Aghziya Hārra (If caused by Sū’-i Mizāj Bārid).-The food of hot temperament having ability to produce the humour which induce heat in the body e.g. onion,garlic,etc.
• Aghziya Bārida (If caused by Sū’-i Mizāj Hār).-The food of cold temperament having ability to produce the humours which induce coldness in the body e.g. khas(Andropogan muricatus Retz.), Kasni(Cichorium intybus Linn.),etc.

• Use of Muhāfiz-i Dandān Adwiya (Tooth protecting drugs).