Al Miswak

I had two decaying teeth, gingivitis (decaying of the gums), tooth sensitivity and a whole lot of dental problems. I went to dentists, they filled my tooth and only one of my problems were solved. I still had gingivitis and tooth sensitivity and two of my other teeth started decaying as well.

When you grow up, two things are awful. First is balding and the second is decaying tooth. The pressure was immense! And the tooth pain that you have to go through is even horrible in its own way.

I started consulting the dentist again. He tried to fix my tooth many times and gave me a tooth paste called "Sensodyne", it didn't work so he wanted my tooth pulled off. I was upset to the next level. One, I have never pulled off a tooth and two is that the feeling that I am getting older.

I'm always a believer in natural remedies, so I started looking on the internet for natural ways to recover my teeth. I saw that many people have recommended "Miswak" as a good remedy for tooth decay. Oh well, we have a lot of it in Sri Lanka but we haven't cared enough to buy one and use it. Even if we did, only for a short period of time. Then I decided that I am going to use Miswak and brush it 5 times a day.

I never touched the bristle brush or tooth paste again. It's been more than 6 months now and praise be to Allah, my tooth is recovering, my gingivitis is almost gone, my tooth sensitivity has reduced or almost gone except when I drink something cold.

I feel that too many people are having dental problems these days. I don't know for what reason, but they do. I would recommend anybody to ditch the bristle tooth brush and ordinary Floride tooth paste (I've had people recommend non-floride tooth paste, but I am not sure if it works to a good extent. Some of the floride tooth pastes that you can get in the Sri Lankan supermarkets are "Sudantha", "Supirivicky" etc.) and start using a miswak.

There is also one other thing that I do to keep my teeth healthy every two weeks or so, it is called "Oil Pulling". I swish my teeth once in two weeks with Olive oil (you could use any other oil - Sesame oil, Coconut oil, Black seed oil etc.) to detox my teeth.

The above post is my personal recommendation, if anybody is having dental problems they can try this without running to the dentist as a first solution. Believe me it worked really well for me.

Alhamdulillah.

Post by: Mashroor M.

What if I told you the increase in vehicle prices are due to these banks and leasing companies?

Let me start off with an example. I want to by a three-wheeler and I have 70,000 in cash. If the three-wheeler sold for 100,000 I would go to someone borrow some cash and would repay it back in a few months or so from the money I made out of the three-wheeler, that would be my maximum purchasing power. One time full repayment.

Now the leasing company pokes it's nose into it. It says, "Okay, you just pay me 50,000 and you can take your three-wheeler home and pay me 5000 each month for 12 months", by which the Leasing company makes 10000 by just doing nothing. By nothing I mean "Zero economic output"

Now there is this three-wheel salesman who is thinking, "Okay with the intervention of leasing company, his purchasing power has increased. So why don't we increase the price of the vehicle a little bit and see if the leasing company will pay for it".

Obviously, the leasing company pays for it. Because more money lent out means, more interest and more income for the leasing company.

There is another guy who thinks similar to the sales man, it is the government. Government sees a spike in the number of vehicles. Finance minister asks for himself, "If I increase the vehicle taxes, will people continue to import new vehicles?. Yes of course they will, because everybody has the back of the leasing company." So the government taxes the vehicles saying that there is an increasing number of vehicles on the road. It's a fucking lie in the first place. If they are just worried about so many fucking vehicles on the road, they'll improve public transportation such as trains.

You know, it is like they tax the cigarettes, "Oh, it's bad for your health. So we are going to make more money out of your rotting lungs". Let's get back to the leasing companies.

The fundamental problems lie in these insurance and leasing companies. Let me tell, that is why you have an increase in the cost of health care, that is why you have an increase in your cost of education, that is why you have an increase in your cost of vehicles.

Any business in the world has only a small margin of profit, except for some businesses. If they have a gross margin of more than 5%, it is really good. The money market in Sri Lanka is the only place where the margin is around 12%-15%. It's insane!

There is no economic output from the banks, they are just making money hand over fist. Farmers are the ones who put real economic outputs, importers & exporters are the ones with real economic output. Manufacturers are the ones with real economic output. Programmers and tech companies are the ones who have a real economic output. The banks are earning profits at the cost of these people.

What if I told you, this is inflation? Simply, interest is inflation.