Offensive smell from the mouth is a common complaint in the day to day medical practice. It mainly affects those who mingle with others very closely. Bad breath is noticed mainly by the friends & family members or sometimes person himself feel it and come to the doctor. Many bad breathers develop depression which forces them to be away from the society which in turn hampers their activities.

The protein in the food debris is degraded by the anaerobic bacteria present in the mouth. Offensive odor is produced due to release of some gases like hydrogen supplied, skate act due to bacterial activity. Formation of a thin sticky membrane on the tongue favors bacterial growth. Bacteria are also seen in the crypts of tonsils, dental caries, dental pockets act. Bad breath is associated with oral hygiene, caries, gingivitis, tonsillitis, tensile plaques, food habits, water intake, tobacco chewing, stomach and liver diseases and ect.

Homoeopathy is a system of medicine introduced by a German physician Dr Samuel Hahnemann. Homoeopathy treats the diseased individual as a whole rather than treating diseased parts or organs. The physical, mental, emotional, social spheres of a person are considered for a permanent cure. This system believes that the diseases are caused due to the derangement of vital force which is an invisible power in every individual. In a healthy state the vital force maintains the equilibrium of mind body and soul .During this man will have normal sensations and functions. When the vital force gets affected there will be external manifestations in the form of signs and symptoms. The imbalance in the body functions makes a shelter for foreign organisms (bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa ect) and allow them to proliferate &produce so called diseases. Homoeopathy believes that the real disease comes before the bacteria & viruses; hence the root cause of the disease has to be treated for a permanent cure. The antibacterial and antiviral agents only remove the secondary causes mentioned above.

Diseases are produced by noxious horrific agents called Miasmas which are dynamic influences which affect the vital force. There are mainly three miasmas PSORA, SYPHILIS&SYCOSIS. These three causes are accepted by other schools of medicine but called by different names. Spore causes functional disturbances, syphilis cause structural changes in the form of destructions and mycosis causes changes in the form of overgrowth. These three miasmas can act individually or in combined form producing different disease conditions.

To treat bad breath with homoeopathic medicine is easy if correct remedy in suitable dose is given. In the homoeopathic medical repertory by Dr Robin Murphy there are 140 homoeopathic drugs mentioned for bad breath. So just giving one drug for bad breath may not give good result. To come to a correct remedial diagnosis we should have the symptomatology of the person .It is the total symptoms of a person which includes mental generals, physical generals, particular symptoms ect. Bad breath is considered as a physical general symptom .Even though it comes only from a part of the body it affects the whole individual.

Symptoms related with appetite, thirst, bowels ect are included in physical generals.All signs and symptoms (mental & physical) of the person are taken in detail. Knowledge about past illness, family history of diseases, food & bowel habits, relation to climatic changes and constitution ect are noted down in a systematic order.