Thank you very much, I will look into what you've suggested and will be ingesting them as well as applying topically. I tried to treat just the gums (with Hydrogen Peroxide)and it does get better, but then it gets worse again !? Like for example I'll wake up in the morning and it feels like it's gone, and then sometime in the mid afternoon it is back again. I guess that's very 'viral-like'. I also tried oil pulling and am disappointed to report that nothings changed.