Some millionaires spend their money to get a new ferraris. Others buy yachts. At least one spends his time showing people how to brush your teeth with a twig. Now ask who really impresses me.
@@schlomoshekelstein908 Founder of Rebellion Developments to be precise. That surprised the hell out of me too when I found out. I played the fuck out of Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron when i was a kid.
@@elizabethdorchester5307 probably true, but we didn't buy our food at stores where everything on the freaking shelves has sugar or corn syrup in it!! It's hard to find things that don't have sugar. Drinking soda, everyday, I was told, contributes to most cavities.
It's awful how misrepresented the European Middle Ages are in cinema. Life was hard, people, especailly peasants, truly did die of disease and hunger , but this doesn't mean they dressed themselves in rags and ate mud for dinner like in a Monthy Python sketch. I love how this channel busts such myths with style and facts.
They had indeed quite colorful dresses and robes, albeit usually simple and made of very few pieces. Definitely not rags. Orange and yellow (surprisingly common), brown, some shades of green and blue were also common. Red was less common and velvet was pretty rare. And of course beige if you couldn't afford anything except simple linen clothes.
as a dentist, i can say that you are correct and spot on there. clove oil (eugenol) is still used today as local pain reliever for pulpitis, irritation of the pulp tissues (not for rotten pulp though, that need different treatment). in middle east, even today some people still use chewing sticks taken from salvadora persica twigs. and the salt-clove treatment is still being used by people in indonesia as some kind of gargling mouthwash.
@@ModernKnight That´s the beauty of honest content making, people that trust you will give you much more info about things they research, or work with.Basically, your quality of production works both ways, Congratz, keep doing what you love, your 100% good at it :D Greetings from Slovakia, a country you should once visit.
Going to a medieval tooth puller and having teeth yanked without anesthetic was the best possible motivation to improve dental hygiene. Unlike modern dentists medieval tooth pullers never had to remind anyone to brush their teeth.
Yep. I got dry socket after my wisdom teeth were pulled, and the packing they used was gauze soaked in clove oil. I recognized it immediately, and it took the pain away almost instantly!
Most people who put a question into the title of the video usually drag the answer out for at least 10 minutes. You gave us the answer in the first 10 seconds, and then explained in more detail. That's refreshingly respectful. No clickbait, no stalling, very informative and straight to the point.
This video is proof that nothing is ruined by him explaining it's nonsense right away, and then demonstrating. It didn't make me want to click away, it made me want to watch more because I know my time (as he addresses in the video) isn't being wasted.
Oh, a youtuber that doesn't take 15 minutes to half-answer the initial question. That's getting rare these days. :) Makes me want to watch the rest of the video. Edit: nice video too, btw. Thanks for doing this. :)
Oh!!! Don't tell him THAT! (I fully agree, but I NEED this vlog!!!) Quite apart from the fact I'm writing a novel set in 1400 and can find almost no (other) reliable information, I'm finding it fascinating how much of what I was taught was just plain...well...lies! Thank you, Sir (Modern) Knight! Your objective, life-tested information is precious. The world needs more critical thinking!
Netflix wouldn't allow it because he is a white man celebrating his cultures past. So because he makes no apologies for things he never did and because he likely wouldn't lie to the audience about the presence and influence of africans in medieval europe it would go against EVERYTHING netflix pushes these days.
My parents cleaned their teeth like this back in Haiti. They didn't use the types of twigs (discussed in this video), but rather used 'Congo peas leaves'.
@Kevin Pereira oh? Ok go drink sea water. Hey folks, that 3000 years of sailors practical knowledge is all bullshit, Kevin off RUclips said salt doesn't cause any problems.
Some people here in India still use these twigs. Mostly from the Indian Lilac ('Neem' tree, as we call it here). Before the west came up with synthetic toothpastes and these natural and healthier ways were deemed 'primitive', salt, cloves and these twigs were widely used. Then the adds started telling us how Colgate was the 'modern' choice and healthier. They instilled it in our minds that salt was bad for teeth. Now when the world is going somewhat towards the organic stuff again, we see new adds literally asking us, 'does your tootpaste have salt? No? Ours does!' Lol I have a lilac tree in my yard and I have started using it again as a supplement. And my teeth are healthier I feel. 'Primitive' works for me.
When I was young, my uncle from Senegal in Africa taught me how to brush my teeth with a twig, as he had done for most of his life. As an Aussie girl growing up in the 90's I thought it was a bit strange, but gave it a go. He had the most amazing white teeth I'd ever seen!
Modern products are made to keep you jumping between brands on promises of a solution they'll never give you, it would be bad business to help you out. Ever looked at the ingredients in mouthwash...caramel, sugar, fake sugar.
When I was young, my father preferred Dentosal, a commercial brand of saltbased toothpaste. I wasn't too fond of it (because I like mint). I know - from experience - that fluoride makes a difference (I let my now 11 year old use children's toothpaste for too long (because she does not like mint), and that resulted in a large cavity and strict orders from the dentist to use grownup's toothpaste instead. (Gah...bad mum angst.) And if it were not for the fluoride, I would gladly use cloves and salt (and mint oil) because modern toothpastes consist of all manner of junk. Does anyone know how to add fluoride in a safe way to salt and cloves?
Jason looks like Grima Wormtongue's vastly more attractive brother. The reason why Grima was such an angry evil person is because his brother got all the chicks.
Why you haven't got your own TV channel is beyond me. such interesting stuff and so much better than the gumph that is broadcasted on the Telly these days. Loving the channel and please keep posting!!!
I was just thinking the same thing. The absolute joke that is the History Channel ain't got CRAP on this guy. He's amazing. But the others are right, he is not doing this for the money quite obviously, and some rich asshat probably would try to tell him how to run his show. I do not watch much tv anymore because of this. Streaming services like netflix, and gems like this channel, are much better.
Trevor Collins He already has one. He has own private TV channel which is free to the public and each person can watch any episode at their leisure. Anyone can interact with him and him with anyone he chooses. It is commercial free or you can skip the commercial if they do come on. You just watched one of his episodes on his channel.
I'm subbed to a RUclipsr called Michaelcthulu who did exactly what you said. He managed to get 1 season on Historia but it was so scripted towards drama, (the guy makes big ass special swords for a living, usualy on his own), it really didnt feel the same... at all. I don't think he liked the experience himself, since there was no season 2.
The world wasn't wealthy in the 1930s ... I love knowing this about your mother, though. Makes me think I should ask my mom what they did, thanks for the thought.
My grandparents, in the 1930's, mixed baking soda and salt to make toothpaste. The baking soda cleans and whitens, the salt is the abrasive that scrubs the teeth. Not sure what the toothbrush was made of? The Depression was tough on many people.
@@gmaureen Yep, my mother used that, too. She let me experience it when I was a little kid. The taste was nasty for a kid used to a minty toothpaste. Lol.
@@ValeriePallaoro This one is a bit gross to think about but, my mother as a child also would have to use newspaper or a corn cob for.....well, wiping. They didn't always have "proper" paper. Can you imagine living nowadays the way they had to back then? Growing their own food.....plants as well as killing their meat. I remember she said as a child, she had to pick cotton for taking to market. It would make her fingers bleed because of the prickly stems. She was the youngest of six kids. I couldn't imagine trying to feed and clothe a family that size. My father's father never learned to read. They were a little better off than my mother but, not much. When I was a kid in the 70's, life seemed easier (even though we had no air conditioning....in Georgia) and we had more time for visiting extended family than now. Why is that?
@@FlymanMS people had plenty of dental problems but sugar made teeth worse. Tudors actually brushed their teeth with sugar. It's amazing to compare skulls from both times.
yea, no. The rich have always had access to sugar-based sweeteners. Honey has been with humanity for the entirety of civilization, and fruits, particularly citrus which is a 2-front assault on teeth due to high sugar and high acid. The rich never wanted for either of those. Radiology of pharoh mummies shows some had fatal levels of bone loss in the jaw, which almost certainly would have been from an abscessed tooth causing maddening pain and torturous death. And while the poor generally suffered toothloss due to insufficient diet during lean times, women in particular likely didn't have much fatal or even painful infectious dental problems because most of them probably lost significant amounts of teeth during each pregnancy and nursing. Only rivaled by Sailors in tooth loss. And you can't get cavities in teeth you no longer have. Hence the stereotype of the toothless whore.
Likely because he had the tools to pull teeth. I can imagine the people back then probably took dental hygiene very serious, knowing what fate awaits them when the teeth go bad.
I've actually implemented this into my dental hygiene. Clove, salt and little bit of coconut oil to bring it all together and make sort of a tooth paste. It leaves my breath smelling like clove for a long time and it actually started to whiten my teeth as well. So i guess...bey, bey, fluoride ridden toothpastes.
My Grandmother used Blackgum tree twigs. This was in the early 1960s. She taught me how to do this. Note: I do use an Oral B rotating electrical one today.
Liquorice root, turmeric, cloves, myrrh, sea salt and willow stems to ease toothache. All help keep the mouth/ teeth in good condition. All used in medieval times methinks.... thanks for the upload. X
n0xxm3rcyxx So they where basically brushing with a miswak?miswak is still very much used today and it has a lot of cleaning properties, my grandmother brushed her teeth with a miswak until last year since she passed, she had very white and good teeth for her age (82) almost no cavities and no caries, I always wondered what she was doing with that stick, but I can guarantee it actually works, I want to start using it too.
Though I am not muslim I use a so called miswak. A wooden chewing stick. It‘s more mediteranian wood with a lot of salt/ chrystals in his fibres. It‘s softer to your teeth flesh and whitens them naturally. So I can argue when people say medieval people (a period of 1000 years) had bad teeth. Also perfect for teeth care is licorice wood. In the netherlands it‘s candy. But here in germany it‘s often seen on medieval markets. Price is quite expensive but I already have some in my pocket from home.
@@fashionempress Because she assumed Optimus' comment was completely out of nowhere, when infact he was making a jab at their name. So yes, it is relevant. Idgaf what he said, it's just a bit of trolling.. Islam is not mentioned by word, but their username is Muslim Mystic... Muslims practice Islam... He says, "Islam is for kids." .... woooooo
@Cr4zy Rogue I'll have to use a tooth paste then and you should only use that not more than twice (early in the morning and before sleep). I use the twig throughout the day because it has herbal natural antiseptics in it and quickly freshens up your breath
God i love this channel. 10 out of 10 every time. No sponsor or product pushing or begs for likes and subscribers, just super interesting videos by a fantastic host.
@@m.maclellan7147 I didn't know that he was born in Aden! But no, I was there 67-70 so missed him by 5 years. My Dad worked for Airworks services as a contractor servicing the Yemen Air Force Strikemasters.
I've used baking soda and salt. I remember my grandmother, mother , and aunts had a small dish in the bathroom to dip toothbrush in. I tried a tooth powder, it was in a tin with a shaker top. Tasted strong too minty. Rinsing with warm salt water was too ' cure' a lot. Peace.
The raven looking masks the doctors wore during the plague were shaped like that so they could fill the nose with good smells and they though that would stop it. Fun fact
Very nice video! I saw in a documentary how general teeth-health got much worse in later centuries simply because sugar became available, while in medieval times people didn't really have access to it
People constantly whining and moaning about me watching other people play video games on RUclips... Well fine then i'll just watch some guy brush his teeth with a twig :D
@@Space.Ghost. i didnt say i was playing video games for hours on end only that i like to watch some People play games and I only do that from time to time to help me relax after a long day :)
During the time when we started to grow plants more corbohydrates were used in daily diets compared to before with hardly much of it which is why tooth decay became so relevant
My sister told me a story that hers professor told: when the professor visited villages to do some research around WWII, he also noted villagers teeth, and then they had good teeth, no cavities, just worn out. After some time after WWII, they started to have cavities, plague etc. What changed was that before, they ground their flour in stone mill, probably similar or same as in medieval time. The four was close to whole wheat, but sometimes had some sand in it from the stones, hence their teeth were more worn out. After WWII, the industrialisation of villages started, they got modern machines, and modern mill, so they not only produced flour of better quality, but pure white wheat. And probably got more sugar in their diet overall. So before sugar and white flour, the cavities were probably not as common as today, even with our modern tooth hygiene.
Oldest known recipe for toothbrush was from 4th century AD Egypt and included salt, mint, iris flower and pepper. I think they mostly used edible ingredients, though it's entirely possible somebody at some point tried charcoal.
Yes they did. Pretty sure there is a Ruth Goodman video out there somewhere about it. Or possibly one of the 'hidden killers of the ....... home' Susanna Lipscomb episodes.
we have arabs a very practical tooth brush from nature and it has a good smell too , called "miswak" . if you ever find yourself in the country side and can't toothbrush and toothpaste ,Miswak is your friend! google it
you should do an episode where you trace your family tree as far back as you can it would be cool to know if you diverge from a family of knights lords or whom it might be
I'm writing a story that takes place in a post-apocalyptic universe, where industry has long ceased to exist and the remaining humans are slowly getting used to more "natural" techniques to survive. This video is great inspiration on how I can imagine most of them avoiding having rotten teeth after two decades of no toothpastes and dentist appointments.
@@elizabethdorchester5307 Ummm... they didn't have any? Besides, what do Fisherman's Friend and cloves have to do with electric toothbrushes, let alone electricity? Humans didn't invent electricity in medieval times yet
Worldlove69 so your saying they just manualy used electric toothbrushes ? Must have been hard to market but the adverts were likely better back then . And maybe less of them in tv . Thats if they even had tv they prob only had black and white or if you go far enough just the radio
In my country I know some old people used to chew on betel leaf to (supposedly) maintain good gum and teeth the negatif is that the teeth turn red from the stains so it is really distinct to those who doing it, it is an old practice as I have been told and it is no longer a common sight, I saw some who still practice it but it was a really long time ago and probably died by now.
In my juvenille school days we mad (and sold amongst ourselves and classmates) clove and cinnamon oil flavored toothpicks, we soaked flat sided toothpicks in the oil and then gave and sold them in foil wrapped packs of 10....
My grandmother made toothbrushes from Blackgum trees. She would take the twigs pound the end into a brush. She used baking soda and clove instead of toothpaste.
Clove plus a bit of bicarbonate (baking soda) is a wonderful cleaner. I understood a lot of tooth loss came from poor diet. The mantra was “one Child. One tooth” as the growing fetus drew on the mother for the necessary calcium to form bones. This is the reason responsible doctors recommend vitamins during pregnancy even now.
The idea of using a twig as a toothbrush didn't end with the middle ages. In Islam, it is still traditional to use a _miswak_ - and it turns out that it may be more effective than a toothbrush.
But they did use lots of dairy products,especialy milk and cheese which lower oral pH to level at which bad bacteria thriwe and accumulate thus making cavities. And lets not forget use of commonly avaiable honey..
I quit fluoride toothpaste and started making toothpowder using pink salt and clove bud oil. It works amazingly well. Each time I brush feels like I just got back from the Dentist.
I’m glad you enjoyed that. My ex would sometimes stand in the bathroom door when I brushed my teeth and imitate me and make comments as if I was practicing BJ’s.
We all are feeling this crises.wiether we are locked down,or just waiting for a lock down to be ordered.your deffanatly not alone.be safe,and keep that head up.we will get through this.
Doubt they will , but.. you can make toothpaste with coconut oil, baking soda and a little sea salt. Add a drop or two of peppermint oil. Mix it up in a small jar, dip and brush. Voila
Today I learned how to make soap from ash, and brush my teeth with a twig. Bring on the apocalypse, I'm ready. EDIT: Accept my apologies for causing a worldwide pandemic with my comment.
You fergit pooh paper ter wype yore self. Unless you haf a plentiful supply of ragge. And perhaps a spade wherewith to scoop out a small dump pit, to set forthe a load, therein, and to backfill the spoil.
@@user_mac0153 He can use Butterbur [Petasites hybridus, syn.: P. officinalis, Tussilago hybrida] for this purpose. One of the methods they used back then. And as things are, this plant is also somewhat beneficial for Hemorrhoids.
@@Buford-kz7ky That stayed the same in most of Europe, I guess, for a long time. The rich remained tall, of course. When looking up dictator heights, they seem really short with their below 170cm, but that was around the avrage for men at the time. Stalin for example was 167.6cm (5f 6).
@@theblancmange1265 farmer was (and still is) a really rought job. It could mess up your growing really badly due to the amount of effort and the lack of food
My Punjabi grandfather lived to over 103 and still had his own near perfect teeth. He used twigs & bark from neem trees as a toothbrush, an ancient practise. Neem has antibacterial properties & is used in Ayurveda medicine & leaves are used in cooking- neem trees are still grown in villages all over India though modern toothbrushes & toothpaste have been adopted by the majority of people. Plus he told me chewing sticks of raw sugar cane kept his teeth white and strong and they grew all their own sugar, wheat etc for their needs.
@@mademoiselledusfonctionell1609 In Britain, we have so many plants with medicinal properties. I was never very good at learning all this, but from what little I remember, dock leaves are good for healing, nettle teas are good, and hazel itself is good too. I nearly wrote "Hazel is our neem," but I don't remember enough to be sure of that. :) We also have the tree from the bark of which aspirin was developed, but I can't remember which tree it is. The properties of these plants and many more are all chronicled in traditional British... I hesitate to say "folklore" because that sounds like it means "stories". Perhaps "cultural knowledge" would be better. It was all very separate from academia until relatively recently, and I think the toffs tried to suppress it for a few generations. Besides this, all wood is antibacterial if I understand right, but some are better for your health than others. Some kinds of wood are actually toxic, so you have to know which is which.
Nicky Chan - I’ve known about this for years, not being fond of the flouride added, I used soda. Learned about the “twig” brush as a young’un. Comes in handy should you get lost in the woods. : )
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Some millionaires spend their money to get a new ferraris. Others buy yachts. At least one spends his time showing people how to brush your teeth with a twig. Now ask who really impresses me.
he's a millionaire?edit:wtf he's a game developer...
@@schlomoshekelstein908 Founder of Rebellion Developments to be precise. That surprised the hell out of me too when I found out. I played the fuck out of Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron when i was a kid.
@@damncritics im surprised they don't make all medieval games only a few I have noted
Wait... are you serious? Now that's a surprise. O.o
@@evn2787 this guy must lead a sequel of kingdom come hahaha
10pm: "I should probably go to bed.."
3am: "Here's how medieval people brushed their teeth"
This is basically all my evenings
What happened between 10pm and 3am?
@@Treiunrey RUclips on mobile
Yep me
😅 happens just like that to the best of us so.. no worries!
Of course they had fewer cavities. Sugar cane wasn't a commercial crop yet.
lordblazer not true though . Sugar has been around since way before that. Years ago they brushed the teeth with battery powerd sticks
@@elizabethdorchester5307 probably true, but we didn't buy our food at stores where everything on the freaking shelves has sugar or corn syrup in it!! It's hard to find things that don't have sugar.
Drinking soda, everyday, I was told, contributes to most cavities.
@@elizabethdorchester5307 Sugar was around, but there weren't as many sugar based food due to the lack of industrialization
Off topic salt is way more abundant good luck keeping salt levels low
@@aliceakosota797 ikr?
It's awful how misrepresented the European Middle Ages are in cinema. Life was hard, people, especailly peasants, truly did die of disease and hunger , but this doesn't mean they dressed themselves in rags and ate mud for dinner like in a Monthy Python sketch. I love how this channel busts such myths with style and facts.
Yeah, a lot of morons seem to think along those lines, and don’t realize Monty Python was satirizing that exact conception of the middle ages
And what makes it sad, is everyone takes these ideas made up in Hollywood. As if it's a solid fact.
They had indeed quite colorful dresses and robes, albeit usually simple and made of very few pieces. Definitely not rags.
Orange and yellow (surprisingly common), brown, some shades of green and blue were also common. Red was less common and velvet was pretty rare. And of course beige if you couldn't afford anything except simple linen clothes.
There is an agenda to paint the Christian past as dark, uneducated etc. If you dig a bit deeper you will see why and who.
@@k_alex , Exactly.
as a dentist, i can say that you are correct and spot on there. clove oil (eugenol) is still used today as local pain reliever for pulpitis, irritation of the pulp tissues (not for rotten pulp though, that need different treatment). in middle east, even today some people still use chewing sticks taken from salvadora persica twigs. and the salt-clove treatment is still being used by people in indonesia as some kind of gargling mouthwash.
Thanks for the expert information. Every time I do one of these videos I find out much more afterwards, especially from the comments.
@@ModernKnight That´s the beauty of honest content making, people that trust you will give you much more info about things they research, or work with.Basically, your quality of production works both ways, Congratz, keep doing what you love, your 100% good at it :D Greetings from Slovakia, a country you should once visit.
Modern History TV Yes, you can buy those twigs commercially; they’re called “miswaak”. There are also toothpastes with miswaak extract.
Going to a medieval tooth puller and having teeth yanked without anesthetic was the best possible motivation to improve dental hygiene. Unlike modern dentists medieval tooth pullers never had to remind anyone to brush their teeth.
Yep. I got dry socket after my wisdom teeth were pulled, and the packing they used was gauze soaked in clove oil. I recognized it immediately, and it took the pain away almost instantly!
Most people who put a question into the title of the video usually drag the answer out for at least 10 minutes.
You gave us the answer in the first 10 seconds, and then explained in more detail.
That's refreshingly respectful. No clickbait, no stalling, very informative and straight to the point.
Agreed! I often stop watching videos because 1 minute into the video, they haven't even addressed the question that was in the title.
@@englishinba The best is, when that 10 minute video ends with "So is it true? Well, we don't know actually..." XD
Very true.
Daily dose of internet does that as well. He always starts with what was in the title.
This video is proof that nothing is ruined by him explaining it's nonsense right away, and then demonstrating. It didn't make me want to click away, it made me want to watch more because I know my time (as he addresses in the video) isn't being wasted.
Oh, a youtuber that doesn't take 15 minutes to half-answer the initial question. That's getting rare these days. :) Makes me want to watch the rest of the video.
Edit: nice video too, btw. Thanks for doing this. :)
So true! They also think they are movie producers with extra long stupid intros 😃
As long it's not over 10 minutes long you know you can trust it
@@StrawberryKitten Judging from the resolution of some videos I would be inclined to think so.
Or half-answer before randomly plugging some website you likely don't care about.
Much appreciated
The internet doesn't deserve you and the quality content you provide.
Oh!!! Don't tell him THAT! (I fully agree, but I NEED this vlog!!!) Quite apart from the fact I'm writing a novel set in 1400 and can find almost no (other) reliable information, I'm finding it fascinating how much of what I was taught was just plain...well...lies! Thank you, Sir (Modern) Knight! Your objective, life-tested information is precious. The world needs more critical thinking!
@@deb7986 Good luck with your novel!
@@deb7986 Good luck with you novel, from Slovakia :)
The internet needs him.
@@deb7986 How about do some book-research rather than just RUclips? Where do you think he got his info (well, at least hopefully)?
Why the hell don't you have a full series on netflix ? You godamn deserve it sir.
Netflix doesn’t deserve him.
I think he has a day job. This is a hobby, that we all get to appreciated.
Netflix wouldn't allow it because he is a white man celebrating his cultures past. So because he makes no apologies for things he never did and because he likely wouldn't lie to the audience about the presence and influence of africans in medieval europe it would go against EVERYTHING netflix pushes these days.
He's ceo of Rebelion.
The company that produced the 'Sniper elite' game franchise.
probably because they'd make him lie about too much stuff.
My parents cleaned their teeth like this back in Haiti.
They didn't use the types of twigs (discussed in this video), but rather used 'Congo peas leaves'.
Cool to know
Very interesting... Old people here used coal to clean teeths
Thank you for sharing friend
@Anti Ahmadiya They used mint with it I suppose
You just transported me to Haiti. Love it!
Thx. I'm now one sep closer to becoming a hermit.
LOL
@DonkeyLips McGee I might think of joining your kingdom if you make me an executioner who lives ALONE, like a normal hermit. lol
And being a Hermit is bad, how?
I like your septic pun.
Salt kills bacteria which causes a lot of dental problems, our ancestors were very wise.
Thanks Jason for another wonderful video, cheers!
Salt also causes a lot of health issues when consumed in large quantaties.
@@FlymanMS And surprisingly even bigger health issue when not consummed at all.
@Kevin Pereira Uh... yes it does. Anything consumed in high quantities is harmful. Even drinking too much water can kill you.
Michael Henry except would the average person even consume enough salt to cause problems?
@Kevin Pereira oh? Ok go drink sea water. Hey folks, that 3000 years of sailors practical knowledge is all bullshit, Kevin off RUclips said salt doesn't cause any problems.
Some people here in India still use these twigs. Mostly from the Indian Lilac ('Neem' tree, as we call it here).
Before the west came up with synthetic toothpastes and these natural and healthier ways were deemed 'primitive', salt, cloves and these twigs were widely used. Then the adds started telling us how Colgate was the 'modern' choice and healthier. They instilled it in our minds that salt was bad for teeth.
Now when the world is going somewhat towards the organic stuff again, we see new adds literally asking us, 'does your tootpaste have salt? No? Ours does!' Lol
I have a lilac tree in my yard and I have started using it again as a supplement. And my teeth are healthier I feel. 'Primitive' works for me.
When I was young, my uncle from Senegal in Africa taught me how to brush my teeth with a twig, as he had done for most of his life. As an Aussie girl growing up in the 90's I thought it was a bit strange, but gave it a go. He had the most amazing white teeth I'd ever seen!
ravenXmetal Thank you for your comments
@l s I seriously wish more people understood this.
Modern products are made to keep you jumping between brands on promises of a solution they'll never give you, it would be bad business to help you out. Ever looked at the ingredients in mouthwash...caramel, sugar, fake sugar.
When I was young, my father preferred Dentosal,
a commercial brand of saltbased toothpaste.
I wasn't too fond of it (because I like mint).
I know - from experience - that fluoride makes a difference
(I let my now 11 year old use children's toothpaste for too long
(because she does not like mint), and that resulted in a large cavity
and strict orders from the dentist to use grownup's toothpaste instead.
(Gah...bad mum angst.)
And if it were not for the fluoride, I would gladly use cloves and salt
(and mint oil) because modern toothpastes consist of all manner of junk.
Does anyone know how to add fluoride in a safe way to salt and cloves?
Jason looks like Grima Wormtongue's vastly more attractive brother. The reason why Grima was such an angry evil person is because his brother got all the chicks.
He reminds me of Denethor too!!
He would have smashed eowyn
BEGONE
Grima played Doc in Deadwood
@@israelthacker8568 Huh, really?
Dentists all over watching this are having a panic attack
Why you haven't got your own TV channel is beyond me. such interesting stuff and so much better than the gumph that is broadcasted on the Telly these days. Loving the channel and please keep posting!!!
He is not in it for the money, he’s well off enthusiast who just wants to share his passion for history with others.
I was just thinking the same thing. The absolute joke that is the History Channel ain't got CRAP on this guy. He's amazing. But the others are right, he is not doing this for the money quite obviously, and some rich asshat probably would try to tell him how to run his show. I do not watch much tv anymore because of this. Streaming services like netflix, and gems like this channel, are much better.
Trevor Collins He already has one. He has own private TV channel which is free to the public and each person can watch any episode at their leisure. Anyone can interact with him and him with anyone he chooses. It is commercial free or you can skip the commercial if they do come on. You just watched one of his episodes on his channel.
I'm subbed to a RUclipsr called Michaelcthulu who did exactly what you said. He managed to get 1 season on Historia but it was so scripted towards drama, (the guy makes big ass special swords for a living, usualy on his own), it really didnt feel the same... at all. I don't think he liked the experience himself, since there was no season 2.
It wasn't just in medieval times. My mother used sweet gum twigs when she was a child during the 1930's and maybe 1940's.
They were not wealthy.
The world wasn't wealthy in the 1930s ... I love knowing this about your mother, though. Makes me think I should ask my mom what they did, thanks for the thought.
My grandparents, in the 1930's, mixed baking soda and salt to make toothpaste. The baking soda cleans and whitens, the salt is the abrasive that scrubs the teeth. Not sure what the toothbrush was made of? The Depression was tough on many people.
@@gmaureen
Yep, my mother used that, too. She let me experience it when I was a little kid. The taste was nasty for a kid used to a minty toothpaste. Lol.
@@ValeriePallaoro
This one is a bit gross to think about but, my mother as a child also would have to use newspaper or a corn cob for.....well, wiping. They didn't always have "proper" paper.
Can you imagine living nowadays the way they had to back then? Growing their own food.....plants as well as killing their meat. I remember she said as a child, she had to pick cotton for taking to market. It would make her fingers bleed because of the prickly stems. She was the youngest of six kids. I couldn't imagine trying to feed and clothe a family that size.
My father's father never learned to read. They were a little better off than my mother but, not much.
When I was a kid in the 70's, life seemed easier (even though we had no air conditioning....in Georgia) and we had more time for visiting extended family than now. Why is that?
Wasn't until sugar became cheap that teeth went bad.
Yeah, no one had any dental problems before modern dental techniques and equipment were intvented and introduced.
@@FlymanMS people had plenty of dental problems but sugar made teeth worse. Tudors actually brushed their teeth with sugar. It's amazing to compare skulls from both times.
Bildgesmythe
Tudor-era nobility had horrid teeth from the sugar banquets that were so fashionable.
yea, no. The rich have always had access to sugar-based sweeteners. Honey has been with humanity for the entirety of civilization, and fruits, particularly citrus which is a 2-front assault on teeth due to high sugar and high acid. The rich never wanted for either of those. Radiology of pharoh mummies shows some had fatal levels of bone loss in the jaw, which almost certainly would have been from an abscessed tooth causing maddening pain and torturous death. And while the poor generally suffered toothloss due to insufficient diet during lean times, women in particular likely didn't have much fatal or even painful infectious dental problems because most of them probably lost significant amounts of teeth during each pregnancy and nursing. Only rivaled by Sailors in tooth loss. And you can't get cavities in teeth you no longer have. Hence the stereotype of the toothless whore.
@@ragnkja Yes, indeed. The ability to purchase sugar in abundance was a symbol of high status. Elizabeth I had black teeth from eating so much sugar.
here in Norway, the dentist was the blacksmith :D
or the barber
Likely because he had the tools to pull teeth.
I can imagine the people back then probably took dental hygiene very serious, knowing what fate awaits them when the teeth go bad.
Aaargh! 😫☹🇬🇧
Bummer!
Man that's legit survival advice. makeshift toothbrush AND toothpaste in case you don't have them
I've actually implemented this into my dental hygiene. Clove, salt and little bit of coconut oil to bring it all together and make sort of a tooth paste. It leaves my breath smelling like clove for a long time and it actually started to whiten my teeth as well.
So i guess...bey, bey, fluoride ridden toothpastes.
My Grandmother used Blackgum tree twigs. This was in the early 1960s. She taught me how to do this. Note: I do use an Oral B rotating electrical one today.
Liquorice root, turmeric, cloves, myrrh, sea salt and willow stems to ease toothache. All help keep the mouth/ teeth in good condition. All used in medieval times methinks.... thanks for the upload. X
This channel is pure gold.
Me: "Oh a twig, they used a twig... hmmm okay. *uses twig*
Poison oak: "Am I a joke to you."
"am I an oak to you?"
@@SlushIcy I see what u did there. ;)
Yeah, that would be my luck, too.
n0xxm3rcyxx So they where basically brushing with a miswak?miswak is still very much used today and it has a lot of cleaning properties, my grandmother brushed her teeth with a miswak until last year since she passed, she had very white and good teeth for her age (82) almost no cavities and no caries, I always wondered what she was doing with that stick, but I can guarantee it actually works, I want to start using it too.
Hahaha reminds of bad luck Brian
Legendary, as always. Ive been a casual viewer for a couple of years now keep up the great work
Much appreciated!
Love these videos!! Inspires the imagination. I can only imagine what life was like back then. Thank you for real content.
Though I am not muslim I use a so called miswak. A wooden chewing stick.
It‘s more mediteranian wood with a lot of salt/ chrystals in his fibres. It‘s softer to your teeth flesh and whitens them naturally.
So I can argue when people say medieval people (a period of 1000 years) had bad teeth.
Also perfect for teeth care is licorice wood. In the netherlands it‘s candy. But here in germany it‘s often seen on medieval markets. Price is quite expensive but I already have some in my pocket from home.
This channel is helping me so much in a project I'm doing.
In the middle east they call that a Miswak. I still use the twig during the day after using the tooth brush in the morning
Optimus27 funny how she said the middle east, not even the word islam was mentioned but okay🥰
@@lulwaal-thani63 Their name is Muslim Mystic.. are you daft?
Th3 Kool Aid Man why does it matter what their username is? We’re all here to share information and learn about toothbrushing
@@fashionempress Because she assumed Optimus' comment was completely out of nowhere, when infact he was making a jab at their name.
So yes, it is relevant. Idgaf what he said, it's just a bit of trolling.. Islam is not mentioned by word, but their username is Muslim Mystic... Muslims practice Islam... He says, "Islam is for kids." .... woooooo
@Cr4zy Rogue I'll have to use a tooth paste then and you should only use that not more than twice (early in the morning and before sleep). I use the twig throughout the day because it has herbal natural antiseptics in it and quickly freshens up your breath
Love this channel. Makes a fairly mundane topic really interesting. Great video :)
really glad we get to hear the efficiency of the twig brush lmao
God i love this channel. 10 out of 10 every time. No sponsor or product pushing or begs for likes and subscribers, just super interesting videos by a fantastic host.
I spent some of my childhood in Aden (Yemen) in the '60s and I saw the locals using this crushed twig technique many times.
You & Eddie Izzard ? ;)
@@m.maclellan7147 I didn't know that he was born in Aden! But no, I was there 67-70 so missed him by 5 years. My Dad worked for Airworks services as a contractor servicing the Yemen Air Force Strikemasters.
This guy is just aweome in every way. New favorite channel!
Already *knew* the answer, I just enjoy listening to Jason explain it and watching the practical demonstrations.
Let's face it: Jason is preparing to time travel
I've used baking soda and salt. I remember my grandmother, mother , and aunts had a small dish in the bathroom to dip toothbrush in. I tried a tooth powder, it was in a tin with a shaker top. Tasted strong too minty. Rinsing with warm salt water was too ' cure' a lot. Peace.
When I was in England (a "couple" of years back), I bought tooth powder.
Like in a normal shop - nothing you had to look hard for.
Learning little things like this makes our ancestors feel not so different from ourselves. It's kinda comforting.
The raven looking masks the doctors wore during the plague were shaped like that so they could fill the nose with good smells and they though that would stop it. Fun fact
Very nice video!
I saw in a documentary how general teeth-health got much worse in later centuries simply because sugar became available, while in medieval times people didn't really have access to it
People constantly whining and moaning about me watching other people play video games on RUclips...
Well fine then i'll just watch some guy brush his teeth with a twig :D
You would be amazed all the real skills you could learn if you didn't play video games for hours on end with nothing tangible to show for it.
@@Space.Ghost. **says this while he watches TV for hours and hours on end**
@@Space.Ghost. i didnt say i was playing video games for hours on end only that i like to watch some People play games and I only do that from time to time to help me relax after a long day :)
When ppl tell me that i just say " well you eanna buy the game for me then?" That usually shuts them up
@@Space.Ghost. so u just spend all ur time doing usefull thinks?
Twigs from guava, mango or Neem tree, has been used for thousands of years in India for brushing your teeth.
During the time when we started to grow plants more corbohydrates were used in daily diets compared to before with hardly much of it which is why tooth decay became so relevant
Agree with a comment below.
Not clickbaity and doesn't drag the video out with padding.
As always. Great video.
My sister told me a story that hers professor told: when the professor visited villages to do some research around WWII, he also noted villagers teeth, and then they had good teeth, no cavities, just worn out. After some time after WWII, they started to have cavities, plague etc. What changed was that before, they ground their flour in stone mill, probably similar or same as in medieval time. The four was close to whole wheat, but sometimes had some sand in it from the stones, hence their teeth were more worn out. After WWII, the industrialisation of villages started, they got modern machines, and modern mill, so they not only produced flour of better quality, but pure white wheat. And probably got more sugar in their diet overall. So before sugar and white flour, the cavities were probably not as common as today, even with our modern tooth hygiene.
A hibiscus twig similarly chewed made a toothbrush known as a "datwan" in Trinidad a few decades ago.
Dattun came originally from South Asia, people still use it in some places there today :)
Wow, this is strangely soothing. A British lad amidst a serene bushland talking about an interesting subject. Almost an ASMD.
7:40 Tooth pullers also moonlighted as interrogation truth extractors.
Alex Jones would like this, No Flouride! 😁
Jim jones would dissaprove...
No gay frogs! 🐸
Nope just Aspertine
Isnt salt a flouride?
Did medieval people had bad teeth or bad breath?
No.
Answered in 20secs. Then proceeds to explain why. Need more videos like this.
When he crush salt and clove subtitles says [music] XD
Great vid, asl always. I'm going to use this with my ESL students.
Cloves have also antiseptic properties. I still use cloves for my mouth rinse, never had a single cavity!
I could listen to this dude talk all day lol
It's not even quarantine time any more. But yeah. 2am. I'm here.
They also didn't eat half as much sugar back then
When I was a kid we used to chew liquorice root (I had a toothbrush too...)
I'm adoring these videos. Thank you!
Glad you like them!
Interesting video, im wondering if they ever used charcoal as an early form of toothpaste (it is also mildly abrasive)
Oldest known recipe for toothbrush was from 4th century AD Egypt and included salt, mint, iris flower and pepper. I think they mostly used edible ingredients, though it's entirely possible somebody at some point tried charcoal.
yajurka good knowledge 👍🏻
Yes they did. Pretty sure there is a Ruth Goodman video out there somewhere about it. Or possibly one of the 'hidden killers of the ....... home' Susanna Lipscomb episodes.
Oooh, and brick dust too.
Dee S
Peter Ginn uses charcoal-based tooth powder in an episode of _Edwardian Farm._
The looking at the clove with subtle hatred 🤣
we have arabs a very practical tooth brush from nature and it has a good smell too , called "miswak" .
if you ever find yourself in the country side and can't toothbrush and toothpaste ,Miswak is your friend! google it
you should do an episode where you trace your family tree as far back as you can it would be cool to know if you diverge from a family of knights lords or whom it might be
Vegans and people obsessed with 0 Waste could try this now.
The more you go back into the past the more connected to nature you are
And the more connected to nature you are the better your life will be
I'm writing a story that takes place in a post-apocalyptic universe, where industry has long ceased to exist and the remaining humans are slowly getting used to more "natural" techniques to survive. This video is great inspiration on how I can imagine most of them avoiding having rotten teeth after two decades of no toothpastes and dentist appointments.
Huzzah! Another upload! 😀
Ah, Cloves. Nature's own Fisherman's Friend
Worldlove69 how did they charge the electric tooth brush back then ?
@@elizabethdorchester5307 Lightning lol
@@elizabethdorchester5307 Ummm... they didn't have any? Besides, what do Fisherman's Friend and cloves have to do with electric toothbrushes, let alone electricity? Humans didn't invent electricity in medieval times yet
Worldlove69 so your saying they just manualy used electric toothbrushes ? Must have been hard to market but the adverts were likely better back then . And maybe less of them in tv . Thats if they even had tv they prob only had black and white or if you go far enough just the radio
Uglarinn Frost never be allowed with health and safety these days
This is some actual wholesome content.
In my country I know some old people used to chew on betel leaf to (supposedly) maintain good gum and teeth the negatif is that the teeth turn red from the stains so it is really distinct to those who doing it, it is an old practice as I have been told and it is no longer a common sight, I saw some who still practice it but it was a really long time ago and probably died by now.
Always fascinating to learn about this time period, thank you for your efforts
It's quite interesting your channel. No pun intended but a breath of fresh air.
lol, thanks!
In my juvenille school days we mad (and sold amongst ourselves and classmates) clove and cinnamon oil flavored toothpicks, we soaked flat sided toothpicks in the oil and then gave and sold them in foil wrapped packs of 10....
My grandmother made toothbrushes from Blackgum trees. She would take the twigs pound the end into a brush. She used baking soda and clove instead of toothpaste.
I just spent 8 minutes watching a guy brushing his teeth with a twig and yet I couldn’t tune out.
My life as I once knew it is officially at an end.
Wow! Mu grandmother always said to me chew a clove to get rid of bad breath. Guess this is worlwide. We are from Brazil btw.
Watching this back to back with Townsends really shows how much everything changed after Columbus.
Clove plus a bit of bicarbonate (baking soda) is a wonderful cleaner. I understood a lot of tooth loss came from poor diet. The mantra was “one Child. One tooth” as the growing fetus drew on the mother for the necessary calcium to form bones. This is the reason responsible doctors recommend vitamins during pregnancy even now.
I think the lack of sugar in the diet is a more important factor, compared to allegedly impeccable oral hygience.
This is still common practice in West Africa today. People use modern toothbrushes as well though.
The idea of using a twig as a toothbrush didn't end with the middle ages.
In Islam, it is still traditional to use a _miswak_ - and it turns out that it may be more effective than a toothbrush.
This video was the reason I remembered cloves so well in my Pharmacognosy class in college this year.
lol.... "it's completely what you'd expect... it's salty and ... clovey..."
this is the ASMR i did not know i needed
And if compared to us, they didn't use sugar almost at all.
But they did use lots of dairy products,especialy milk and cheese which lower oral pH to level at which bad bacteria thriwe and accumulate thus making cavities. And lets not forget use of commonly avaiable honey..
My mother grew up during the depression they lost everything. So they used willow twigs the same way to brush their teeth they also used a wash rag.
Very entertaining yet very informative!
I would love to see a clip *HOW DID THEY CUT THEIR NAILS in Medieval times*
I quit fluoride toothpaste and started making toothpowder using pink salt and clove bud oil. It works amazingly well. Each time I brush feels like I just got back from the Dentist.
I just spent 8 minutes watching a man brush his teeth with a twig. Liked. Subbed. Commented.
What a time to be alive🤟
Wait till you see him wield a sword. Hankies are dropping everywhere ...
I’m glad you enjoyed that. My ex would sometimes stand in the bathroom door when I brushed my teeth and imitate me and make comments as if I was practicing BJ’s.
Legand
I replied to your commented.
Day 3 of quarantine: I'm learning how to brush my teeth with a twig in preperation if stores run out of toothpastes
Good lad.
@ZapNinja Nice
We all are feeling this crises.wiether we are locked down,or just waiting for a lock down to be ordered.your deffanatly not alone.be safe,and keep that head up.we will get through this.
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Doubt they will , but.. you can make toothpaste with coconut oil, baking soda and a little sea salt. Add a drop or two of peppermint oil. Mix it up in a small jar, dip and brush. Voila
Today I learned how to make soap from ash, and brush my teeth with a twig. Bring on the apocalypse, I'm ready.
EDIT: Accept my apologies for causing a worldwide pandemic with my comment.
You fergit pooh paper ter wype yore self. Unless you haf a plentiful supply of ragge. And perhaps a spade wherewith to scoop out a small dump pit, to set forthe a load, therein, and to backfill the spoil.
@@user_mac0153 He can use Butterbur [Petasites hybridus, syn.: P. officinalis, Tussilago hybrida] for this purpose. One of the methods they used back then. And as things are, this plant is also somewhat beneficial for Hemorrhoids.
user_mac01 crikey your spelling is really bad...🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂✌🏻🇬🇧
at least ready for Dating after the apocalypse.
@@scarletpimpernelagain9124 He's actually using old English, I believe, on purpose... considering the context of the channel we're on.
This is exactly the quality content I'm looking for in youtube. Subscribed
The hunt for good content is never over
Welcome back to today's episode of "why is this in my recommended."
Also, good job with your video
because... of RUclips algorithm (which is clearing doing a good job) :P
if its none of my business just dont answer. what do you use to watch here?
100 skallagrim videos later
I was in the market for an electric toothbrush a few weeks ago. I think I'll stick with my Oral-B Pro 500.
@@iuri4086 what do you mean?
Parents when I was a child: don't chew your toothbrush
Parents of medieval child: chew your tooth-twig
Don't lick the tooth powder!
why would you chew your toothbrush in the first place
@@feijo6519 Because it's in your mouth and you are a small child.
I laughed way too hard at that lol
lol
tooth twig
Could you make a similar video about medieval people's height and life expectancy?
I know a bit. Nomadic hungarians were 175cm avrage (men). After settling down (becoming farmers) it decreased 5-10cm.
The Blancmange Wow that’s only like 5’6”
@@Buford-kz7ky That stayed the same in most of Europe, I guess, for a long time. The rich remained tall, of course. When looking up dictator heights, they seem really short with their below 170cm, but that was around the avrage for men at the time. Stalin for example was 167.6cm (5f 6).
@@theblancmange1265 farmer was (and still is) a really rought job. It could mess up your growing really badly due to the amount of effort and the lack of food
@@Sir_Bucket I think it's the lacking diet. I haven't heard about the work itself messing with growth.
What...?? A RUclipsr that gets directly to the point? *Instant Sub*
Ayush Kumar without any annoying music in the background also
Let me just spend five minutes explaining why I wanted to make this video!
hahaha indeed it is really rare
My only regret is that i can't sub more than one time to this channel, this man is living the dream!
Well, of course! He's British!
Question, answered straight away. 10/10 no hiding it in a 20 minute video full of ads.
That's a rather no nonsense channel.
this guy has enough money, so no ads needed xD
based
Not that this is television, but this is what all british television is like. Answer comes straight away but interesting enough to continue watching
Tom Sturgeon all British tele isn’t interesting and straight to the point ahaha
My Punjabi grandfather lived to over 103 and still had his own near perfect teeth. He used twigs & bark from neem trees as a toothbrush, an ancient practise. Neem has antibacterial properties & is used in Ayurveda medicine & leaves are used in cooking- neem trees are still grown in villages all over India though modern toothbrushes & toothpaste have been adopted by the majority of people.
Plus he told me chewing sticks of raw sugar cane kept his teeth white and strong and they grew all their own sugar, wheat etc for their needs.
Lucky people living where there are neem trees.
Dentists had to travel around for a reason
@@mademoiselledusfonctionell1609 In Britain, we have so many plants with medicinal properties. I was never very good at learning all this, but from what little I remember, dock leaves are good for healing, nettle teas are good, and hazel itself is good too. I nearly wrote "Hazel is our neem," but I don't remember enough to be sure of that. :) We also have the tree from the bark of which aspirin was developed, but I can't remember which tree it is. The properties of these plants and many more are all chronicled in traditional British... I hesitate to say "folklore" because that sounds like it means "stories". Perhaps "cultural knowledge" would be better. It was all very separate from academia until relatively recently, and I think the toffs tried to suppress it for a few generations.
Besides this, all wood is antibacterial if I understand right, but some are better for your health than others. Some kinds of wood are actually toxic, so you have to know which is which.
Did we just spend 8 minutes watching a man use a twig as a toothbrush.
Yes. Yes we did.
And did we enjoy watching a man use a twig as a toothbrush.
Yes.Yes we did.
AND IT WAS GLORIOUS
Why its normal people use it in Africa
Nicky Chan - I’ve known about this for years, not being fond of the flouride added, I used soda. Learned about the “twig” brush as a young’un. Comes in handy should you get lost in the woods. : )
anything for history