Banyan Botanicals Daily Swish, Cinnamon / 236 Milliliters

Daily Swish, Cinnamon: an oil you swish and then do not swallow

Daily Swish is sesame oil, cinnamon, and a few other things, blended for a practice called oil pulling, which is exactly what it sounds like. You put it in your mouth, you swish it around for a while, and then you spit it out. No one swallows mouthwash either, and nobody questions that. This is the same idea, just older and oilier.

Banyan Botanicals makes this out of organic sesame oil infused with cinnamon and a handful of other Ayurvedic botanicals, because apparently cinnamon is not just for toast, it is also for your gums. The oil sits in your mouth, you move it around, your mouth does what mouths do when something is in them for ten minutes. It's a ritual. A slow one. You are not going to rush an oil pull. Try it and the oil just sits there, judging your impatience.

What it actually does

• Supports oral health and healthy gums as part of a daily routine
• Supports fresh breath, naturally, which is more than I can say for gas station mints
• Formulated with traditionally used Ayurvedic ingredients including organic sesame oil and cinnamon
• Supports the mouth's natural cleansing process, which sounds dramatic for something you spit in the sink
• Free of artificial flavors, because the cinnamon is already doing the heavy lifting

The instructions say swish for fifteen to twenty minutes. That is a long time to hold a liquid hostage in your face. You can't talk, you can't really do anything except stand there like you're guarding a secret. Most people do it while they shower or scroll through something, which is fine, the oil doesn't care what you're doing as long as you keep it moving.

This is part of a traditional Ayurvedic self-care routine, used as a daily habit rather than a quick fix, because nothing about holding oil in your mouth for twenty minutes qualifies as "quick." Spit it in the trash when you're done, not the sink, unless you enjoy plumbing surprises. Then rinse with warm water and go about your day with a mouth that smells like cinnamon instead of whatever it smelled like before, which, statistically, was probably coffee.

*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.