How to cure a cut on your tongue

Wordfth are comming outth oth my tongue in stutthers todhay, as ifth I have a shortz tongue – Thankth to the blood clot at ze tipth ofth my tongue.

There’s nothing terrible when you accidentally bite your tongue whilst you’re chewing your food (or in my case, chewing and talking at the same time), but it is when the blood hasn’t stopped flowing after 2 minutes. I was happily joycefully gracefully devouring and savouring my panfried chicken on the bone when I noticed that the bone came out from my mouth bloodier and bloodier with every chomp. Haha.

After 20 mins and I had finished my meal, washed up and rinsed my mouth, and I could still taste the blood in my mouth. Checked in the mirror – I think I could pass off as a vampire who just finished his meal, less the fangs.

Asked magic mom for a remedy. She passed me half teaspoon of sugar to apply onto the wound. I was skeptical about its effectiveness but mom sounded confident. And so I applied sugar on the cut. After a couple of minutes, the blood clotted. Heh! 

But the cut was a rather deep one, for the clot formed a conspicuous lump at the tip of my tongue. My speech and mastication were affected as well.

Sugar/condensed milk to stop blood clot? What’s the science behind it?

So I googled and learnt that apparently, sugar forms a substance with saliva and causes a blockage, hence facilitating blood to clot. It is also believed that sugar promotes saliva secretion, and saliva boasts its own healing funtions. Sugar also has anti-bacterial properties (unbelievable!) which prevents infections. 

Home remedies from elder generations? Priceless and handy.

P/S: I remember when we were young, when we bit our tongue or our teeth fell out, mom would apply condensed milk. Miraculously, the blood would stop and we would be smiling soon after (happiness derived more from ingestion of sugar, I presume).