Road Test: Dr Tung’s Tongue Cleaner

A tongue cleaner? What fresh nonsense is this?

A tongue cleaner? What fresh nonsense is this? It’s actually a rather good idea: your tongue carries a lot of bacteria and debris that contribute to bad breath, after all.

Dr Tung’s Tongue Cleaner

How does it work? It’s a simple band of precurved stainless steel with rubber finger grips on each end. Place it on the tongue “as far back as is comfortable” (if you start making sounds like a cat coughing up a furball, stop) and gently slide it forward, scraping as you go.

Surely you could achieve the same result by, I dunno, licking some curtains, or the arm of a sofa? That’s true. But Dr Tung’s device is, of course, easily cleaned under a tap. Also, remind me never to have you over to my house again.

Anything else? Dr Tung (which is a US firm, and not, alas, a prime example of nominative determinism) claims it’ll even improve your sense of taste. Just not at the table, please.

$9.95, nourishedlife.com.au