William Shakespeare

Perceptive as ever 400 years ago, by recognising that as we age our ability to taste diminishes. As seen in this excerpt from The Seven Ages of Man poem:

Clearly Will had not heard that the simple act of tongue scraping can actually revive flagging taste perception - by rebooting our taste buds.

Also Henry IV part 2 would have turned out a little different with an AMANO at hand;

" And, most dear Actors, eat no onions or garlic. for we are to utter sweet breath ..."

George Washington 

George Washington owned a tongue ‘scraper’ which can be seen at Mount Vernon, Virginia.

Needless to say, we are more than happy to supply Heads of State, Prime Ministers and Presidents with a complimentary AMANO Tongue Cleanser.

Napoleon

Napoleon would brush his teeth carefully morning and night and "clean his tongue with a silver scraper" so his biographer maintains - but there are conflicting accounts (see below).

Perhaps if his teeth were as bad as General Bunbury claims - he would need a decent tongue scrape to diminish any consequential bad breath!

Wellcome Trust Teeth Exhibition (with permission) 

And this is the sort of ornate oral hygiene set Napoleon would have owned.

(Question: Why are so many Great Military Leaders tongue scraper practitioners? Julius Caesar was reputedly a keen tongue scraper as well).

Wellcome Trust Teeth Exhibition (with permission)

William Osler - 'The Father of Modern Medicine'

We simply love this next quote.

An AMANO Tongue Cleanser helps to manage so many health issues - beyond just oral care - we believe we are educating 'the masses' to "not take (as much) medicine"

An investment in an AMANO in not quite like a Philippe Patek watch (you know "you never own it ... you merely look after it for the next generation").

But we are proud to have many AMANO Owners of over 25 years standing now - who we hope will be able to pass their treasured AMANOs onto their next Generation. 

Pitt Rivers Museum - Oxford, England

19th and early 20th Century Chinese and Indian Tongue Cleansers (object number 4).

Note also the Frankincense breath freshener (object number 5).