Chapped lips is a skin condition when it becomes dry, cracked and become sore. The skin becomes dry when the body cannot produce enough natural oil which protects the skin.
Common Symptoms:
- Skin Dryness
- Skin cracks
- Skin Sore & bleed
Common Causes:
- Too much Sun Exposure
- Dehydration
- Cold Wind
- Over use of strong soap
- Tight clothing that rubs the skin
- Yeast Infection
- Allergic Reaction
- Vitamin Deficiency
Home Remedies:
For External Skin Application. Natural oils that are high in antioxidants keeps the skin healthy.
- Beeswax
- Apply 100% Beeswax gently in the affected area. This is a very good remedy for Chapped lips as well.
- Olive Oil with Cedarwood oil
- Mix cold pressed olive oil with a drop if Cedarwood oil and apply in the affected area. Use mild natural soap (non chemical) to wash it after an hour
- Coconut Oil with Lavender
- Mix natural organic cold pressed coconut oil with a drop of Lavender oil and apply it on the skin before bed
- Honey and Lenon juice
- Mix unpasteurised honey with a few drops of lemon juice and apply it in the affected area. Wash it with mild natural soap (non chemical) after 30 minutes
- Humidify the air
- If the room is hot and dry, use humidifier or keep a bowl of water in an open container to moisturise the air
Natural food Supplements:
- Vitamin A
- Vitamin B Complex
- Vitamin C
- Omega 3
- Omega 6
- Nutritional yeast
Vitamin A rich food:
- Carrots
- Swiss Chard
- Spinach
- Bell Peppers
- Other Dark Green Leafy Vegetables
- Sweet Potato, cooked
- Winter Squash, cooked
- Turnip Greens, cooked
- Lettuce
- Dried Fruits
- Cantaloupe
- Mango
- Cantaloupe
- Red Grapefruit
- Papaya
- Milk
- Butter
- Regular Cheese
Vitamin B Complex rich food:
- Potato, with skin, cooked
- Sweet potato, with skin, cooked
- Carrot juice
- Balsam-pear/bitter gourd, bitter melon, cooked
- Banana
- Durian
- Prune juice
- Avocado
- Grain Products
- Wheat bran
- Cereal
- Oatmeal, instant, cooked
- Milk and Alternatives This food group contains very little of this nutrient.
- Legumes (dried beans, peas and lentils)
- Chickpeas/garbanzo beans, cooked
- Soybeans, mature, cooked
- Beans, pinto, cooked
- Lentils, cooked
- Nuts and Seeds
- Pistachios, without shell
- Sunflower seeds, without shell
Vitamin C rich food:
- Peppers
- Broccoli
- Cabbage
- Brussels sprouts
- Cauliflower
- Kale
- Potato
- Bok Choy
- Sweet potato
- Asparagus
- Turnip greens
- Tomato
- Guava
- Papaya
- Kiwifruit
- Orange
- Lychee
- Strawberries
- Pineapple
- Grapefruit
- Clementine
- Cantaloupe
- Mango
- Avocado
- Tangerine
- Grain Products
- Milk and Alternatives
NOTE: Natural Remedies are NOT a substitute for proper doctor’s diagnosis or medication. It may or may not have medicinal properties that treat or cure the disease or ailment in question.