Green Health

How to Fight Chapped Lips: Natural Remedies to Stop the Burning and Pain

Chapped lips happen for many reasons including extreme exposure to the wind, sun and cold air, breathing with the mouth open, constant licking of lips, physical dehydration and contact with allergens in cosmetics like lipstick.  The symptoms can affect quality of life especially where eating food is concerned as chapped lips are often very sensitive to the touch.  Fortunately, there are many natural remedies to relieve the symptoms of chapped lips.  Of course, once you relieve the symptoms, you would have won the battle against the pain and the burning associated with very dry lips. Your lips are chapped because they are dry.  As such, it is imperative to keep them as hydrated as much as possible with the following methods: - Use cool saltwater compresses daily, preferably before you hit the sack, for about a week.  Just mix one teaspoon of rock salt to a pint of water, soak a washcloth in it and lay over your lips for about 15 minutes.  You should then lock in the moisture by applying a natural lip balm or petroleum jelly. - Apply either a vegetable oil like tea tree oil or the juice of an aloe vera on your lips.  Remember to dilute the ...

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The Top Ten Health Benefits of Turmeric

Turmeric is a distinctive yellow-orange spice used as flavoring for ethnic dishes like Indian curry.   Furthermore, research has shown that it is not just a spice for providing pizzazz to food but it also possesses health benefits.  And since it comes in powder form, it can easily be consumed either as supplements or as addition to cooked food. Curcuminoids, which are the active ingredients in turmeric, has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, thus, making them useful in both prevention and intervention.  Other properties that continue to be discovered include antiviral, antifungal, antiparasitic, antimutagen and anticancer. 1. Inflammation of the Joints Due to its anti-inflammatory properties, turmeric can significantly reduce the pain felt by rheumatoid arthritis patients.  Keep in mind that the pain can be attributed to the inflammation of the joints, the less inflammation, the less pain felt. 2. Flu Protection It must be emphasized that turmeric is not a cure-all substitute for flu shots and staying healthy in flu prevention.  However, it possesses antiviral properties helpful in protecting against numerous flu strains, thus, preventing its replication in the body. 3. Promotion of Cardiovascular Health A clinical study has shown that turmeric lessens cholesterol levels as potently as Clofibrate.  Other studies have pointed to turmeric's ability to lower ...

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Cryotherapy, Cautery or Organic Meds: Which Skin Tag Cure Is for You?

Skin tags are small, benign skin growths often found on the neck, underarms, under the breasts and groin areas as well as on the eyelids.  Generally speaking, these are not cause for concern especially when almost half of the population has them especially at the onset of middle age.  However, you may choose to have your skin tags removed for physical (avoid pain and irritation brought by friction) and cosmetic (not exactly pretty to see) reasons.  As such, you must look into medical and natural options. Medical Options It must be emphasized that only a qualified physician should provide the diagnosis for skin tags since many other skin disorders can mimic them.  Think warts, moles and malignant skin cancers, all of which require a different treatment approach.  Also, skin tags can be the visible signs of an underlying endocrine or hormonal syndrome like polycystic ovary syndrome. Your doctor will recommend either cryotherapy or cautery to remove your skin tags. - Cryotherapy means freezing the skin tags with liquid nitrogen, which will then fall off in a short time.  However, risks like cold blisters and skin discoloration are possible especially when the liquid nitrogen comes into contact with the unaffected skin.  It is not as ...

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Practical Natural Remedies to Help Fight Flu

Before the onset of the AH1N1 virus, or swine flu, influenza was not generally known as a life-threatening illness.  We often offhandedly dismiss it as just the flu and get on with our lives.  However, with the many serious complications, even death, that flu has on children, sick individuals and older people, our perceptions is slowly but surely changing. The statistics of flu deaths in the United States alone - 30,000 to 40,000 a year - is sufficient reason to adopt natural remedies against the influenza virus.  And did we mention that we also have the swine flu pandemic to contend with, thus, doubly emphasizing the need for preventive measures against it? Adopt a Healthier Lifestyle Flu is especially fatal for people who have weakened immune systems, be it man or woman, child or older person.  As such, it is absolutely necessary to strengthen your immune system particularly during the winter, which is also called flu season. General lifestyle recommendations include the following: - Get sufficient rest and relaxation as well as sleep.  Too much stress and too little sleep on a sustained basis weaken the immune system. - Wash your hands frequently and vigorously for 20-30 seconds at a time.  Flu can be inactivated by ...

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Health Hazards of Flea and Tick Products

Several studies throughout the years have indicated that there are several health hazards of flea and tick products that we use on our pets, in our homes, and around our homes.  In a number of instances, we purchase products that are sold in stores that we know and trust because we feel as if the products are safe.  We believe that when it comes to certain types of chemicals and substances that we purchase to control pests such as fleas and ticks that they are carefully monitored, regulated, and even approved by the Federal Government.  Unfortunately, this is a false assumption.  In this informative article, you will be introduced to the health hazards of flea and tick products. Annually, pet owners in the United States spend millions of dollars on products that are suppose to eliminate the pests of fleas and ticks on animals, in the home, and even in the structures and lawn that surrounds the home.  While the poisons are typically quite effective in eliminating the nuisance pests, it is believed that these products also subject the animal, the adults, and the children in the home to the ...

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