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What are the different home remedies for Cracked, chapped and dry lips?

What are Chapped lips?
• Chapped lips are a condition where the lips become dry and cracked.
• It may be caused by the evaporation of moisture.
• The lips become dry when the layer of oil that is naturally produced by the body to coat the lips is removed.

Symptoms for chapped lips
• Lips being dry
• Burning
• Red and swollen
• Small cracks
• Peeling of the skin on the lips
• Large cracks
• Pain or bleeding cracks

Causes for chapped lips
• Deficiency of vitamins
• Deficiency of iron or essential fatty acids.
• Allergic reaction
• Dehydration
• Excessive licking of lips
• Exposure to sun radiations
• Smoking
• Certain medications
• Cold weather
• Change in climatic conditions

Home Remedies for Chapped Lips

1. Water
• Drink lots and lots of water to keep hydrated.
• The most simple and vital treatment for curing dry chapped lips.
• Less water results in dryness in both the skin and the lips.

2. Petroleum Jelly
• Apply lip balm or petroleum jelly on the lips.
• This will help them remain smooth.
• Apply it especially before going to bed.

3. Ghee or butter
• Pure ghee or butter is also beneficial in treating dry chapped lips.
• Apply a little ghee or butter onto the cracks.
• It helps to keep the lips smooth and heals the cracks.

4. Rose petals
• Take a few rose petals and soak them in raw milk for a few hours.
• Make a paste and apply it on the lips.
• This would heal the dryness.
• It works effectively in retaining the lost pink color.

5. Milk Cream
• Apply milk cream on the lips.
• This will help remove the dry dead skin.
• This will make the lips smooth.

6. Cucumber
• Rub a slice of cucumber on your lips.
• This would cure dry and chapped lips.

7. Neem leaves
• Grind a few neem leaves and take out the juice.
• Apply this juice on the lips to heal the cracked and chapped lips.

8. Aloe Vera
• Application of aloe Vera gel on the lips also helps in curing a person who is suffering from dry chapped lips.

9. Vitamin A
• Loss of vitamin A is the cause for dry chapped lips.
• Increase the intake of foods rich in vitamin A such as carrots, green leafy vegetables and tomatoes, legumes, whole grains and nutritional yeast.

10. Glycerine and Honey
• In a tsp of glycerin, add a few drops of honey.
• Apply this paste on the lips and keep them overnight.
• This will help to keep the lips soft and smooth.

11. Castor oil
• Apply castor oil on the lips.
• This will help to cure the dry chapped lips.

12. Sun Screen
• Apply sun screen lip balm or moisturizer.
• This would help prevent dry patches.
• It will also heal the dryness of the lips.

13. Moisturizer based lipstick
• Apply moisturizer-based lipstick on the lips.
• Do not put on excessive lipstick and allow the lips to breathe.

14. Honey
• Honey is a great moisturizer.
• Rub some honey to your chapped lips to heal them fast.
• It will also retain their moisture.

15. Coconut oil
• This is very effective in treating chapped lips.
• Apply small amount of oil on lips many times daily.

16. General Home Remedies
• Avoid wetting the lips with the tongue.
• It makes the lips dark.
• The lips loose the moisture.
• Instead apply a chap stick or a moisturizer.
• Rub a slice of cucumber on your lips.
• Apply castor oil on your dry lips in order to make them smooth and pink.

Dietary Recommendations

- Vitamin A rich diet
• Vitamin A is very important for the growth and repair of the skin.
• The diet should provide one with sufficient quantity of vitamin A.
• Carrots, tomatoes and green leafy vegetables are the best sources of vitamin A.

- Other Dietary measures
• Eat whole grains, legumes and nutritional yeast.

- Make a vitamin rich juice by adding
• 1 tbsp. Of watercress
• Carrot and spinach juice
• 2 tbsp. Wheat germ oil
• One glass of tomato juice
• 1 tbsp. of nutritional yeast

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What are different health benefits of including oregano in daily diet?

Oregano is a Mediterranean herb with purple flowers, which grows up to a height of about two feet. The name oregano comes from the Greek word oreganos meaning “joy of the mountains.” This herb is used in various recipes as well as in the treatment of various ailments. There are two types of Oregano that are commonly used, Origanum marjorum for cooking and Origanum vulgare for oil.
There are many health benefits of oregano, primarily because of its antimicrobial properties. The two important compounds, which contribute towards this property of oregano, are thymol and carvacrol apart from Linalyl Acetate, Cymene, Pinene, Bisabolene, Caryophyllene, Linalool, Geranyl Acetate, Borneol, and Terpinene.
The health benefits of oregano are numerous. Oregano leaves, either raw or dried can be used in food directly for flavor, the oil extracts of the herb can be used externally or internally in small amounts as well to treat various ailments. Some of the health benefits of oregano are listed below.

Used as Preservative.
Due to it anti-microbial properties addition of oregano in small quantities to food can help delay the process of fermentation, thus retaining the taste and nutrients in the food for a much longer period.

Antioxidant
Oregano has strong antioxidant properties which help to remove the harmful free radicals from the body which otherwise could cause cancer. Consuming oregano also help to delay the aging process because of its antioxidant property as it helps overcome the wear and tear or degeneration in the cells.

Enhancing body immunity
Another major health benefit of Oregano is that it has very high antimicrobial properties because of which consumption of oregano can help ward off various viral, bacterial, and fungal infections like mumps measles, typhoid, and cholera etcetera. The anti fungal property of oregano helps fight any fungal infection if applied on the affected area externally.

Digestion
Oregano helps in digestion of food by helping in the secretion of digestive juices. Hence, addition of oregano in food not only enhances flavor but also enhances its digestion and assimilation.

Emenagogue
One of the many health benefits of oregano to women is that it helps in correcting any menstrual defects and it also delays the arrival of menopause.

Anti-inflammatory
Oregano is known to have sedative and anti-inflammatory properties, and can be used as a mild painkiller. Oregano can be taken in the form of tea to get relief from any body pains or aches. Oregano oil can also be applied externally to get relief from inflammation. Because of the anti inflammatory property of oregano it can also be used as a mild anti allergen to overcome the hypersensitivity caused due to any allergic reaction.

Anti parasitic
There are many parasites that reside inside the human body and derive nourishment from it. These parasites in the long run create health problems and in serious cases may even lead to death a common example being that of tape worms. Ingestion of oregano helps in fighting against these parasites and avoiding any communicable disease that could be caused by these parasites. The phenol content in oregano helps to get rid of the external parasites as well.

Nutritional
Oregano has a high content of minerals and vitamins when fresh. Oregano also contains omega-3 fatty acids or PUFA which is an essential fatty acid required by the body. Omega-3 fatty acids help in reducing possibilities of heart diseases.

Respiratory health
The volatile oils of oregano help in relieving sinus and lung congestion. Oregano tea is usually advised to treat influenza; bronchitis, asthma and fever. It helps maintain the respiratory health.

This herb also helps in fighting other disease like giardia and ecoli infection. Oregano also helps in healing athlete’s foot, Psoriasis, eczema, and other infectious diseases. Although Oregano originally was grown in the Mediterranean region, it is widely grown and consumed now due to the many health benefits that it presents.