chapped/cracked lips

[Guest guest]

Sat Nam All,

Perhaps this is mere coincidence but I have been thinking lately about the

connection between KY and chapped lips. In fact, I was considering posting

a query to see if anyone has been experiencing chronic chapped lips but I

thought it was too trivial. I usually get chapped lips in the winter.

It's been consistently

hot and humid this summer and I don't ever recall

having chapped lips in the summer. As well, I just went through a period

of about two weeks where I wasn't able to practice KY for lack of time,

during which period my chapped lips went away on their own and then returned

almost immediately when I started up again. Anyone have an explanation for

this?

 

 

> SAT NAM,

> My lips are chapped all through out the year. They

> seem to be very sensitive, no matter what I do nothing

> helps..

> I do not use any cosmetics on my lips .

> I just use may be white petroleum or almond oil to

> keep them moist but they bleed and crack no matter

> what..

>

> Does anybody know of anything which can help prevent

> this?

> Thanks

> Akkama

>

>

[Guest guest]

You may want to try this exercise:

 

Take water in your mouth and squeeze it between

your teeth, for 3-5 minutes. You may also do this

while lying in savasana, and turn your head

side-to-side

so that you squeeze the water through all the teeth

evenly. This is an excellent exercise for

strengthening

the gums, the jaws, the cheek muscles, and the lips.

As the lips are stretched and pulled, it increases

the blood flow to the lips ( the blocking of the blood

vessels on the surfaces of the lip, as due to

heat-burn or due to the clogging of

the skin pores in cold or due to excess internal body

heat when you have fever or other ailment, is the

primary reason for

chapped lips), and will solve the problem

of chapped lips.

 

I had to face the problems of chapped lips after

coming to Utah, which has extremes in climate, and

I discovered the above method accidentally to be

most beneficial in dealing with chapped lips.

I thought it would be nice to clean between the teeth

with water after flossing, and figured the above

method. It ended up giving me more. I also use

salt-water ( there we go, again )

for this technique, and it is an excellent

way to clean between the teeth, kill germs between the

 

teeth, strengthen the gums and have good smelling

breath all through.

I also have some salt-water in my mouth

while flossing ( also, the floss slides more easily

this way). Salt-water is also the safest and the

cleanest mouth-wash you can probably think of.

 

I also use a sunscreen lotion (SPF 30+) on my lips (

not the balms, I did not find the ones I used helpful

).

 

It is true that vitamin-B deficiency ( which is

quite common in vegetarians ) might also be the

reason. But, I still had the problems of

chapped lips even with a good nutritional diet,

and a multi-vitamin tablet everyday. Sometimes,

the direct harsh weather effects on the surface of

the skin could be the major problem.

 

Hope this helps.

 

gayathri

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

I had the same problem, also cold sores, at times, I

used Melaleuca lip balm, Melaleuca (tea tree oil), it

worked wonders for me, no more chapped lips or cold

sores, tea tree oil is penetrating and soothing, which

are just two of the seven properties of tea tree oil.

Melaleuca lip balm, as all of their products are

completely non-toxic, non chemical and environmentally safe...

 

 

 

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