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SUNBURN
WHAT TO PUT ON YOUR BODY TO SPEED HEALING:.
Aloe
- Contains tissue regenerative substances like zinc. Spread on fresh aloe
vera gel (from the leaves of the aloe plant) or products containing fresh
aloe. How do you know if its fresh? Fresh products have an expiration
date! Aloe soothes with anti-inflammatory plant sterols.
Comfrey
Contains allantoin which is incredibly skin-cell regenerative. Apply a
comfrey lotion or juice from the stem of comfrey leaves.
Calendula
Anti-inflammatory in action, this helps decrease the redness.
St. Johns
Wort
Apply an extract or infused oil topically to heal the burned skin.
Green
or Black Tea
Use cooled tea bags to relieve sunburned eyelids.
Baking
Soda or Apple Cider Baths
Add a cup of baking soda (or apple cider vinegar) to a luke warm tub and
soak.
Herbal
Soap
Always use natural oil-based soaps when skin is dry and irritated.
Commercial soaps can exacerbate the problem.
Never apply ointments, salves, petroleum or greasy, buttery substances to a
burn. This will seal in the heat, clog pores and therefore deepen the burn
and the pain.
WHAT TO PUT IN YOUR BODY TO SPEED HEALING:
Flaxseed Oil
Taken orally. Essential fatty acids will nurture the nerve cells (pain
receptors) and act as an anti-inflammatory to decrease sunburn pain.
Flaxseed oil also helps keep skin supple and flexible.
Gotu
Kola
Tea or tincture taken internally heals tissues by stimulating collagen
synthesis.
Vitamin
C
Necessary for collagen production. Use both topically and orally.
Brazil
Nuts
- They contain the amino acid 1-selenomethionine which reduces skin damage.
Zinc
- Take a supplement or eat zinc-rich pumpkin seeds to speed tissue
repair.
Vitamin
E
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This anti-oxidant capsule is a skin cancer preventative measure.
Replenish skin by drinking lots of filtered
WATER!
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