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Sometimes it’s irritation from saliva, lipstick or food causing a minor allergic reaction that’s responsible for these symptoms. Overworking, stress, tiredness and recent infection all lower the immune system, which makes minor infections around the mouth and lips more likely. These can dry the lips out and the corners of the mouth are usually affected.

 Urticaria

66.     Urticaria, called “chhapaaki” in Hindi and “hives” in English, is characterised by raised rashes that itch, burn and sting. The red wheals may be small and separated from each other by areas of normal skin or may coalesce to form larger area of eruption. What exactly causes this problem is not absolutely clear. Some think urticaria is allergic in origin while others feel an autoimmune disorder is the main cause. Excessive emotional stress may also be a factor. Home Remedies – Usually, a mild episode or urticaria subsides if the patient is made to sweat under a warm blanket. A massage of mustard oil mixed with geru is also helpful. The patient should drink warm water. To manage recurrent attacks and to make body physiology free from any unknown allergens, triphla churan should be taken daily with water in a dose of 3 grams for a week.

 Vitiligo (Leucoderma)

67.     Vitiligo, considered to be an auto-immune pigmentation disorder, causes white patches (not sore or contagious) of irregular shapes and sizes to appear on the skin, usually on the exposed parts of the body e.g. hands, face, neck and arms and sometimes all over the body. The hair that grows in the areas affected by vitiligo usually turn white. In vitiligo, the pigment producing cells called melanocytes get destroyed. Clinical research shows that many vitiligo sufferers are deficient in folic acid, pantothenic acid (vitamin B5), vitamin C and vitamin B12. Both copper and zinc are also deficient in vitiliginous skin. The causes of vitiligo are not fully understood and at present there is said to be no cure in allopathy. However, natural plant-based nutritious diet taken over a long time is known to have cured the condition.

Skin Cancer (Melanoma)

68.     Excessive exposure to the ultraviolet (UV) rays from the sun is widely considered to be the most important environmental factor in developing skin cancer. UV radiation causes mutations in the body’s DNA, which can lead to tumour formation and suppress the immune system, making the skin susceptible to