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Sunburn
Essential Oils
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  • Chamomile or Lavender Oil: Add to cool bath or mix with 1/2 oz almond oil (or other carrier) and apply to skin twice daily.
  • For sunburn: 1/2 teaspoon lavender oil mixed with 1 Tablespoon St. John's Wort Oil, applied on location.
  • For sunburn: Tea Tree,  lavender (5 drops each with distilled water, spray on location).
Natural/Herbal
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Healing Herbs Info
  • Aloe Vera Gel: Apply gel to affected areas.
  • St. John's Wort infused oil
  • Flaxseed Oil: 1 Tablespoon (14 grams) twice daily (can be mixed with food, use until fully healed).
  • Earl Gray Tea Compress: make large batch of tea, cool and soak with towel, lay wet towel on affected area and let sit for 20-30 minutes).
  • For sunburn: Earl Gray Tea Soak (Place 6 earl grey tea bags in your coffee pot filter holder and then run a pot of water through your coffeepot at the 10-12 cup setting. Once it's done brewing, transfer the tea into a large bowl and add the teabags that you used to brew the pot of tea. Let it cool to room temperature. Soak a clean towel in the bowl of room temperature Earl Grey tea. Wring it out gently and apply it to directly to the burned area for a minimum of 30 minutes. Do not use sprays, aloe or any other "treatment". This tea MUST be applied within 6-8 hours of the initial burn to be most effective. It will immediately relieve pain).
​​​​Supplements
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  • ​Vitamin C: 1,000 mg 3 times daily (reduce if it causes diarrhea).
  • Vitamin E: 400 IU twice daily or topical cream (don't use orally if taking an anticoagulant drugs).
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