Effective Home Remedies for Lip Infections

Lip infections are very common as they could appear due to change in weather conditions or due to some bacterial infection as well. There could be sores, blisters, swelling and even small ulcers that might prove very painful.

Effective home remedies help in curing lip infections

Effective home remedies help in curing lip infections

With the help of some effective home remedies lip infections can be cured and with the proper intake of water, iron and vitamins your lips will remain happy and healthy.

Home remedies  lip infections

Home remedies lip infections

Here are some useful remedies that can help in curing lip infections in a faster and effective manner.

Effective Home Remedies for Lip Infections

Effective Home Remedies for Lip Infections

Remedy#1: Eat Yogurt

Yogurt is very good for the health of the lips as it contains probiotics. It helps in building up good bacteria in the body and thus flushes toxins out of the body. Apply some yogurt on your lips and it will help in healing the lip sores in an effective way.

Yogurt has probiotics which helps in curing lip infections

Yogurt has probiotics which helps in curing lip infections

Remedy#2: Salt water

Salt water helps in curing many infections and it is very effective in curing lip infections as well. Salt water helps in killing the bacteria as it is a very good antiseptic. Just take a glass of lukewarm water and mix half tsp of salt in it. Mix it well and then gargle with it.

This helps in relieving the pain and also helps in curing the lip infection at a faster rate.

Remedy#3: Onion and Garlic

Onion and garlic are antiseptic in nature so they are used for treating lip infections. They can be applied internally and externally as well as they are totally safe on the skin.

Onion and garlic has antiseptic properties that treats lip sores

Onion and garlic has antiseptic properties that treats lip sores

You can either make a paste of onion and garlic and apply it on your lips or you can include them in your diet or drink its juice if possible. This will helps in curing lip infections in an effective way. This helps in curing the lip infection and also boosts the immunity of the body to prevent further infections.

Remedy#4: Milk

Milk has the power to heal skin infections so you can apply some milk on the lip sores and infections. This will helps in curing them effectively as it kills the inflammation and bacteria that cause infections.

You can also consume milk twice in a day as this will also do the wonders for your body and lip infections as well. This will also prevent further occurrence of lip infections as well.

Remedy#5: Castor oil

Castor oil is very good for the body as it helps in treating baldness, dry skin, moisturizes the skin well. Castor oil has antiseptic properties which helps in curing lip infections. Just apply some castor oil on your lip sores and blisters and leave it overnight.

Castor oil has medicinal properties that treats lip infections

Castor oil has medicinal properties that treats lip infections

You will feel better the next day as it will reduce the pain and inflammation as well. You can also consume castor oil by mixing 1 tsp with a glass full of warm milk.

Remedy#6: Increase iron in diet

With decrease in iron level, you face lot of difficulties in everyday life. Lip infections will also occur on regular basis due to deficiency of iron. Iron helps in combat lip infections and also reduces inflammation as well.
Consume spinach, sesame seeds, meat and jaggery in good quantity to get rid of iron deficiency and also to cure lip infections as well.

Remedy#7: Increase intake of vitamin C

Eat food rich in vitamin C as it reduces the chances of infections and builds up immunity in the body in an effective way. Eat juicy fruits like orange and grapes and also introduce lemon in your daily diet.

Vitamin C helps in building immunity and treats infections

Vitamin C helps in building immunity and treats infections

This will build up your immune system and give you protection from lip infection as well.

Remedy#8: Tea Tree oil

This has antiseptic properties and also helps in moisturizing the skin as well. It has astringent which reduces the inflammation and also cures the infection as well. It also helps in reducing cold sores and blisters.

It cures the lip infections and has anti-bacterial agents as well which helps in curing the infections on a faster rate.

Remedy#9: Turmeric

Turmeric has healing properties and it is very good for the skin as well. Apply little bit of turmeric paste on the lip infection and see the magic of its antibiotic properties. It helps in preventing the inflammation and also cures the bacterial infections.

Turmeric is antiseptic in nature and builds up immunity

Turmeric is antiseptic in nature and builds up immunity

Turmeric has curcumin which has powerful properties of keeping the skin healthy and happy. You can also include turmeric in your diet and it will work wonders on your lip infections.

Remedy#10: Avoid spicy food

Your skin gets most affected by the spicy and oily food that you consume. Always have less oily and less spicy food. Spicy food also aggravates the burning sensation in the lip sore and you will feel uncomfortable.

So always save the infected area from the spicy food so that you will not have any burning sensation and it can be cured in a batter way.

Remedy#11: Maintain the cleanliness of the lips

To keep up with the health of the lips just take care of your personal hygiene as well so that fungal infection will not invade your lips again. Also keep your diet healthy and nutritious so that there will not be any kind of deficiency in your body.

Keep your lips clean to avoid lip infections

Keep your lips clean to avoid lip infections

This will build up your immunity and also keep up your health. Just eat the balanced diet and improve the deficiency of your body and also lip infections.

Remedy#12: Coconut oil

Apply coconut oil on your lips as it cures the fungal infections and swelling of the lips. It has a substance called caprylic acid that kills the fungus.

 Coconut oil helps in reducing the inflammation and swelling


Coconut oil helps in reducing the inflammation and swelling

Coconut oil is very good for health and it also soothes the inflammation as well. It is very light on the skin and also keeps skin healthy and supple.

Divya Sharma
Mrs. Divya Sharma is an avid writer with a vast experience of almost 15 years in writing career. She did her MA in English from IGNOU along with Diploma course in Journalism from YMCA, New Delhi. She has worked as a Content Manager with Times Of India, Noida for 10 years. Writing is her passion and she tries to give her best every time she writes on any given topic. Writing articles on home remedies is her area of interest and she has gained immense knowledge by writing and researching a lot in this field.