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While most mouth ulcers are benign, they can be very painful and cause a lot of discomforts.  They are usually round or oval sores that commonly appear inside the mouth on the lips, tongue, gums and around the mouth. They usually clear up by themselves within a week or two.
Mouth ulcers are common and can usually be managed at home to make them heal faster, without seeing your dentist or your family Doctor. Here is what you can do to cure it at home. However, if your ulcer has lasted longer than three weeks please consult your physician.
All you need is:

1 Tablespoon (15 g) of Aloe Vera Gel
1 Teaspoon ( 5 g) of slippery elm bark 

1 Tablespoon (15 g) of Aloe Vera Gel
1 Teaspoon ( 5 g) of slippery elm bark 

Preparation: 
Mix the ingredients together in a small clean jar with a stick.
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Nineteen years ago, one of my friends gave birth to a 9 pounds baby girl, she was strong and healthy. However, she was completely discolored. Seeing her, we all thought that she was born with Vitiligo, an autoimmune disease that affects and causes the skin to change its appearance. 
Strangely enough, all the doctor advised my friend to do was to expose her baby to the earlier sun rays in the morning as the sun rises. Within a couple of weeks, the baby’s skin had tremendously improved itself. It was unbelievable!



 I always knew that the sun was very beneficial to the skin but I never really witnessed the direct effects of it until then. 
When natural sunlight hits the skin it triggers the body's production of vitamin D. Vitamin D is also known as “the sunshine vitamin.” It is a crucial ingredient for overall health; protects against inflammation, lowers high blood pressure, helps muscles, improves brain function and may even protect against cancer.  Although there are countless benefits to the exposure to the sun, an overexposure to it may be fatal from blindness to sunburn or even skin cancer may occur.