Hand Care: Prevent Winter Dryness

Dry, chaffed, and cracked hands are a common complaint during winter.

Here are ways to keep your hands happy in the cold months:

1)      Protect the skin’s natural oils and moisture

Always wear gloves outside: the cold air sucks the moisture out of skin.

Wear gloves while you work: Washing dishes and doing other chores can chaff and dehydrate skin.

Opt for body temperature water to wash your hands and shower, hot water can strip moisture.

Use soap that is Ph balanced to the skin at 6.5 (like Dove or organic brands)- most soaps are at 11 Ph.

Always wear sunscreen!

Beauty tip: Use your 4-step skincare routine on the top of your hands :)

Have a skin condition like eczema? Acupuncture can provide both symptomatic relief and treat the underlying cause with regular treatment.

2)      Use a heavy (high fat) moisturizer twice per day (and as needed after washing hands) like organic coconut oil, beef tallow lotion, or Shiunko barrier cream (sesame-based).

3)      Look at your diet if your skin is dry:

-Avoid caffeine and other stimulants and ice

-Eat foods that build your blood supply: small portions of red meat and cooked deep green veggies like collards or kale.

Other yin-nourishing foods: Organic collagen, red dates (jujube) in paste or made into a hydration beverage by simmering 3 or 4 in 6 cups of drinking water for half an hour.

Grains	Barley, millet
Vegetables	Alfalfa sprout, artichoke, asparagus, kelp, mung bean sprout, pea, potato, seaweed, string bean, sweet potato, tomato, water chestnut, yam, zucchini
Fruit	Apple, apricot, avocado, banana, lemon, lime, mango, mulberry, pear, persimmon, pineapple, pomegranate, watermelon
Bean	Adzuki, black beans, black soya, kidney, lima, mung
Bean Products	Tofu
Nuts and seeds	Coconut milk, sesame seed, black sesame seed, walnut
Fish	Fish in general but especially clam, fresh water clam, crab, cuttlefish, oyster, octopus, sardine
Meat	Beef, duck, goose, pork, pork kidney, rabbit
Dairy	Cheese, chicken egg, cows milk, duck egg

Many women experience chronic skin dryness during peri menopause and beyond due to hormonal changes.

4)      Supplements for women’s hormonal health:

Under age 35: Sunrider.com Beauty Pearls™

Over age 35: Bella™

Eat 1 Nuplus™ or Vitashake™ 3 times per day before meals. They contain great yin-nourishing foods for your vital organs like coix fruit, lotus root, fox nut etc.

All of these supplements may also decrease other menopause symptoms like hot flashes, mood change, and weight gain.

Bonus: Hand spa

Oi Lin skincare products are great for keeping your hands youthful. Use the Warm Facial Scrub (with jojoba beads) to exfoliate followed by Revitalizing Masque.

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