How to stop the habit of lip licking while thinking? - Dr. Sanjay Panicker

Licking the lip while thinking is a habit which is developed over a period of time. So if a person has to get rid of it, a lot of conscious effort on the part of the person is very important. First you need to identify that you have a problem. Once you identify the problem, it is a conscious effort on the patients side. Every time he notices that he is doing this thing of licking the lips, then he should make an effort to stop that habit. Stop that proves of licking the lips, when this is repeatedly done, then you yourself will stop. This is called as thought stopping. So when you stop your thought, then your action automatically stops. So this is actually a symptom of anxiety and one of the reason it can happen is because of anxiety, second is the anxiety can trigger it an later this can become a habit. So we have homeopathic medicines which can prevent this kind of a tendency in homoeopathy, like for example, it is commonly seen in children. Even adult too have I, but very commonly seen in children and if it is neglected at that age, it later goes into a habit formation, which can persist even upto adulthood. Calcarea carb is one very good remedy used in patients or children who have this habit of licking their lips.