What is the reason of dry lips in traditional Chinese medicine?

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Because many people feel that their lips are dry and chapped, they will unconsciously lick their lips. The result is often counterproductive. The symptoms of dry lips are aggravated, and even lead to lip swelling and blood scab. In fact, the above symptoms are generally typical manifestations of chronic cheilitis. So today, let's take a look at the causes of dry lips in traditional Chinese medicine?

What is the reason of dry lips in traditional Chinese medicine?

The first reason is heat accumulation in spleen meridian《 It is said in Wang Zhen Zun Jing that "if the lips are withered, the disease lies in the spleen... If the lips are withered, the spleen is hot." Feeling the heat evil or eating too much fat, thick and greasy, causing the spleen meridian to accumulate heat and burn the body fluid, without moistening the lips; The spleen opens its orifices in the mouth, and its beauty lies in the lips. Excessive speech can damage the body fluid, which will lead to withered lips, desquamation, chapped lips, scorched and lusterless.

Second, deficiency of Qi, blood and body fluid《 It is said in the generation of the five zang organs: "the spleen combines with the flesh, and it also contains the lips." Improper diet leads to weakness of spleen and stomach, no right to transport and transform, lack of Qi, blood and body fluid; Or feel heat evil, release heat and hurt fluid consumption; Or excessive perspiration, excessive loss of Qi, blood and body fluid, can not glory in the lip, appear pale or pale lip, dry lip cleft lip. Spleen deficiency can't control blood, blood running disorder, blood does not return to meridian can cause bleeding, too much blood loss will make lips pale. Spleen in color for yellow, spleen deficiency, yellow lips.

The third reason is to feel the evil of wind and cold; Deficiency of vital energy, complex sense of pathogenic wind and cold, cold stagnation, resulting in astringent Qi, lack of blood, can not be proud on the lips, or after licking, appear dry and chapped lips《 It is said in the treatise on the origin of various diseases: "those with chapped lip and mouth face are exposed to cold when they are cold, and the skin will be hurt when they are cold. The meeting of meridians and collaterals lies in the face, and its pulse is encircled by the lip and clamped in the mouth. If the blood is solid, though the wind is strong and cold, it cannot be hurt; If it is empty, it will open and suffer evil, so it will be cold and chapped. "

matters needing attention

Removing dead skin is also an indispensable step in lip care. Lip special exfoliating products generally contain Cool Mint formula, which not only makes lips smooth and moist, but also has the function of repairing and calming, once a week. But if your lips are up, don't panic. Steam lips with hot steam for 3 minutes, then apply hot towel for about 1 minute to "melt" the skin, and say goodbye to wrinkles.