What to do if your lips are peeling? Chinese medicine teaches you how to care for your lips

Due to the dry weather, the skin loses moisture easily, and the lips often become dry and cracked. Many people will tear off their lips with their hands when they get chapped. This is actually an incorrect practice and can easily cause cheilitis. In traditional Chinese medicine, it is believed that the lips are connected to the spleen, so to protect the lips you need to strengthen the spleen.

1: Traditional Chinese Medicine: Lips are related to the spleen, so it is important to strengthen the spleen. Traditional Chinese Medicine believes that various health problems of the lips are closely related to the human spleen. "The spleen opens up in the mouth, and its beauty is in the lips." Therefore, when the lips are no longer moisturized and delicate, it is very important to strengthen the spleen, replenish Qi, and nourish the blood.

2: Dietary recipe: You can boil yam and Ophiopogon japonicus (9 grams) together in water. After cooking, you can add honey and take it orally. Yam has the effects of strengthening the spleen, removing dampness, replenishing qi, benefiting the lungs, strengthening the kidneys, and benefiting the essence. Ophiopogon japonicus can nourish yin and produce body fluid, and honey has the effect of moisturizing dryness.

1: As people age, the corners of their mouths begin to droop. Pressing the Dicang point can prevent the corners of the mouth from drooping. The Dicang point is 0.5 inches away from the corner of the mouth. Place the index fingers of both hands on the corners of the mouth. The outside of the point is the Dicang point. Press for half a minute every morning and evening, and remember to push upwards when pressing.

1: Increasing lip exercises can enhance blood circulation in the lips, making the lips more rosy and the skin more delicate. Hold a piece of thick paper horizontally between your lips and hold it firmly for 30 seconds. Put water in your mouth, clench your teeth, puff out your cheeks, and puff out your cheeks again. Repeat for 30 seconds. Keep your lips in the "ah" sound for 5 seconds, keep the "ai" sound for 5 seconds and then relax, hold the "O" sound for 5 seconds, and finally hold the "yi" and "wu" sound shapes for 5 seconds each. Repeat the above actions for 5 minutes.

1: Use a toothbrush to maintain your lips while brushing your teeth every night. After brushing your teeth, use a soft-bristled toothbrush to gently brush your lips. This can help exfoliate your lips. Finally, apply lip balm to moisturize. When I woke up the next day and put on lipstick, my lips became more vivid and juicy.

2: Cotton pads: Place cotton pads dipped in moisturizing lotion or toner in the refrigerator and you can take them out at any time and apply them on clean lips. Leave it on for 10 seconds to fully soothe and moisturize your lips.

3: The essence used to care for the skin around the eyes can also be used to "essence" the lips. The skin at the corners of the eyes is as soft and sensitive as the corners of the mouth. If your lips feel uncomfortable, take a small amount of eye essence to moisturize and massage your lips.

4: Drinking plenty of boiled water can fundamentally improve the phenomenon of water shortage in the body. It is best to drink plain boiled water, 5-6 large glasses a day.

"Moisturize" the lips, which will cause the moisture on the lip skin to evaporate faster. Some irritating foods such as fried and roasted foods can also cause chapped lips. The mint substance in the chewing gum we often eat can also cause lip sensitivity.