Besides kissing, lips can also do this

If eyes are windows to the soul, then lips can be considered windows to health. The color of lips reflects the health of the human body. Normal and healthy lips are generally rosy and shiny, with moderate dryness and elasticity. Once there is a problem with your body, the color of your lips will change. So when you wake up early in the morning, look in the mirror and take a close look at your lips.

1. Lips are red, dark red or purple

If the red color of the lips is too bright or dark purple, it may be caused by what is commonly known as "heat" in the body. If accompanied by bad breath and hiccups, it means damp heat in the spleen and stomach; if accompanied by pain and distension in the flanks and loss of appetite, it means excessive liver fire.

Common discomforts: toothache, headache, dizziness, constipation, yellow urine, etc.

Prevention and treatment methods

1. Immediately reduce the intake of the following substances: spicy food, sugars, chicken, and mutton. They will only produce more energy, making the fire in your body more intense, causing its color to become darker red.

2. Try not to take supplements containing ginseng, jujube and other substances. After all, adding fuel to the fire is very dangerous.

3. When so much discomfort occurs, medicine is needed to help. Take 30g of Scrophularia ningpoensis, 30g of Rehmannia glutinosa, 30g of Ophiopogon japonicus, and 2g of Cinnamon bark, decocted in water and taken orally. This recipe is a famous ancient recipe called Zengye Decoction. It has obvious relieving and therapeutic effect on the above-mentioned discomforts. It can clear the "fire" in the human body while replenishing the yin fluid, so that we are no longer like dry firewood that will catch fire easily when exposed to fire.

2. Lips are pale white

If you have pale lips for a long time, you should go to the hospital for a check-up. The doctor will give you some corresponding examinations based on your appearance and symptoms to rule out whether you have anemia. In addition, some patients with spleen and stomach deficiency and indigestion may also show symptoms such as lack of redness and dryness of lips, and some may also have cold limbs.

Common discomforts: fatigue, drowsiness, back pain, low libido, etc.

Prevention and treatment methods

1. Increase the intake of high-nutrition substances, stop being picky about food, and stop thinking about losing weight. Life is more important than being slim. Recommended foods: fish, chicken, beef, lamb, eggs, etc.

2. Chew peanuts with red inner skin appropriately every day, with no limit on the amount. Dried dates, at least fifteen a day.

3. Don’t stay up too late, as that will exacerbate the destructive consumption of your already insufficient energy.

3. Lips are dark blue (purple)

If your lips appear purple for a long time, modern medicine calls it "cyanosis", which indicates that you may have heart problems. If this continues for a long time, you should go to the hospital for a check-up in time. Certain respiratory diseases can also cause the lips to lose luster and become less rosy.

Common discomforts: chest tightness, sighing, occasional stabbing pain in the chest, nightmares, etc.

Prevention and treatment methods

1. If you rarely exercise, then 30 minutes of jogging every day will completely change your lip color

2. It is strongly recommended to drink 1-2 tablespoons of Shanxi aged vinegar every day, which will definitely change your dark blue lips after a period of time. In addition to other functions, aged vinegar itself also has a mild effect of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis and improving mood.

3. If you smoke, it is best to reduce the amount of smoking. It’s better to have less nicotine in the body.

4. The skin around the lips turns black

If you have one or several black spots on your lips, you should go to the dental or dermatology department of the hospital to rule out the possibility of pigmentary or vascular diseases, such as pigmented nevus or hemangioma, and undergo relevant examinations if necessary. If the overall color is dull and black, you should also pay attention to whether there are problems with the digestive system. If there is a black circle around the lips, it may be related to dampness in the body or spleen and kidney deficiency.

Common discomforts: decreased appetite, poor digestion, heaviness in the lower limbs, and frequent urination.

Prevention and treatment methods

1 Try to avoid all kinds of sweets, fried, greasy, sticky foods, raw and cold foods, etc., because they can produce more moisture in your body.

2 Do not rush to lie down or sleep after a meal, as this will directly lead to the production of moisture in the body due to the slow transportation of food.

3 Your kidney, spleen and stomach meridians all originate in your feet. Your feet are as important as the roots of a plant. Try soaking your feet in hot water every day. This will replenish heat energy directly from your "roots" to the related organs.