Lips are the barometer of body health. Having healthy and rosy lips not only enhances your style, but also makes you look more beautiful and confident. The color of your lips can also reflect your body's health condition. We often see people with abnormal lip colors, some have pale lips, some have overly red lips, all of which indicate that there may be problems with their bodies. Now let's take a look at how to identify body health through lip color.
1. Lip color: Red, dark red or purple-red
Indication: If your lips are any of the above colors, it could be a sign of excessive internal heat or other issues. The tongue is like an indicator of energy in the body. When there is too much energy in your body, it can cause "heat" due to excessive energy. The darker the color develops towards dark red, the greater the internal heat.
Common discomfort: toothache, headache, dizziness, constipation, dark urine, etc.
Prevention and treatment methods:
1. Immediately reduce intake of spicy food, sugar, chicken, and lamb. These will only generate more energy, making the internal heat stronger and the lip color darker.
2. Try to avoid taking supplements containing substances such as ginseng and dates, as adding fuel to the fire is dangerous.
3. If you experience discomfort, medication can help. Mix 30g Scrophularia ningpoensis, 30g Rehmannia glutinosa, 30g Ophiopogon japonicus, and 2g Cinnamomum cassia, boil in water and drink. This prescription is called "Zeng Ye Tang" in ancient times. It has a significant relieving and therapeutic effect on the above discomforts. It can help clear the "fire" in the body and replenish yin fluid, so that we are no longer dry tinder waiting to ignite.
2. Lip color: Pale
Indication: Your body is relatively deficient in both Qi and blood, as they are not sufficient enough to give your lips the pale red color they should have.
Common discomfort: fatigue, drowsiness, back pain, low libido, etc.
Prevention and treatment methods:
1. Increase the intake of high-nutrient foods and avoid being picky eaters. Stop thinking about losing weight, as life is more important than being slim.
Recommended foods: fish, chicken, beef, lamb, eggs, etc.
2. Chew and take peanuts with red skin every day, without limitation. Eat at least fifteen dried jujubes a day.
3. Avoid staying up late excessively as it will further deplete your already insufficient energy resources.
3. Lip color: Bluish-black (purple)
Indication: There is a significant blood stasis and Qi stagnation in your body. Normally flowing blood will not show this lip color.
Common discomfort: chest tightness, frequent sighing, occasional chest pain, nightmares, etc.
Prevention and treatment methods:
1. If you rarely exercise, a 30-minute jog every day will completely change the color of your lips.
2. It is strongly recommended to drink 1-2 tablespoons of Shanxi aged vinegar every day, which will definitely change the bluish-black lip color after a period of time. Apart from its other effects, aged vinegar has a gentle blood-activating and stasis-removing effect and can improve mood.
3. If you smoke, it is best to reduce the amount of smoking. Less nicotine in your body is better.
4. Black color around the lips
Indication: When you notice blackness around your lips, it indicates that there is excessive moisture in your body, and it also means that your kidneys and spleen are starting to show signs of deficiency.
Common discomfort: decreased appetite, poor digestion, heavy legs, frequent urination, etc.
Prevention and treatment methods:
1. Try to avoid various sweets, fried and greasy foods, sticky foods, and raw and cold foods, as they will generate more dampness in your body.
2. After meals, do not lie down or sleep immediately, as it will directly lead to the production of dampness due to slow transport of food.
3. The meridians of your kidneys and spleen originate from your feet, which are as important as the roots of plants. Try soaking your feet in hot water every day. This will directly replenish heat energy from your "roots" to the associated organs.
After reading the above content, you may want to look in the mirror and carefully observe the color of your lips to see if there are any problems with your body.
