Lip bruises are generally considered to be caused by blood stasis in Chinese medicine. Depending on where the blood stasis is located, it can be regulated by oral Chinese medicine and acupuncture under the guidance of a professional physician.
1. Oral Chinese medicine: If the patient has blood stasis in the chest, chest pain, headache, long lasting pain, pain like pins and needles with a fixed place, or lip bruises, dark red tongue or petechiae, etc., the patient can take Blood Palace and Blood Stasis Dispersal Soup under the guidance of a physician, which has the effect of activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis and promoting qi circulation for pain relief (relieving pain by adjusting the human body’s qi mechanism). Pregnant women are advised to use it with caution.
2. Acupuncture: The physician can treat the patient with acupuncture at the A Yes point (the point where the pain is obvious), the Sea of Blood point, the Sanyinjiao point, the Hegu point, and the Foot Sanli point, etc. If the lips are blue or purple, the patient can be treated with acupuncture.
If there are signs of blue lips, you should consult a doctor in time and follow the doctor’s instructions, do not take medication or acupuncture on your own.