Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment of Dry, Cracked and Peeling Lips

Dry, cracked and peeling lips are regarded as a manifestation of dry paralysis in Chinese medicine. Due to the deficiency of the spleen and kidney and the failure of the transportation of water and grains in the spleen, thus causing the lack of distribution of fluids, the patient will suffer from dry, cracked and moulted lips. Treatment of this condition can generally be carried out through the Four Gentlemen Soup, Sha Shen Maidong Soup and other traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions. 1. Si Jun Zi Tang: Si Jun Zi Tang is a tonic, mainly composed of ginseng, atractylodes macrocephala, poria and other traditional Chinese medicines. This formula has the effect of benefiting qi and strengthening the spleen, and is mostly used to treat symptoms such as yellowish color, dry mouth and tongue, and pale tongue with white coating. 2. Sha Shen Mai Dong Tang: Sha Shen Mai Dong Tang is a moistening and drying agent, which is mainly made of Sha Shen, Mai Dong, Glycyrrhiza glabra and other traditional Chinese medicines, with the efficacy of sweetness and coldness to promote the production of fluids and clearing and nourishing the lungs and stomach, and it has a certain therapeutic effect on the symptoms of dry pharynx and thirst, and insufficient Yin and fluids. It is recommended that patients should pay attention to strictly follow the doctor’s instructions, do not blindly use drugs, and also pay attention to adjust the diet, eat more light food, do not eat spicy, meat and fish food.