If you have dry lips and dead skin, you must use Ophiopogon japonicus!

The air is relatively dry in autumn and winter, and many people will have dead skin on their lips, which greatly affects their appearance. So what are some good ways to remove dead skin on the lips in dry weather?

1. Chapped lips are caused by deficiency of stomach yin

If the lips are more chapped, while other parts of the skin or mucous membranes do not show obvious dryness, from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, it is a manifestation of spleen and stomach yin deficiency. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the human body is a unified whole, and all human tissues and organs are closely connected to the internal organs. Various symptoms that appear externally are signs of problems with the internal organs. Among them, the lips are the area that best reflects the function of the spleen and stomach, and are called the spleen opening in the lips. Under normal circumstances, if the spleen and stomach have sufficient yin fluid, the lips will remain red and shiny; in autumn and winter, the spleen and stomach are prone to insufficient yin fluid, which will manifest as dry and cracked lips, dead skin, and even cracked and bleeding lips.

Drinking water alone will not solve this type of chapped lips. The only way to solve the problem is to nourish the stomach and produce saliva.

2. Ophiopogon japonicus, nourishes yin, moistens the lungs, nourishes the stomach and nourishes the heart

Ophiopogon japonicus, also known as Ophiopogon japonicus, is the tuberous root of the herb Ophiopogon japonicus of the Liliaceae family. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it has the functions of nourishing yin, promoting fluid, moistening the lungs and clearing the heart. It mainly enters the heart, lung, and stomach meridians, so its functions of nourishing yin and promoting fluid are mainly to nourish heart yin, moisten lung yin, and nourish stomach and promote fluid, but it mainly nourishes stomach yin. It is an excellent yin-nourishing product for treating problems such as dry and cracked lips, dry mouth, thirst, bad breath, and constipation caused by insufficient stomach yin.

3. Don’t use too much Ophiopogon japonicus

After studying the efficacy of different doses of Ophiopogon japonicus, it was found that low doses of Ophiopogon japonicus have better therapeutic effects than high doses of Ophiopogon japonicus. This shows that the more Ophiopogon japonicus is used, the better the efficacy is not necessarily the case. The best dosage is 6 to 12g each time, and 6g is sufficient on a normal basis.

When using, put 6g of Ophiopogon japonicus into a casserole or health tea pot, add about 800 ml of water, boil it and simmer it for 10 to 20 minutes, then you can drink it. Each portion of Ophiopogon japonicus can be decocted two to three times and can be consumed continuously for at least one week.

4. Qi-tonifying, Yin-nourishing, and Pulse-invigorating Drink

For those who sweat too much in summer, in autumn they will not only experience Yin deficiency and dryness, but also Qi deficiency and fatigue, weakness, palpitations, shortness of breath, etc. Especially for middle-aged and elderly people, the symptoms will be more prominent. At this time, the effect of using Ophiopogon japonicus alone will be a little poor. It is best to use Shengmai Drink made from ginseng, Ophiopogon japonicus, and Schisandra chinensis.