How to take care of your lips in winter? What to do if your lips become chapped and cracked in winter?

Chapped lips in winter are really troublesome. Even the most beautiful lipstick will be reduced in beauty by the dead skin on the lips. So is applying lipstick the only way to care for your lips in winter?

How to care for your lips in winter

Tip 1: Choosing a lip balm is simple: There are many types of lip balms on the market, some are in tubes, some are in boxes, and they come in different flavors, textures, and effects, and the prices range from a few yuan to several hundred yuan. When buying lip balm, choose one with simple ingredients. Just containing basic moisturizing ingredients such as glycerin can protect your lips.

Tip 2: Don’t lick your lips when they are dry: In dry weather, lips are more likely to become dry. Many people like to lick them with their tongue to relieve dryness, but this is actually a wrong practice. Licking your lips will only keep the skin of your lips temporarily moisturized, because saliva contains amylase. The evaporation of water remaining on the lips will aggravate their dryness, resulting in "the more you lick, the drier the lips become." If you keep licking your lips, the bacteria in your saliva will be brought into the cracks and cause infection, forming lick sores.

Tip 3: Avoid eating too spicy food: Spicy food can irritate the lips and make dryness worse. Some foods, such as super spicy grilled wings, contain chili powder which can strongly irritate the lip mucosa, causing ulcers and even blisters.

Tip 4: Use lipstick correctly: It is best to use a lip balm that contains vitamin C, vitamin D and vitamin E oil, etc., and has good moisturizing and repairing functions before going out, before applying lipstick and before going to bed; then use soft facial tissue to lightly press the lips to achieve double the effect.

Tip 5: Do not use lipstick too often: Most people use it 1-3 times a day; if your lips are particularly dry, you can apply lip balm immediately after eating or drinking.

Do not tear off the skin on your lips after applying the lip balm: Do not tear off the skin with your hands, as this may tear your lips. You can first apply a hot towel for 3-5 minutes, then use a soft brush to brush off the dead skin on your lips, and then apply lip balm. It is best not to apply lipstick if your lips are always dry.

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What fruits are good for peeling lips in winter?

1. Kiwi

Kiwi is a fruit rich in nutritional value and is known as the king of fruits. Hericium erinaceus contains more than 10 kinds of amino acids, and rich minerals, including calcium, phosphorus, iron, carotene and multiple vitamins. It is sweet, sour and cold in nature, and has the effects of relieving fever, quenching thirst, relieving stranguria and strengthening the stomach. It can treat diseases such as restlessness, thirst, jaundice, vomiting, diarrhea, stranguria, joint pain, etc., and it also has anti-aging effects.

Recommended recipe: Cucumber kiwi juice

Preparation method: 200g cucumber, 30g kiwi, 200ml cold boiled water, and two teaspoons of honey. Wash the cucumber, remove the seeds, leave the skin on and cut into small pieces. Peel and cut kiwi fruit into pieces. Put the cucumber and kiwi into a juicer, add cold boiled water and stir. Pour out and add honey, drink one hour before meals.

Efficacy: Cucumber is sweet and cool in nature, can enter the spleen and stomach meridians, can clear away heat and detoxify, and promote diuresis. It can treat fever, thirst, and sore throat. Kiwi fruit is sweet, sour and cold in nature, and can enter the kidney and stomach meridians. It has the function of relieving heat and quenching thirst, so the combination of the two can moisturize the lips.

2. Persimmon

Persimmons are rich in nutrients. Compared with apples, except for the zinc and copper content, which are higher in apples than in persimmons, persimmons are superior in other ingredients. When it comes to preventing arteriosclerosis, persimmons are far more effective than apples and can be called the king of fruits that are beneficial to heart health, so “an apple a day is worse than a persimmon a day.” Persimmon tastes sweet and astringent, and is cold in nature. It has the functions of clearing away heat and dryness, moistening the lungs and resolving phlegm, softening hard masses, quenching thirst and promoting salivation, strengthening the spleen, treating dysentery, and stopping bleeding.

Recommended recipe: Persimmon tea

Preparation method: 30g fresh persimmon, 3g green tea, 10g white sugar. Use the decoction of persimmons to make tea for drinking.

Efficacy: Clears heat and quenches thirst, moistens the lungs and eliminates phlegm, lowers blood pressure and stops bleeding.

3. Sugarcane

Green-skinned sugarcane, which belongs to the lung and stomach meridians, is sweet and cool in nature and is one of the best fruits for clearing lung heat. In addition to being rich in sugar and water, it also contains a large amount of vitamins that are very beneficial to human metabolism.

Ancient Chinese medical scientists also listed sugarcane as a "tonic medicine". Traditional Chinese medicine believes that sugarcane enters the lung and stomach meridians, and has the special effects of clearing away heat, promoting body fluid, lowering qi, moisturizing dryness, and nourishing the lungs and stomach. Sugarcane can treat damage to body fluids caused by fever, irritability, thirst, nausea and vomiting, and cough and asthma caused by dry lungs. Sugarcane can also help relieve constipation and drinking its juice can relieve alcohol poisoning.

Recommended recipe: Sugarcane and water chestnut water

Preparation method: 1 piece of sugarcane, 7 water chestnuts, 500ml of water. Prepare a piece of peeled sugarcane, remove the small sprouts on the water chestnuts, wash them and set aside. Chop the sugarcane into small strips, adjusting the length according to your own container. Put the processed sugarcane and water chestnuts into a pot of cold water, bring to a boil over high heat and then simmer over low heat for about 20 minutes.

Efficacy: Sugarcane is cool in nature and sweet in taste, and has the effects of clearing away heat and removing phlegm, promoting salivation and moistening dryness; water chestnut, also known as ground pear and water chestnut, clears away heat and detoxifies, and is suitable for sore throat and cough.