What to Eat for Dry Cracked Lips?
The main causes of dry cracked lips include insufficient daily intake of water and oils, deficiency in vitamins A, B, C, E, yin deficiency with low-grade fever, dry climate, or certain systemic diseases.
For dietary prevention of dry cracked lips, one should consume foods with neutral or slightly cooling properties.
Vegetables:
Such as spinach, mustard greens, amaranth, shepherd’s purse, yellow chrysanthemum (fresh yellow chrysanthemum must be steamed or boiled before consumption to prevent colchicine poisoning), water bamboo, radish, eggplant, bamboo shoots, tomatoes, winter melon, cucumber, loofah, bitter gourd, mushrooms, silver ear fungus, mung beans, soybeans and their products.
Seafood:
Such as purple laver, kelp, jellyfish, clams, turtle meat, freshwater snails, crabs, loaches, carp, eel, black fish, oysters.
Poultry, Eggs, and Dairy:
Such as black-boned chicken, pork, duck meat, duck eggs, goose eggs, goose meat, pig lungs, rabbit meat, horse meat, and dairy products.
Grains and Nuts:
Such as sesame seeds, pine nuts, black beans, millet, wheat, barley.
Fruits and Others:
Such as mulberries, sugarcane, bananas, watermelons, sweet melons, loquats, mangoes, pears, monk fruit, persimmons, pineapples, coconuts, water chestnuts, lotus roots, fresh horned melons, lotus seeds, lilies, coix seed, goji berries, tea, chrysanthemum flowers, honey, rock sugar, table salt, etc.
In addition, those with dry cracked lips should quit smoking and limit coffee consumption.