What is the first thing you do in the morning? Brushing your teeth? Washing your face? That’s normal but I wish you could break the routine at times by studying the color of your lips once you drag…… your body out of the bed in the morning.

As stated in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), changes in lips color or texture indicate changes of health status. (Yes, lip observation is a way of diagnosis in TCM). Healthy people have reddish , averaged moist and shiny lips. If you’re getting exhausted easily or your health condition is flashing red light, ya… your lips would signify you through the following color and texture changes.

(Angelina Jolie’s lips are so plump and inviting. If this is her natural lip colors her health status is good but if it’s barely a makeup effect, we gotta have a sneak peak on the original color …and wait…overly fat lips could be an indication of sexual disorders as well  )

Pale Lips
Commonly found among people with anemia, blood loss or other diseases associated with anemia and low cell count.

Pale Or Greenish Upper Lip
You might have weak intestine, diarrhea, bloatedness, stomachache, fear of cold etc.

Pale Lower Lip
An indication of weak and cold stomach, frequent vomiting and diarrhea, stomachache, stomach upset, abdominal pain and so on.

Greenish Lips
Highly indicates poor blood circulation, you are prone to acute diseases, especially coronary disorders such as coronary thrombosis, stroke or similar acute attack.

Dry Or Dark Red Upper Lips
Watch out for abdominal disorder, this symptom might come with stiff shoulder, bad breath, mouth infection, throat irritation, blocked ears or nose etc.

Pale Pink Lip
Most probably associated with blood or both energy and blood deficiency. Proper toning up of blood or both blood and energy are needed.

Extreme Dark Red Lips
This is a symptom of excess syndrome in TCM. It usually accompanied by high fever, thirst, respiratory tract infection, abdominal fullness and pain that may lead to sputum and indigestion.

Black Lips
Highly suggestive of digestive system disorder, such as constipation, diarrhea, lower abdominal pain or even headache, insomnia, poor appetite and so on. Smoking and excessive caffein intake cause lips darkening too. Anyway, some people are inherited with darker lips color.

Black Spots On Lips Or Black Ring Around Lips
Closely monitor the function of adrenal cortex. It might be weakening without your knowledge…

So now you know what you should do the first thing in the morning? Texture and size of our lips play wonders too. I shall blog about it soon.

To your healthy and sexy lips,

Zing