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*Qianjin Fang* (Essential Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold) treats the sudden entry of food into the nasal cavity reaching the head (referring to the nasopharynx), causing a lingering pain and inability to remove it:
Use beef tallow or mutton fat, sized like a soybean, insert it into the nostril. Guide the fat with hand; within a moment, as the fat melts, the foreign body will be expelled along with the fat. (Note: The original text here is missing regarding cattle and sheep...)

*Zhubing Yuanhou Lun* (Treatise on the Pathogenesis and Symptoms of All Diseases) states: When there is heat in the Spleen and Stomach, Qi rises to the lips, causing sores on the lips. If additionally affected by Wind, Cold, and Dampness which clash with the sores, slight swelling and moist ulceration occur.

*Jiyan Fang* (Collected Proven Prescriptions) treats Chongchun (swollen and overlapping lips):
Burn alum until boiling, mix with Hufen (Lead Carbonate/White Lead powder), and apply to the lesion.

*Qianjin Fang* (Essential Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold) treats Jin Chun (tight and stiff lips):
Apply La Tie (wax plaster) overnight, and it will heal.
Another prescription: Apply roasted Songzhi (Pine Resin), and it will heal.
Another prescription: Moxibustion at Hegu (LI4), left side for males, right side for females, seven moxa cones.
Another prescription: After moxibustion on the sore, apply Shehui (Snake Ash), which is highly effective.
Another prescription: Burn human hair, honeycomb, and animal hairs into ash, mix with Zhuzhi (Pig Fat), and apply.
It also says: To treat sores on the lip margin that do not heal for years:
Take ten jin of Indigofera leaves harvested in August, extract the juice, wash the area three times daily.

*Ge Shi Fang* (Prescriptions of Master Ge) treats Shen Chun (red, swollen, painful lips) with chronic sores and ulceration:
Burn Kuisgen (Malva root) and apply to the lesion.
Another prescription: Apply Tougou (Head dirt/scalp sebum).
Another prescription: Apply Dongbi Tu (Soil from the east wall of a house).

*Xinlu Fang* (Newly Recorded Prescriptions) treats Shen Chun:
Wash with Hezhi (Lotus Juice) mixed with wine, two to three times daily.
Another prescription: Wash with Mashixian juice (Portulaca Oleracea juice), three times daily.
Another prescription: Apply Binlang Hui (Betel Nut Ash).
Another prescription: Apply Yugen Baipi (Inner Bark of Elm Root).

*Longmen Fang* (Longmen Prescriptions) treats Jin Chun:
Take Dihuang Ye (Rehmannia Leaf), pound it in a broken tile vessel until mushy, let it dry, scrape off the powder, and apply; it is effective.

*Duanju Fang* (Short Drama Prescriptions) treats Jin Chun:
The folk proverb says: "Good prescriptions and skilled techniques come from the A clan." In my youth, I suffered repeatedly from tight lips due to exposure to wind while horseback hunting. Someone taught me to wrap white cloth into a large lantern shape...

*Zhubing Yuanhou Lun* (Treatise on the Pathogenesis and Symptoms of All Diseases) states: When Wind-Heat pathogenic factors invade and surge to the lips, clashing with Blood and Qi, swelling and nodulation occur. External invasion by Wind-Cold exacerbates the swelling and nodulation...

*Ge Shi Fang* (Prescriptions of Master Ge) treats sudden appearance of slightly larger nodules on tight, heavy lips:
Incise with a knife blade to drain pus and blood, and it will heal immediately.

*Qianjin Fang* (Essential Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold) treats Jin Chun with nodules:
Take one sheng of Pig Manure, squeeze juice with water, and take warm.
It also says: To treat sudden formation of mouth-like ulcers on lips and tongue:
Burn Jishi Bai (Chicken Droppings' White Part) into flakes, wrap in cloth, place on the lesion to hold in the mouth, three times daily.