This study explains the pathogenesis

syndrome differentiation and treatment of cheilitis from different kinds of pathogenic fire. The basic pathogenesis process of cheilitis in Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is heat brimming in the heart

spleen and stomach followed by fire-pathogen invading upwards. Based on the clinical manifestations and pathological features of cheilitis

this paper puts forward that the source of pathogenic fire can be divided into sthenic fire

ministerial fire and yin fire. The TCM pathology of cheilitis is explained from the perspective of pathogenic fire

including brimming heat in the heart

spleen and uprush of sthenic fire; yin deficiency and blood dryness and frenetic stirring of ministerial fire; spleen and stomach deficiency and upward flaming of yin fire. Some treatment method are also proposed here

which include the use of Xiehuang Powder (Yellow-Draining Powder) or Shuangjie Tongsheng Powder (Double-Resolving Sage-Inspired Powder) to clear the heart and spleen and drain the sthenic fire; Qingxin Lianzi Beverage (Heart-Clearing Lotus Seed Beverage) or Sancai Fengsui Pellet (Heaven

Human

and Earth Marrow-Retaining Elixir) to nourish yin and benefit qi and clear ministerial fire; Bupiwei Xieyinhuo Shengyang Decoction (Stomach-Spleen-Supplementing

Yin-Fire-Draining

and Yang-Raising Decoction) or Buzhong Yiqi Decoction (Center-Supplementing and Qi-Boosting Decoction) to supplement the spleen and stomach and disperse yin fire. These are designed to achieve its desired effect of eliminating pathogenic fire.