What's the matter with thick and white tongue coating

Update Date: 2024-11-22 Source: Network

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Thick and white tongue coating is a common phenomenon. When the tongue coating turns white, we will feel that the tongue seems to be thicker, some astringent feeling, sometimes accompanied by bitter mouth. What's the matter with thick and white tongue? Let's talk about it.

What's the matter with thick and white tongue coating

First: Yellow Moss: generally expressed as heat syndrome, that is, stomach heat. The moss is thin, yellow, thick and dry, and the body fluid is damaged. The tongue has cracks. It is extremely hot in the interior, body fluid is injured, and viscera are hot. Tongue coating is yellow, thick and greasy, mostly phlegm heat, food accumulation or damp heat. The tongue coating is yellow and smooth, which is the manifestation of Yang deficiency.

Second: black fur: people with gastrointestinal problems, tongue coating will become thick and greasy, beginning with white, gradually becoming yellow or black. In addition, some chronic diseases, such as uremia and malignant tumor, will also appear black moss when the condition deteriorates, which is a sign of critical illness. We should go to the hospital in time to see a doctor for treatment.

Third: white coating: the coating of the tongue is thin, white and moist, which is the coating of the tongue of normal people. Tongue coating is thin, white and over lubricated, which is commonly seen in exterior syndrome and cold syndrome. If the tongue coating is white and thick and dry, it indicates that the gastrointestinal tract has pathological changes, which is often seen in various symptoms of gastritis, enteritis and halitosis. At the same time, the thick and white tongue coating is also a warning of gastrointestinal metaplasia, and the severity of intestinal metaplasia is directly related to gastric cancer.

matters needing attention

1. Cause bad smell in the mouth, even bad breath. 2. It will affect people's appetite, and then affect the digestive function. 3. It can cause stomach heat, and accumulated heat can lead to facial sores.