Is the tongue coating white?

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Traditional Chinese medicine pays attention to "seeing, hearing and asking". In many cases, many diseases can be diagnosed only from "looking". It is necessary to know that once there is a problem in the body, the "alarm" will sound. The most intuitive "alarm" of some diseases is some abnormal features directly displayed, such as the abnormal performance of complexion and tongue coating. Today, I'd like to talk about some abnormal symptoms of tongue coating, which also reveals whether you are healthy or not.

Is the tongue coating white?

1. There are tooth marks on the edge of the tongue. Some people are fat and big, and the body of the tongue is fat, and there are tooth marks on the edge of the tongue. According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, "obese people have more phlegm and dampness", which indicates that the spleen and stomach function of obese people is relatively insufficient, and the digestion and absorption of food is easy to appear obstacles. This kind of people usually should eat less greasy and indigestible food, eat more vegetables, fruits and light diet, and also need to strengthen exercise. If the tongue coating is white, thick and greasy, there are tooth marks on the edge of the tongue, loss of appetite, abdominal distension and loose stool, it belongs to excessive phlegm and dampness. When eating light and digestible food, it should be treated with drugs to strengthen the spleen and remove dampness.

2. Tongue coating is thick and has breath. For example, a person's tongue coating is very thick all the year round and has breath. Generally speaking, the person's stomach may have problems; However, if there are no other uncomfortable feelings or symptoms, we can start with daily activities, such as taking coix seed porridge properly. After a period of conditioning, abnormal tongue coating and breath can also heal themselves without special treatment.

3. There are cracks on the tongue. If some people stick out their tongue, they can clearly see that there are many "cracks" on the surface of the tongue, and most of them have no tongue coating. Traditional Chinese medicine calls them "cracked tongue". If there are no discomfort symptoms, they are physiological and do not need special treatment. However, the cracked tongue appeared after the serious illness, and the tongue was red without moss. According to the syndrome differentiation of traditional Chinese medicine, it belongs to "Yin deficiency syndrome", which needs to be treated with nourishing Yin herbs.

matters needing attention

When you find that your tongue coating is not healthy, you should first adjust your diet, eat more light food, drink more water, and eat less fried food. After a period of time has not seen better, will go to seek the doctor's help.