What reason is tongue coating thick?

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Tongue coating, a medical term. There is a thin white and moist coating on the back of the tongue in normal people, which is called tongue coating. It is composed of exfoliated keratinized epithelium, saliva, bacteria, food debris and exuded white blood cells. What reason is tongue coating thick? Let's talk about it

What reason is tongue coating thick?

Patients with mild disease, early onset of disease or convalescent stage of disease will also appear white moss, which indicates early onset of upper respiratory tract infection, acute bronchitis and pneumonia; Stomach fire on inflammation, can cause stomach gas on the inverse, visible nausea, vomiting, bitter yellow water and other symptoms.

White fur can appear in patients with retention of water and dampness or phlegm in the body. Clinically, some patients with pleural effusion, ascites, chronic nephritis, asthma, chronic bronchitis, bronchiectasis, etc. are common. There are turbid dampness or stagnation of phlegm in the body, which makes the tongue coating appear thick white or white greasy fur;

A variety of chronic inflammatory infections: such as chronic pelvic inflammatory disease, chronic pyelonephritis, tuberculous meningitis, bone and joint tuberculosis, tongue coating is slightly thicker than normal, or thin white greasy coating. If the stomach is hot, there may be noise in the stomach, eliminating food and hunger,

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In the daily diet, you can also eat some warm tonic foods, such as mutton, carrots, ginger, and some cold food to eat less mung beans, crabs and wax gourd to eat less.