What's the matter with tongue coating?

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The tongue is a very important part of our body. It not only helps correct the pronunciation of sentences, but also distinguishes the taste. If the eyes are the windows of the soul, the tongue is the guard of the body. It blocks the invasion of things that are not conducive to us. The coating on the tongue is usually a thin layer. What is the reason for the thick coating? Let me tell you.

What's the matter with tongue coating?

First, there is water retention or phlegm in the body. White fur can appear in patients with water retention or phlegm in the body. Clinically, some patients with pleural effusion, ascites, slow nephritis, asthma, slow bronchitis, bronchiectasis, etc. are more common. There is dampness or phlegm retention in the body, which makes the tongue coating thick white or greasy.

Second: the stomach is hot, can present the stomach noisy, Xiaogu good hunger and other diseases, hot fire, can be seen bitter, thirsty drink, constipation and other diseases. Even more, it will cause stomach yin deficiency. Stomach fire inflammation, can cause stomach qi on the inverse, visible disgust, vomiting adverse sour bitter yellow water and other diseases. If the stomach fire is inflamed along the meridians, or it is toothache and gingival swelling, or it is bleeding. If the heat burns the head of the stomach, the blood will overflow and hematemesis will occur.

Third: a variety of slow inflammatory infection, such as slow pelvic inflammatory disease, slow pyelonephritis, tuberculous meningitis, bone and joint tuberculosis, patients with tongue coating is slightly thicker than normal, or thin white greasy coating. It may be that patients in convalescent stage of the disease will also show white moss, which indicates the early stage of respiratory tract infection, acute bronchitis and pneumonia

matters needing attention

Usually we must pay attention to the diet, do not eat spicy food. Don't touch each other with pungent smell. Appropriate outdoor aerobic breathing exercise. Also eat more vitamin rich food, fresh fruits and vegetables. Enhance the resistance against bacteria.