When we see Chinese medicine, many doctors will check the state of our tongues. A normal tongue should be pink, but sometimes our tongue coating will turn yellow and white. So today we will discuss, what is thick and white tongue coating?
Causes of thick and white tongue coating
Chronic diseases: chronic nephritis, bronchitis and other chronic diseases can cause thick and white tongue coating.
There is moisture in the body: Chinese medicine generally looks at our tongue coating. If it is white, it will generally give the conclusion that the moisture in the body is too heavy, so the thick white tongue coating is also a typical phenomenon of excessive moisture in the body.
Diet changes: Because the tongue coating is formed by saliva, bacteria and some extra white blood cells in the body, if you are sick, resulting in reduced diet, reduced tongue movement or reduced saliva secretion, the tongue coating will become thicker.
Oral problems: Some oral problems can also lead to thick and white tongue coating, such as oral leukoplakia. This disease occurs because external stimuli damage the oral mucosa, and then white spots appear on the tongue.
Gastrointestinal problems: Many Chinese doctors believe that the thick and white tongue coating has a great relationship with stomach fire, and the thick and white tongue coating is mostly due to gastrointestinal problems. If not treated in time, it will endanger your health.
Methods of regulating whitish tongue coating
1, exercise more, keep exercising: Doing exercise for half an hour every day will help improve the body's resistance and immunity, accelerate blood circulation in the body and promote metabolism. But we should pay attention to the combination of work and rest, and don't exercise excessively, otherwise it will be counterproductive.
2, maintain a happy mood: maintaining a happy mood is conducive to the normal operation of the internal organs of the body. If we often feel ups and downs and unhappy, it will do great harm to our health, so we should maintain a good attitude and mood at ordinary times.
3, light diet: thick white tongue coating proves that the digestive function of the stomach is not good, eat more digestible things, such as vegetables, fish and so on.
4, drink more health porridge: porridge is conducive to maintaining the spleen and stomach, but also conducive to digestion, especially eight-treasure porridge, glutinous rice porridge and so on.