What is the white and thick tongue coating

 What is the white and thick tongue coating

The tongue coating is a Chinese medical term. Normal people have a thin and moist coating on the surface of the tongue. Traditional Chinese medicine can judge a person's health from changes in the tongue coating. Usually "thin, white, and moist" is the healthy state of the tongue coating. If the tongue coating is thick and white, there may be some problems with the body. Then, what is the matter with the thick white tongue coating?

1. Heavy moisture in the body

Thick and white tongue coating may be due to excessive moisture in the body, which has a certain impact on the daily living environment. It may be caused by long-term living in a relatively humid environment, resulting in excessive moisture in the body, which will also affect our tongue coating. See it out. In addition, we often eat some raw and cold foods, which may also cause heavy moisture, which leads to thick and white tongue coating.

2. Stomach stagnation

When our body is "stomach stagnation", the tongue coating will also appear thick and white. This situation mostly occurs in people who like big fish and meat, as well as sweet and sweet flavors. They are usually accompanied by symptoms of bitter mouth, sticky mouth, mouth sores, and thirst. Some people will also have constipation and yellow and red urine.

3. Drug factors

Taking medicine can also cause thick white tongue coating. Because the medication may cause some disorders of the gastrointestinal function or the dysfunction of the organs. For example, taking some skincare products, or taking radiotherapy and chemotherapy drugs, will cause some obstacles to the person's body, and then it will be manifested in the person's tongue coating.

4. Disease factors

A variety of acute and chronic inflammatory infections, such as chronic pelvic inflammatory disease, chronic pyelonephritis, tuberculous meningitis, bone, and joint tuberculosis, etc. The tongue coating of patients is slightly thicker than normal, or thin white greasy coating. White fur may also appear in patients who have just onset of the disease, such as upper respiratory tract infection, acute bronchitis, pneumonia, etc., or in the recovery period of the disease. If there is inflammation, anti-inflammatory treatment should be carried out in time. If it is a gastrointestinal problem, not only should regulate the gastrointestinal tract, but also pay attention to the usual diet. Then, the patient should adjust the body according to the reason of thick white tongue coating.