What kind of inflammation is the tongue white and thick with tooth marks?

The tongue is a very sensitive organ tissue. Its taste buds are the tools for people to experience the sour, sweet, bitter and spicy flavors. Therefore, the health of the tongue is very important to people's lives. However, because the tongue does not have sufficient self-protection ability, it is easily infected by external viruses, leading to serious diseases of the tongue and causing great pain to people. Let's take a look at what kind of inflammation is the white and thickened tongue with tooth marks?

White coating: A normal tongue coating is thin, white and moist. The tongue coating is thin, white and overly smooth, which is generally seen in superficial symptoms and cold syndromes. If the tongue coating is thick, white and dry, it means that there is a lesion in the gastrointestinal tract, which is often seen in various symptoms of gastritis, enteritis and bad breath. At the same time, thick white tongue coating is also a warning of gastrointestinal metaplasia, and the severity of intestinal metaplasia is directly related to gastric cancer.

Thick moss: The thickness of the moss is determined by whether the bottom is visible or not. If the tongue cannot be seen through the coating, it is called thick coating. If you have symptoms of gastrointestinal disease, the appearance of thick tongue coating indicates that the condition is already serious and you need to be hospitalized for treatment in time.

Thick white tongue coating is just a symptom. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it is closely related to stomach fire. Most cases of thick white tongue coating are caused by diseases in the stomach, which can be harmful to the body if not treated in time:

1. It causes unpleasant odor in the mouth and even bad breath.

2. It will affect people’s appetite and thus affect digestive function.

3. It will cause stomach heat, and the accumulated heat will lead to facial acne.

It cannot be ruled out that the symptoms are caused by getting angry. It is recommended to keep the oral cavity clean and hygienic, drink plenty of water, eat more fruits and vegetables rich in vitamins, and undergo Chinese medicine conditioning and treatment when necessary. You can consider dietary therapy to reduce internal heat, boil pears with sugar water and eat the juice and flesh. You can also peel the fresh pear, split it open and remove the core, add appropriate amount of rock sugar, put it in a pot and steam it until soft and then you can eat it. It is also recommended to take heat-clearing and detoxifying drugs such as Shangqing Pills for conditioning, which has good effects.

A normal tongue is light red in color, subtle and moist, of moderate thickness, age and tenderness, and moves freely and flexibly, indicating sufficient Qi and blood. It can occur in healthy people, and also in those with the initial onset of external infection or mild internal injuries.