What causes thick yellow tongue coating? Does it need treatment?

There are many factors that can cause thick tongue coating, most of which are disease factors. If the tongue coating is thick and yellow, it will affect people's health, so everyone must pay attention to it. Once this phenomenon occurs, it must be treated as soon as possible.

From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, when a person's stomach qi is serious, it will fumigate and attach to the tongue. Thus, the tongue coating will first reflect the function of the spleen and stomach. When the spleen and stomach are damp and hot, the tongue coating will turn yellow. Detailed reasons for thick yellow tongue coating: Yellow tongue coating can be light yellow, tender yellow, dark yellow, burnt yellow, etc. Generally speaking, the darker the color of the yellow tongue coating, the more severe the heat evil is. Light yellow indicates mild fever; tender yellow indicates heavier fever; dark yellow indicates even heavier fever; burnt yellow indicates heat accumulation; yellow and dry indicates heat damaging body fluids; yellow and greasy indicates damp heat.

1. The thickness of the moss is determined by whether the bottom is visible or not. If the tongue body can be seen through the coating, it is called thin coating; otherwise it is called thick coating. Yellow indicates heat in the body. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the tongue coating is caused by the stomach qi and food gas rising to the tongue.

2. Thick tongue coating and bad breath usually indicate some minor stomach problems. If you don’t feel any other discomfort at the moment, you can start by adjusting your diet and daily life. Maintain a regular life, be in a good mood, eat easily digestible food, eat more vegetables and fruits, eat less fatty and fried food, and it is best not to drink alcohol or smoke.

3. In addition to looking at the tongue coating, it is recommended to look at the quality of your tongue and compare it with your lips. If it is reddish, it means heat, if it is pale, it means spleen deficiency, and if it is dark, it may be blood stasis.

4. If the tongue coating is thick and yellow, you need to see if it is greasy. The "greasy" mentioned in Chinese medicine is like the feeling of "oil". If so, it means that there is dampness and heat in the body, which needs to be eliminated and heat cleared.

5. If the tongue coating is simply thick and yellow, the yellow color indicates that there is heat in the body. It is recommended to eat normal and cool food at night and not drink alcohol. You will be able to adjust yourself quickly. Because the tongue coating is sometimes related to the weather, the heat and dampness will prevail in summer, and the tongue coating is easy to be thick. If there is no special discomfort, you can consciously eat some things that can eliminate phlegm and clear heat in your daily life, such as: coix seed, lotus seed, water chestnut, poria, tangerine peel, etc., which all have certain therapeutic effects.