What's wrong with the yellow and greasy tongue

The tongue is located in the oral area of ​​the human body. It is connected to the cardiovascular system and is responsible for eating and language systems. When bacteria enter the mouth, the tongue is the connecting zone between the mouth and the respiratory tract, and it is also very easy to breed a large number of bacteria. Therefore, the health status of the human body can be seen from the condition of the tongue. The normal tongue coating is a thin milky white substance composed of oral cells. When the tongue coating appears yellow and greasy, you should consider whether there are symptoms of excessive moisture in your body.

1. What does a yellow and greasy tongue coating look like?

When talking about yellow and greasy tongue coating, some people may have questions, "What kind of tongue coating is yellow and greasy?" In fact, it is very intuitive. The tongue coating is yellow and sticky, with dense and sticky particles, and yellow powder is applied to the tongue surface.

2. Why does the tongue coating become yellow and greasy?

In most cases, a yellow and greasy tongue coating is caused by the combination of pathogenic heat and phlegm and dampness. Yellow tongue coating indicates heat, greasy tongue coating indicates dampness, phlegm, and food stagnation. In other words, yellow and greasy tongue coating is mostly a symptom of damp heat, but it can also be caused by qi deficiency and dysfunction of transportation and transformation, resulting in dampness.

3. What does a yellow and greasy tongue coating indicate?

You should know that the tongue coating will not appear yellow and greasy for no reason, which means that your health has sounded the "red light". Patients with liver diseases such as chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis and diabetes are prone to yellow and greasy tongue coating. In addition, patients with urinary system diseases, such as kidney stones, ureteral stones, acute pyelonephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and acute glomerulonephritis, are also prone to yellow greasy tongue coating. In addition, patients who use hormones for a long time may also have a yellow and greasy tongue coating.

Here we recommend that if you find that your tongue coating has become yellow and greasy and you feel a little uncomfortable, it is best to go to the hospital to register for treatment. If there is no obvious physical discomfort, but the yellow and greasy tongue coating does not subside for a long time, try to go to the hospital for a check-up in time to achieve the purpose of early detection and early treatment of the disease.

How to tell your health from your tongue

1. Tongue: Dampness: The tongue is covered with fur and there are teeth marks on the edges of the tongue

1. Physical manifestations: puffy and oily face (eyelids), acne, diarrhea, heaviness and drowsiness, dry and hard stools, irritability.

2. Causes: Qi deficiency, lack of exercise, and drinking cold drinks cause water to remain in the body.

3. Solution: Boil 10 grams each of red beans and coix seeds in water for 30 minutes and drink it as tea to remove heat and dampness. It is suitable for summer. In the cold and damp winter, it is suitable to use green peppercorns to boil water and soak your feet.

2. Tongue image - congestion: There are black ecchymoses on the sides and tip of the tongue, the whole tongue is dark and purple, and there are varicose veins under the tongue

1. Physical manifestations: forgetfulness, dry throat, irritability, dry skin, body pain, dull complexion, dark lips, dark circles under the eyes, and dysmenorrhea.

2. Causes: poor blood circulation, trauma, anger (liver depression and qi stagnation can easily lead to blood stasis), qi deficiency, and cold.

3. Solution: 0.5g each of Panax notoginseng and American ginseng, grind into powder and take with warm water.

3. Tongue: Blood deficiency: no blood in the muscles, blood in the mucous membranes, pale white, and the overall color is pale white

1. Physical manifestations: poor memory, poor thinking ability, poor sleep, easy insomnia, easy fatigue, fear of wind and cold, warm hands and feet in hot weather, cold hands and feet in cold weather.

2. Causes: blood loss, poor spleen and stomach function that cannot absorb nutrients, and excessive thinking that consumes the blood of the heart and spleen.

3. Solution: Grind 30 grams of American ginseng into powder, add 300 grams of longan pulp, stir evenly and steam for 4 hours. Take one spoonful a day with boiled water.

4. Tongue appearance - Yin deficiency: red tongue with no coating or thin coating

1. Physical manifestations: dry eyes, dry mouth and throat, hot palms and soles, dry stools, dizziness and tinnitus, poor sleep, fast pulse, preference for cold drinks, irritability and anger, and sore waist and knees.

2. Causes: lack of body fluid, staying up late, eating spicy and hot food, and serious illness.

3. Solution: 9 grams each of raw rehmannia, adenophora, ophiopogon, wolfberry, 6 grams of dendrobium, 3 grams of angelica, and one section of pig dragon bone. Boil them into soup and drink it for a week.

5. Tongue: Yang deficiency: enlarged, pale, with teeth marks

1. Physical manifestations: fear of cold, preference for hot drinks, lack of energy, excessive sleep, pale lips, easy hair loss, easy sweating, loose stools, and long, clear urine.

2. Causes: Taking too many cold medicines, drinking cold drinks, weak constitution, and excessive exposure to cold environments.

3. Solution: 20 grams of angelica, 30 grams of ginger, and 500 grams of mutton, boil them into soup and drink.

6. Tongue Image - Liver Qi is not flowing: Tongue shape is thin, tongue edge and tip are red

1. Physical manifestations: depressed mood, bitter and dry mouth, dizziness, poor appetite, hot and cold sensation, irritability, vomiting, chest tightness and rib pain, insomnia and nightmares.

2. Cause: heavy thoughts and high pressure (the seven emotions cause internal damage: joy disperses the qi, anger causes the qi to rise, joy causes the qi to gather, thinking causes the qi to stagnate, sadness causes the qi to disappear, fear causes the qi to descend, and shock causes the qi to become chaotic).

3. Solution: Take 3 grams each of rush and bamboo leaves, soak them in water and drink them for 3-5 days. It is mainly used for sudden inflammation that requires soothing the liver and regulating qi. Long-term liver qi stagnation mainly requires adjustment of the seven emotions: joy, anger, worry, sadness, fear, and shock. Compassion is the most powerful weapon to control the seven emotions, and those who are kind will live longer.