How to treat thick and greasy tongue coating

Tongue coating is one of the most important diagnostic and treatment contents in traditional Chinese medicine. By observing the state of the tongue, one can easily judge the health status of the body. Therefore, strengthening the understanding of various conditions of the tongue is a very important matter for people in life. For example, a thick and greasy tongue is a common health problem. Let’s take a look at how to treat a thick and greasy tongue coating? I hope everyone can understand it.

Greasy tongue coating refers to a disease of the human tongue. The moss particles are fine and dense, evenly formed into pieces, close to the surface of the tongue, thick in the middle and thin at the edges, and cannot be wiped off or easily fallen off by scraping. This indicates that turbid evil is contained within the body and the Yang Qi is suppressed, which causes dampness, phlegm, and food accumulation.

According to the basic principles of TCM diagnosis, when there is a thick and greasy tongue coating accompanied by bitter and sticky mouth, bad breath, mouth ulcers, thirst, constipation in the lower abdomen, or yellow, red, smelly and hot urine, burning sensation in the anus, or even carbuncles, sores, and boils, this is called "fire".

White tongue coating: White tongue coating indicates that there is cold in the body. Whether you have eaten cold food or caught a cold, the tongue coating will turn white. Most people nowadays have white tongue coating, which is mainly caused by eating too much cold food or overeating chilled food. Only by eating less cold food and avoiding catching cold can we reduce the impact of cold on the internal body. When there is less cold in the body, the tongue coating will not be obviously white.

The tongue coating is white and very moist, and it appears to have an enhanced reflective property, indicating that the body is not only heavy in coldness but also heavy in dampness. Such people are prone to edema and have a lot of phlegm. When the tongue coating is white and overly moist, you must stop eating all fruits and cold foods, and never drink iced drinks. Get rid of the cold and dampness and eat more warm foods. After the cold and dampness in the body is reduced, the edema will be relieved and subside, and the phlegm will be significantly reduced.

Some people have a white but dry tongue coating. This situation indicates that the person not only has cold in the body but also has dryness and heat in the body and lack of blood. People who encounter this situation should first find out the cause of the cold and eliminate the cause as soon as possible. Second, they should not eat spicy or warm foods. For example, eating ginger to dispel the cold is not appropriate here because eating these things will increase dryness and heat. So, how should these people get rid of cold and dampness? As long as you stop eating cold food and your body will no longer catch cold, and at the same time eat more neutral, easily digestible foods, you can slowly replenish your blood and let the blood moisturize the dryness. If you persist in this way, the tongue coating will not continue to turn white, and the tongue will also be moisturized due to the nourishment of the blood. When the tongue is not dry, use the method of fumigating the whole body with moxa sticks to dispel the cold and dredge the meridians, and the dryness and heat will naturally subside slowly.