What's going on if there's one less piece of tongue coating?

The tongue coating is very important. It contains a lot of taste cells and is an important tissue for people to feel the taste of food. Therefore, the health of the tongue coating is very important. People are very likely to have some tongue coating problems in their lives, which brings great pressure to their health. Among them, what happens if there is less tongue coating? Let’s take a look at the explanation below, I hope everyone can understand it.

Due to the dysfunction of the spleen and stomach's transportation and transformation functions, dampness and heat are blocked, resulting in thick and greasy tongue coating. However, no attention is paid to it, and the dampness and heat become more and more serious, causing metabolic disorders of water, resulting in the inability of yin fluid to reach the upper burner (mouth and tongue), that is, the yin fluid is not solid, which causes a piece of tongue coating to be missing.

Peeling of tongue coating in traditional Chinese medicine. It is more common in the occurrence of stomach diseases. Occasionally a small piece of tongue coating peels off, which is generally not a big problem as long as you pay attention to your diet. It is recommended to eat a reasonable combination of meat and vegetables, eat until you are 80% full, and drink plenty of water. Eat less spicy, cold, greasy and irritating food.

If there is coating on the tongue and it disappears partially or completely, it is called exfoliative coating. If all the tongue coating falls off, it indicates that the stomach yin is exhausted, which greatly damages the stomach qi. If the tongue coating does not peel off completely, and the peeled area is smooth and has no coating, it is called flowery peeling of the tongue coating, which indicates that both the Qi and Yin of the stomach are damaged. If the tongue coating is not smooth where it peels off and has new particles on it, it is called pseudo-peeling coating, which indicates that the patient's blood and qi are discontinuous. If most of the tongue coating falls off and only a small piece remains, it is called chicken heart tongue, which is a sign of deficiency of stomach qi and yin.

A red tongue with peeling coating is mostly due to Yin deficiency; a pale tongue with peeling or almost peeling coating is mostly due to Qi deficiency or both Qi and blood deficiency. A mirror-like tongue with a red color is a sign of exhaustion of stomach yin and lack of vitality in the stomach, which is a severe symptom of yin deficiency. A yellow-white tongue like a mirror, or even without any blood, is a sign of severe blood deficiency and yang deficiency, which is a serious and difficult to treat disease. If part of the tongue coating falls off, but greasy coating remains on the unpeeled parts, it is usually due to deficiency of vital energy, untransformed phlegm, and a more complicated condition.

It may be related to getting angry. In this case, you can consider taking some metronidazole, clearing fire tablets, etc. for treatment. The diet should be light, avoiding greasy, raw, cold and irritating food. You can eat some heat-clearing foods such as mung bean soup and honeysuckle tea, drink more water to replenish some water, and you can also make some porridge yourself, such as carrot soup, lotus seeds and white fungus, which are all good.

This situation may be due to vitamin deficiency. It is recommended to eat more fresh fruits and vegetables, less spicy and greasy food, and appropriate zinc supplementation. If it persists for a long time, it may be glossitis and it is recommended to go to the hospital for treatment.