Why does my mouth feel sticky?

If your mouth feels sticky, it is generally caused by the rising of false fire. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, this is also a common symptom, which is mainly divided into Yin deficiency fire and Yang deficiency fire. If it is Yin deficiency fire, it is often related to poor physical constitution. On the other hand, Yang deficiency fire is mostly related to coldness. At this time, you must pay attention to diet adjustment, which can be treated with certain Chinese medicine.

Why does my mouth feel sticky?

1. Yin Deficiency Fire

Yin deficiency or long-term illness that damages Yin, or being affected by Yang evil or the excessive transformation of the five emotions into fire can all cause organ dysfunction, loss of body fluid, and depletion of Yin essence, leading to Yin deficiency. The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine says: "When Yin is deficient, Yang becomes hyperactive", which means that when Yin is deficient and cannot control Yang, and Yin and Yang lose balance, Yang becomes relatively hyperactive and causes heat symptoms, which becomes the fire of Yin deficiency. For example, it is said in "Jingyue Complete Works·Fire Symptoms": "People with yin deficiency can have fever. This is because the true yin is depleted and water cannot control fire."

2. Yang Deficiency Fire

Due to congenital deficiency, Yang deficiency, or being affected by Yin evil, which damages Yang over time, or excessive use of cold attack, or being old and weak, all of these can lead to kidney Yang deficiency and internal accumulation of Yin and cold, which can develop into Yin excess suppressing Yang over time, so that Yang cannot be hidden but instead floats up, resulting in hyperactivity of false Yang, which becomes Yang deficiency fire of kidney deficiency suppressing Yang. Just as it is said in "Jing Yue Quan Shu·Fire Symptoms": "When cold is generated from within, the Yang Qi has nothing to attach to and is discharged to the outside. This is called false fire or false heat", "Those with yang deficiency can also have fever. This is because the primordial Yang is exhausted and the fire does not return to its original place."

Food regimen to regulate internal heat

1. Foods that replenish Yin deficiency: soft-shelled turtle, bird's nest, lily, duck meat, black fish, jellyfish, lotus root, enoki mushroom, wolfberry root, water chestnut, etc.

2. Eat raw loaches to eliminate internal heat: Remove the head and bones of 2 raw loaches, chop them into pieces, and eat them raw.

3. Regulate the spleen and stomach first, strengthen the spleen and remove dampness, aromaticize and clear turbidity, stimulate appetite and aid digestion. The dietary principle is a variety of changes, rich in nutrition and easy to digest. The food should be warm and soft. Fish, lean meat, chicken, milk, soy products, lotus seeds, coix seeds, lilies, yams, dates, walnuts, etc. are the first choice. Fresh vegetables and fruits should also be eaten more appropriately. It is best to "eat small meals frequently" and only eat 70% to 80% full at each meal.

4. The elderly, frail people with weak spleen and stomach should eat less raw, cold, greasy, fried, smoked and food that can easily cause bloating.

5. Eat less warm and spicy foods, such as onions, garlic, peppers, ginger, mustard greens, leeks, fennel, coriander, lychees, apricots, shrimps, beef, mutton, cat meat, etc.

6. Liver and kidney yin deficiency type: It is advisable to eat foods that nourish the liver and kidney, nourish yin and clear away heat, such as coix seed, red bean, carrot, cabbage, celery, wild rice stem, pear, peach, jujube, apple, mulberry, grape, cherry, black-bone chicken, pork, pork liver, quail, quail eggs, rabbit meat, frog, duck meat, pigeon meat and fresh scallops.