What causes a sticky mouth?

The mouth often feels sticky, dry, astringent and uncomfortable, everything tastes tasteless, and there is a loss of appetite. The whole mental state is affected, and one becomes weak and listless. Generally, this situation is caused by dry mouth due to getting angry on the one hand, and is related to the spleen and stomach on the other hand. If there is too much moisture in the body, the spleen and stomach are cold, and stomach problems occur, the mouth will become sticky and astringent. So how can we eliminate the stickiness in the mouth?

Keep a good mood

1 Emotional factors can have a great impact on appetite, digestion, and absorption. Bad emotions can lead to decreased appetite, abdominal distension, heating, indigestion and other discomfort symptoms. To regulate the spleen and stomach function, you must first maintain a good mood, be less angry, less worried, read more books and newspapers, and relax your mentality. A light and nutritious diet

2 People with damp-heat in the spleen and stomach should eat less fatty and greasy foods, and should avoid spicy foods, smoking and drinking. These foods can damage the spleen and stomach, accumulate dampness and generate heat. They should pay attention to a light diet, with less oil, salt and other seasonings. At the same time, they should ensure comprehensive nutrition, diversify their foods as much as possible, eat in moderation and do not overeat. Keep doing appropriate activities

3 Such as walking, jogging, Tai Chi, yoga, etc., moderate physical exercise can increase the gastrointestinal function of the human body, strengthen gastrointestinal motility, increase the secretion of digestive juice, promote food digestion and absorption of nutrients, and improve the body's blood circulation and promote its metabolism. It can not only enhance physical fitness, but also delay the aging of the digestive system. Daily self-massage

4 1. Abdominal massage: Before going to bed every night, put your hands together and rub your abdomen in clockwise and counterclockwise directions with your navel as the center for 10 times each. This can help the spleen function, remove stagnation, and clear away foul air, and has a good health-care effect on the spleen and stomach. 2. Massage Zusanli: Press the Zusanli point with your thumbs, which is located 3 inches below the outer kneecap, on the outer side of the tibia. Press left and right 30 times. It can dry out spleen dampness and generate stomach qi.

Daily recipes

Red bean and barley soup: appropriate amounts of barley kernels and red beans, a little rock sugar. Soak the ingredients in clean water overnight. Put all the ingredients into a casserole, add water and cook until soft, then add rock sugar and bring to a slight boil. Strengthen the spleen and promote diuresis, eliminate dampness and heat. Gorgon fruit, lotus seeds and lentil porridge: 10 grams of Gorgon fruit, 6 grams of lotus seeds, 6 grams of lentils and 30 grams of glutinous rice. Gorgon fruit is difficult to cook, so you can soak it for a longer time in advance, or grind it into powder and cook it together with the other ingredients into porridge. Relieve thirst, eliminate deficiency heat, strengthen the spleen and eliminate dampness. Winter melon, lotus leaf and lean meat soup: 1000 grams of winter melon, 100 grams of lotus leaf and 250 grams of lean meat. Wash the winter melon and cut into pieces with the skin, wash and tie the lotus leaf, cut the lean meat into pieces, put all the ingredients into a pot, add 6 bowls of water and boil for 2 hours. Winter melon is a diuretic and can eliminate dampness and heat, lotus leaves can clear away heat and detoxify, relieve restlessness and open up the orifices, and lean meat can nourish the body.