What is the reason for thick saliva? Be careful about this!

Many people are prone to dry mouth. In addition, the human body loses water quickly in winter, and dry mouth can cause saliva to become thick, and in severe cases it can cause bad breath. Patients who often have dry mouth may have chronic lung disease, bronchitis, and vitamin deficiency. In normal times, you should pay attention to drinking more water in winter and spring, and try to replenish water in the dry season. Solve the problem from the dietary aspect, eat more sugarcane, lily, and duck meat. These foods are helpful in relieving dry mouth.

Oral Diseases:

People with poor alignment of upper and lower teeth, deviated nasal septum, enlarged inferior turbinate, and nasal polyps often breathe through their mouths, inhaling and exhaling air in the mouth, taking away more water and causing dry mouth.

Chronic lung disease:

People with emphysema, chronic bronchitis, etc., especially some elderly people, generally have poor lung function and severe hypoxia, so they often breathe compensatorily with their mouths open. Once the lung function improves, the symptoms of dry mouth will be relieved.

Vitamin B2 deficiency:

When the body lacks vitamin B2, it will also cause dry mouth, as well as symptoms such as ulcers at the corners of the mouth, dry throat, and tongue ulcers.

The climate is dry in spring, and many people often feel dry mouth and tongue.

In fact, it is easy to understand from the theory of traditional Chinese medicine. The phenomenon of "dry mouth" is called "yin deficiency" in traditional Chinese medicine. In traditional Chinese medicine theory, the human body is divided into two parts: yin and yang. Yin represents the fluids in the body, such as blood, saliva, tears, and semen. When dry mouth can be relieved by drinking water, it proves that the Yin deficiency in the body is caused by the excess Yang. Therefore, after replenishing the water that belongs to Yin Qi, the Yin and Yang in the human body are balanced and the symptoms of dry mouth are relieved. When dry mouth cannot be relieved by replenishing water, it means that the body's Yin fluid is seriously insufficient.

To fundamentally treat dry mouth, drinking water alone is not enough, you must nourish yin and produce body fluids. There are many ways to nourish Yin. If the symptoms of Yin deficiency are not obvious, you can start with diet therapy and eat more of the following foods:

1. Sugarcane

It can be eaten raw or squeezed into sugarcane juice for daily consumption. Sugarcane is cold in nature, so it should not be used by people with weak spleen and stomach and excessive dampness. Because of its high sugar content, it is not suitable for diabetics.

2. Lily

It is usually steamed or cooked into porridge. Lily is cold in nature and should not be used to treat cold pain in the abdomen caused by spleen and stomach deficiency, diarrhea, and cough caused by exogenous wind and cold.

3. Duck

It can be used to make soup or braised as a dish. Duck meat is cold in nature and should not be consumed by people with spleen and stomach yin deficiency or frequent diarrhea.

4. Black sesame

You can usually cook porridge or grind it into black sesame powder for consumption. Black sesame is laxative. People with weak spleen and loose stools should not take it.