Bad breath is caused by stomach cold or stomach heat, understand the source of bad breath

Bad breath is mostly caused by stomach heat. In addition, poor oral hygiene, stomach problems, and excessive liver fire can also cause bad breath. If bad breath is caused by stomach heat, it can be treated with Chinese medicine.

1. Bad breath caused by stomach problems is caused by stomach heat. Stomach heat, stomach fire, food accumulation, and deficiency heat are all causes of bad breath. Is bad breath caused by stomach cold or stomach heat?

2. Most patients with bad breath have two major reasons. One is oral disease. Bad breath caused by this type of cause actually only accounts for a small part. Most bad breath is caused by another reason, that is, bad breath caused by stomach fire. Stomach fire and stomach cold are the classification of stomach diseases in traditional Chinese medicine.

3. All bad breath caused by stomach problems is caused by stomach fire. Stomach cold will not cause bad breath symptoms. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, bad breath caused by stomach-fire type stomach disease is mostly caused by the evil fire invading the stomach. In addition to bad breath, the symptoms include dry mouth and bitter taste in the mouth, red face and hot body, thirst for cold drinks, or sores in the mouth and tongue, or swollen and painful gums, pus and bleeding. The best treatment should be to clear the stomach and reduce fire, and soften the liver and relieve pain.

Symptoms of stomach cold and stomach heat

Stomach cold

Many patients with stomach cold are mostly caused by bad eating habits, such as liking to eat raw and cold food, irregular meals, etc., which will lead to stomach cold over time, manifested as stomach pain accompanied by a cold stomach feeling. Warming the stomach with a hot water bag will relieve the pain. Stomach pain or aggravated pain is often caused by cold weather or eating cold food.

Stomach cold pain can be divided into real syndrome and false syndrome. The real syndrome pain is fierce and severe, often caused by overeating raw and cold food; the false syndrome pain is slower and persistent, often caused by inattentive climate or diet.

People with cold stomach should try not to eat raw or cold foods, such as mung beans, chilled watermelon, dragon fruit, persimmons, crabs, etc., otherwise it will aggravate the cold stomach. You can eat some stomach warming foods appropriately, such as lamb, pork tripe, pumpkin, walnuts and other warm foods. You can also add spices such as ginger and pepper to your diet.

Stomach heat

Stomach heat, if severe, is called stomach fire. There are many causes of stomach heat, such as alcoholism, spicy food, fried and hot food, etc., which manifest as stomach pain with a burning sensation, often accompanied by thirst, bitter taste in the mouth, bad breath, and even swollen and painful gums, dry throat, short and red urine, and constipation. People with hot stomachs like to drink cold drinks and eat cold foods because they bring a sense of comfort after entering the stomach.

Stomach heat pain can be divided into deficiency and excess syndromes. Excessive syndrome means that the stomach fire is too strong, the pain is severe and accompanied by a burning sensation, bad breath or swollen and painful gums, and dry stools. Deficiency syndrome refers to yin deficiency and excessive fire. The pain is milder and is accompanied by dry mouth, slight bitterness or oral ulcers. Excessive fatigue can induce or aggravate the symptoms.

People with stomach heat are just the opposite of those with cold stomach. They should eat some cool foods appropriately, such as mung beans, winter melon, lotus seeds, bitter melon, etc., and be careful to stay away from fried, spicy and other irritating foods, and eat less mutton, dog meat, pepper, Sichuan pepper, etc., otherwise it will contribute to stomach heat.