​How to diagnose diseases from tongue coating

Abnormal tongue coating indicates that there is something wrong with the body. At this time, you should go to the hospital for examination in time, so that you can have a good grasp of your specific situation. But how to diagnose diseases from the tongue coating? This is something that many people don’t know. The following is a detailed introduction so that you can do it correctly when diagnosing diseases from the tongue coating, which will also be helpful for disease treatment.

Methods of seeing diseases from tongue coating:

1. The tongue coating of a normal person is called thin white coating in traditional Chinese medicine. Although this coating can also be seen in the early stages of a cold, seeing this coating often indicates that the condition is mild.

Conditioning method: You can choose soft food that is slightly warm in nature, such as red dates and glutinous rice porridge; you can also choose a light and warm diet, using vinegar and ginger as seasoning; eat apples, tangerines, oranges, etc. as fruits; eat less cold food, such as cold dishes, duck eggs, etc., and avoid cold drinks. If you have a cold and see a greasy white or thick white coating on your tongue, you should choose foods that warm the spleen and stomach, and dispel cold and dampness, and eat less sweet, greasy and heavy foods, otherwise it will cause abdominal distension and loss of appetite.

2. The tongue coating is thin and less, like a mirror-like smooth surface with no coating, or the tongue coating partially falls off. It is mostly caused by gastrointestinal damp-heat or yin deficiency and hyperactivity of fire. It can be seen in severe anemia, parasitic diseases or chronic wasting diseases.

Treatment method: The diet should include foods that clear heat and dampness. In addition, you can choose foods such as lily soup, pear, watermelon, etc. that have the effect of nourishing yin, reducing fire, and promoting body fluid, and avoid eating spicy and warm foods such as lamb, onions, etc. Some diseases caused by internal heat and burning of body fluids may be accompanied by black or gray tongue coating, which often means that the condition is critical and dangerous.

3. The tongue coating is slightly yellow or greasy, which is often caused by damp-heat in the spleen and stomach or gastrointestinal stagnation. It is seen in infection, fever or digestive dysfunction, and is often accompanied by symptoms such as dry mouth and tongue, irritability, dry stool or constipation.

Conditioning method: Choose foods that clear heat and dampness, such as white radish, tomato, loofah, lotus root powder, mung bean, and fruits such as hawthorn and pear.

Therefore, looking at the tongue coating does help in diagnosing the disease, but it must be combined with other symptoms to correctly diagnose the disease. At the same time, when observing the tongue coating, patients should not scrape it or eat foods that can easily stain the tongue coating, so as not to cover up the essence of the tongue coating and cause misdiagnosis.

After understanding the method of diagnosing diseases from the tongue coating, it is helpful to treat your own diseases according to the above method. However, it should be noted that when improving some complex diseases, if there are abnormalities in your tongue coating, you must report it in time so that the doctor will have improvement methods to avoid further impact on the body.