What is thick and white tongue coating? What is the reason?

What causes the thick and white tongue coating? Let's introduce it from a medical point of view. Let's talk about the formation of thick tongue coating. Tongue coating is formed by the continuous growth and accumulation of filamentous papilla microstructure on tongue mucosa. When we sleep at night, the friction between saliva and oral chewing skills will stop, and when people fall asleep, the tongue coating will be thicker in the morning. If the tongue is thick all day, the self-cleaning function of the tongue will not play its due role. Generally speaking, this situation is more related to the accumulation of heat in the spleen and stomach. In most cases, thick tongue coating is a sign of heavy stomach qi, so it is necessary to treat your stomach in time. Do you still need to pay attention to whether it is thick or dry? If it is too dry, you can drink plenty of water, and the mouth is easy to dry, which also shows that the function of the spleen has been affected or damaged; If it is thick and greasy, it is damp evil. What causes the thick and white tongue coating? Let me explain it to you carefully. Chinese medicine divides the tongue into the tip of the tongue, the middle of the tongue, the root of the tongue and the side of the tongue. It is considered that the tip of the tongue belongs to the heart and lung, the middle tongue belongs to the spleen and stomach, the root of the tongue belongs to the kidney, and both sides of the tongue belong to the liver and gallbladder. According to different parts of the tongue, reflecting different visceral diseases has certain reference value in clinic, but it can't be seen mechanically and needs to be considered comprehensively in combination with other symptoms and signs. What is the reason for thick and white tongue coating? White tongue coating: it is called cold syndrome in Chinese medicine, and it is also the early stage of wind-cold cold cold. You can choose a warmer diet, such as red dates and glutinous rice porridge, and eat more soft food. It is also good to drink beef soup, mutton soup, egg drop soup, carrots, onions and brown sugar. And use vinegar and ginger as seasoning. Fruits can be apples, oranges, etc. Don't eat cold food, such as cold salad, cucumber, wax gourd, mung bean sprouts, crabs and duck eggs. And don't eat anything cold. How about thick and white tongue coating? Tongue coating: Tongue coating is caused by stomach anger. Zhang Xugu said: "Tongue coating shows qi in the stomach, and stomach qi occurs in the heart and spleen. Therefore, people who are not sick often have a thin layer, which is the gas in their stomachs, just like the grass on the ground. If the land is barren, the soil will be lifeless. " Wu Kun 'an said: "The tongue is covered with moss, and the ground is covered with moss. The moss of the earth is born on moisture; Tongue coating is caused by stomach steaming and spleen dampness, so it is called coating. " Modern doctors believe that the formation of tongue coating is mainly the differentiation of filiform papillae. The ends of filamentous papillae differentiate into keratinized trees, and the gaps between the branches of keratinized trees are often filled with exfoliated keratinized epithelium, saliva, bacteria, food residues and oozing white blood cells, forming a normal tongue coating. The normal tongue coating is thin and white, the white coating is tender but not thick, with moderate dryness and wetness, and it is not slippery or dry. Observe the color, thickness and moisture of tongue coating. What's wrong with thick and white tongue coating (1) Colors: white coating, yellow coating, gray coating, black coating, etc. What is the reason why the tongue coating is thick and white ① White coating is the most common in clinic, and other colors of coating can be considered as the transformation of white coating. White fur generally belongs to the lung, with exterior syndrome and cold syndrome, but there are exterior syndrome and heat syndrome in clinic. Thin as white, moist as cold; Thin and white dryness is wind and heat; Cold-dampness syndrome can be seen as white and thick greasy fur. What is thick and white tongue coating? ② Yellow clothes are different from light yellow, light yellow, dark yellow and brown. Generally speaking, the darker the yellow hair, the heavier the heat evil. Pale yellow and slightly hot; Pale yellow heat is heavier; Deep yellow heat is heavier; Brown is a hot knot; Yellow dryness is heat-induced body fluid; Yellow, greasy and damp. What's the matter with thick and white tongue coating? 3 Gray and black coating is mainly used for heat syndrome, and there are also cold-dampness or deficiency-cold syndrome. The tongue coating is dark and dry, and body fluid is injured by heat; Dark and moist tongue coating is mostly caused by yang deficiency and cold excess. Gray-black moss is more common in the stage of severe illness. What is thick and white tongue coating? (2) Thickness: thin coating, thick coating, less coating and no coating. Thin fur is mostly the first disease, with pathogenic factors in the exterior and mild illness; Thick fur indicates that pathogenic factors are abundant and have internal transmission; Or gastrointestinal stagnation; Or phlegm. The thicker the moss, the stronger the pathogenicity and the more serious the disease. However, the formation of tongue coating reflects the presence or absence of stomach qi. Although the tongue coating is thick, it shows that there is another side of stomach qi, while less coating often indicates that the body is unhealthy, and no coating indicates that the stomach qi is insufficient and there is no chance to grow hair. Irregular tongue coating is peeling off on the tongue surface, and the peeling place is smooth and without coating, which is called flower peeling off, mostly due to deficiency of both stomach qi and yin. If there is greasy fur, it means that phlegm-dampness has not turned into dampness and healthy qi has been damaged. What is thick and white tongue coating? (3) Moisturizing: reflecting body fluids. Normal tongue coating is neither dry nor wet, and no coating is dry, indicating that body fluid is consumed. Exogenous diseases are mostly dry and hot, while internal injuries are mostly yin deficiency and body fluid deficiency. The tongue coating is wet, indicating that the body fluid is not injured, but the coating surface is too wet, making the tongue stick out and drip, which is called slippery coating, indicating that there is moisture retention in the body. Greasy coating: The coating is dense and delicate, such as a layer of turbid and smooth mucus covering the tongue surface, which is not easy to erase, and is mostly filled with phlegm and dampness. Rotten moss: loose moss, such as bean curd residue, accumulates on the tongue surface and is easy to wipe off. Most of them are due to excessive steaming of turbid substances in the stomach, which is a manifestation of retaining the stomach and removing rot. Significance: Most of them are weak stomach qi or deficiency of qi and blood. The editor here suggests that you can try diet therapy. If the tongue coating is yellow and greasy, it is damp and hot. You can eat more foods that remove damp heat, such as green leafy vegetables such as melon, and eat less spicy food and meat. Eating more fruits is also good. If the tongue coating is yellow, be sure to keep your stomach warm. Don't eat cold food, but eat warm or hot food, such as beef and mutton. You can eat fruit. Longan meat and so on. I also suggest that you can carry out TCM syndrome differentiation treatment to adjust the digestive function of the stomach. You must have a good mood, exercise properly and rest on time during the treatment. I believe everyone can fully understand the reason why the tongue coating is thick and white. I hope the above content can help you.