White tongue in summer

The main symptom of a pale tongue is a thick, white tongue coating. Why does the tongue coating turn white in summer? White tongue coating can be caused by reasons such as getting angry, heavy moisture, excessive internal heat, weak spleen and stomach, etc. Under normal circumstances, due to the actions of chewing and swallowing, the tongue coating will be thin and even on the tongue surface. When the spleen and stomach are weak, the tongue coating will become thicker and whiter. This article analyzes the various causes and treatments of thick white tongue coating.

1. What is the cause of thick white tongue coating?

1. Suffering from a minor illness. Patients at the onset or recovery stage of a disease may also have white fur, such as upper respiratory tract infection, acute bronchitis, early pneumonia, etc.

2. There is water retention or phlegm in the body. White tongue coating may appear in patients with water retention or phlegm in the body. It is common in some patients with pleural effusion, ascites, chronic nephritis, asthma, chronic bronchitis, bronchiectasis, etc., where there is dampness or phlegm retention in the body, causing thick white or greasy tongue coating.

3. Various chronic inflammatory infections. For example, patients with chronic pelvic inflammatory disease, chronic pyelonephritis, tuberculous meningitis, bone and joint tuberculosis, etc. have a tongue coating that is slightly thicker than normal, or a thin, white, greasy coating.

4. White tongue coating indicates that there is cold in the body. Whether you have eaten cold food or caught a cold, the tongue coating will turn white. Most people nowadays have white tongue coating, which is mainly caused by eating too much cold food or overeating chilled food. Only by eating less cold food and avoiding catching cold can we reduce the impact of cold on the internal body. When there is less cold in the body, the tongue coating will not be obviously white.

5. The tongue coating is white and very moist, and it appears to have an enhanced reflective property, which indicates that the body is not only heavy in coldness but also heavy in dampness. Such people are prone to edema and have a lot of phlegm. When the tongue coating is white and overly moist, you must stop eating all fruits and cold foods, and never drink iced drinks. Get rid of the cold and dampness and eat more warm foods. After the cold and dampness in the body is reduced, the edema will be relieved and subside, and the phlegm will be significantly reduced.

6. Some people have a white but dry tongue coating. This means that the person not only has cold in the body but also has dryness and heat in the body and lack of blood. People who encounter this situation should first find out the cause of the cold and eliminate the cause as soon as possible. Second, they should not eat spicy or warm foods. For example, eating ginger to dispel the cold is not appropriate here because eating these things will increase dryness and heat. So, how should these people get rid of cold and dampness? Just stop eating cold food and stop catching cold. At the same time, eat more foods that are neutral and easy to digest. This will slowly replenish the blood and allow the blood to moisturize the dryness. If you persist in this way, the tongue coating will not continue to turn white and the tongue will become moisturized due to the nourishment of the blood. When the tongue is not dry, use the method of fumigating the whole body with moxa sticks to dispel the cold and dredge the meridians, and the dryness and heat will naturally subside slowly.

2. Treatment methods for thick white tongue coating

1. A normal tongue has a thin layer of white fur, which is caused by stomach qi. During the course of the disease, the tongue coating disappears from the surface, which is a sign of insufficient stomach qi and yin, and a gradual decline in vital energy. However, after the tongue coating peels off, a thin white coating grows back, which is a sign that the evil is retreating and the vital energy is regenerating, and stomach qi is gradually recovering.

2. If you can faintly see the tongue texture through the tongue coating, it is thin coating, while if you cannot see the tongue texture, it is thick coating. The thickness of the tongue coating can determine the strength of the positive and negative forces and the severity of the disease. Thin tongue coating indicates external symptoms of infection, as well as internal injury and qi stagnation. Thick tongue coating indicates phlegm, dampness, and stagnation. When the tongue coating changes from thin to thick, it means that the pathogenic factors move from the surface to the inside, and the disease progresses as the pathogenic factors are stronger; when the tongue coating changes from thick to thin, it means that the pathogenic factors move from the inside to the surface, and the disease progresses as the pathogenic factors prevail.