What is a yellow tongue?

In life, a yellow tongue is quite common. There are many reasons for yellow tongue coating. The most common one is getting angry. For example, when you have a wind-heat cold, it often causes a thin and yellow tongue coating. At this time, you can take some Chinese patent medicines, such as Yinqiao Jiedu Pills, which have a good therapeutic effect. If the tongue coating is yellow and greasy, it is often caused by dampness and heat. It may also cause headaches, so you should also emphasize nourishment and health care.

What is a yellow tongue?

1. Yellow and thin tongue coating

1. Yellow and thin tongue coating: Wind-heat cold, or wind-cold cold that is not cured in time and turns into heat syndrome. In addition to the yellow tongue coating, there will also be symptoms of wind-heat cold such as runny nose, coughing up yellow sputum, headache, and dry mouth. At this time, it is appropriate to use Chinese medicine with pungent and cool properties to relieve exterior symptoms, such as Forsythia suspensa, honeysuckle, platycodon, mint, bamboo leaves, etc. for treatment. Ready-made medicines include Yinqiao Powder, Yinqiao Jiedu Pills, etc.

2. Yellow and White

Yellow and white tongue coating: It is a cold with both external and internal symptoms. Symptoms include headache and dizziness, bitter and dry mouth, fever and fear of cold, sore throat, dry stool and dark urine. In this case, it is suitable to use traditional Chinese medicine for relieving exterior symptoms and interior symptoms, clearing away heat and detoxifying, such as Fangfeng, Rhubarb, Gypsum, Scutellaria, etc. The finished medicine is Fangfeng Tongsheng Pills

3. Yellow and greasy tongue coating

Yellow and greasy tongue coating: This is the most common situation, the cause is damp heat, symptoms include headache and heavy feeling, bitter and dry mouth, chest tightness, yellow and small amount of urine, sticky and unformed stool, oily hair, acne and sores on the face, and loss of appetite. The treatment of damp heat is difficult to remove dampness, and the key is to persist, eat less greasy food and sweets to maintain good digestive function, and avoid water retention or dampness entering from the outside. In terms of diet, eat less sweets, sweet drinks, spicy foods, and drink less alcohol (which have the greatest dampness and heat properties). Eat more foods that remove dampness, such as mung beans, winter melon, loofah, red beans, watermelon, green tea, scented tea, etc. In this case, it is recommended to consume barley and red bean (adzuki bean) soup for a long time. Note that it must contain red beans, which have diuretic and detoxifying functions. The large red beans used to make bean paste fillings are heart-nourishing and are different.

4. Yellow and sticky tongue coating

The tongue coating is yellow and sticky: This is generally caused by hot phlegm syndrome, which is relatively rare and complicated. If anyone needs specific symptoms and treatment methods, please leave a message in the comment area. Due to limited space, I will not go into details.

5. Yellow and dry tongue coating

The tongue coating is yellow and dry, or dry, or burnt yellow: Many patients with severe infection and high fever will have this symptom. In addition, people with stomach problems and severe stomach fire will also have this kind of tongue coating, accompanied by swollen and painful gums or even suppuration, dry mouth, severe bad breath, constipation, etc. In this case, it is appropriate to use traditional Chinese medicine that can clear the stomach and cool the blood for treatment, such as Coptis chinensis, Angelica sinensis, Rehmannia glutinosa, Paeonia suffruticosa, etc. The ready-made medicine includes Qingwei Powder. You can use Monk Fruit to soak in water more often on a daily basis, which has a good effect of clearing stomach fire.