What causes a sticky tongue?

Sticky tongue is a term in traditional Chinese medicine. It mainly refers to a symptom of a disease observed through the tongue. Through this symptom of the tongue, we can understand some specific causes of the body. For example, a sticky tongue is often caused by phlegm and dampness. Such patients often have weak qi and spleen. In addition to good treatment, they should strengthen their diet, avoid getting angry, and do moderate exercise to improve immunity.

What causes a sticky tongue?

1. Patients with excessive phlegm and heat in the body, damp-heat blocking the middle part of the body, and cold-dampness blocking the spleen. It is mainly due to the stickiness of dampness, phlegm heat, damp heat steaming up, or cold dampness rising up in the mouth, which causes a sticky and uncomfortable feeling in the mouth. Recommendation: Go to the hospital for examination and treatment to avoid worsening of the condition. In addition, you should pay attention to your diet and avoid eating greasy, cold and raw foods.

2. Deficiency of Qi and Spleen and dampness can cause a sticky feeling in the mouth.

Suggestion: Seek Chinese medicine for dialectical treatment and look into the specific causes.

3. Dampness and heat in the spleen and stomach, the spleen and stomach's ability to transport and transform water and grain is weakened, and the dampness cannot be excreted from the body well.

Recommendation: Taking Jianpi Pills has a better effect on symptom treatment. You can use Poria cocos alone to make tea instead of tea, eat less spicy food, and cook porridge with white lentils, coix seeds and yam to strengthen the spleen, eliminate dampness and heat. 4. Caused by getting angry.

Maintenance suggestions

Pay attention to oral hygiene, avoid spicy and irritating food, take Sanhuang tablets and vitamin B2 orally, and Niuhuang Qingwei Pills. Pay attention to drinking more boiled water. You can use honeysuckle to make tea. You can eat more bitter melon in your diet.

Eat more vegetables and fruits, especially some foods that have the functions of strengthening the spleen and eliminating dampness, and resolving phlegm and expectorant, such as white radish, water chestnut, seaweed, jellyfish, onion, loquat, ginkgo, jujube, lentil, coix seed, red bean, broad bean, cabbage, etc.

People with phlegm-damp constitution are often obese, heavy and easily fatigued, so they should persist in physical exercise for a long time, and the amount of activity should be gradually increased to allow sweating to expel the phlegm and dampness. After exercise, they should avoid drinking cold drinks and using air conditioning. Focus on strength training to gradually transform loose skin and flesh into firm and dense muscles.