What is the reason for yellow tongue coating with tooth marks?

The normal tongue color should be dark red, with a relatively thin layer of white tongue coating, and the tongue is soft. If your mouth has thick yellow tongue coating with tooth marks, it proves that there is something wrong with your body and you need to treat it in time to restore your body's health. What is the actual reason for the yellow tongue coating and tooth marks?

The color of tongue coating mainly shows two types: Qi deficiency and Yang deficiency:

(1) Qi deficiency type: tongue color is unclear, tongue coating is thin white, tongue is plump and tender, and there are tooth marks on the edges of the tongue. Generally, it will decrease with the diet, and there will be bloating after eating, nausea and vomiting, and loose stools. Maintenance method: Invigorate Qi.

(2) Yang deficiency type: The tongue is pale, moist and juicy, or slippery, plump and tender with teeth marks on the edges. It is usually accompanied by cold pain in the abdomen, cold stomach and cold limbs. Maintenance method: spicy and warm to nourish yang.

1. Tongue and tooth marks

If the mouth is fat and there are tooth marks on the edge of the tongue, it means that the digestive function of the stomach is relatively insufficient, which is common in people with spleen deficiency and dampness. You can appropriately add some foods that can strengthen the spleen and eliminate dampness, such as yam, scutellaria, coix seed, etc. I usually take some Zangling Stachyose to repair my stomach and intestines. Zangling Stachyose is a stomach and intestine harmonizer and can improve gastrointestinal function.

The edge of the tongue shows the marks of the front teeth, which is called tooth-marked tongue. Tongue with tooth marks is mostly caused by an enlarged tongue which is compressed by the edge of the teeth. Therefore, tongue with tooth marks is often seen together with enlarged tongue. It is mostly caused by spleen deficiency and is the main symptom of deficiency syndrome, which is often accompanied by spleen deficiency and excessive dampness and coldness.

2. Diseases Caused by Tooth-marked Tongue

1. Dampness with tooth marks indicates excessive dampness and coldness.

2. The presence of tooth marks indicates spleen deficiency or qi deficiency.

3. The mouth is swollen with teeth marks on the edges, which is mostly caused by cold, dampness, phlegm and stagnation.

The reasons for this: mostly because the spleen is unable to absorb water, moisture is blocked in the tongue and the tongue is swollen, which is squeezed by the teeth and produces tooth marks, so tooth marks are often seen with a swollen tongue. On the one hand, the tongue is swollen, which belongs to the spleen's yang deficiency and dampness, and on the other hand, the tongue muscles are weak and the mouth is not open enough, which belongs to the spleen's qi deficiency.