What is the best Chinese medicine for bitter mouth?

Many people experience bitterness in their mouths in daily life. The cause of bitterness in the mouth may be caused by eating bitter food. Many people do not think it is a big deal and think that bitterness in the mouth is caused by eating bitter food. Many people do not understand that bitterness in the mouth may be caused by problems in the human body. Therefore, if bitterness in the mouth occurs, you should check it in time, find out the cause and treat it symptomatically. Bitterness in the mouth can be treated with Chinese medicine according to the cause. What is the best Chinese medicine for bitterness in the mouth? Let’s take a look at it next.

1. Introduction to bitter mouth

A bitter taste in the mouth refers to a bitter taste in the mouth. The oral cavity of a healthy person generally feels fresh and comfortable, except for a slight bitter or sour feeling in the mouth when waking up at night or for a short while after getting up in the morning. The bitter taste in the mouth mentioned here refers to the feeling of bitterness in the mouth that is not obviously caused by dietary factors. Bitter taste in the mouth is a common clinical symptom, which means that you often feel a bitter taste in your mouth. Even if you increase the frequency of brushing your teeth, rinsing your mouth, or drinking more water, this symptom cannot be improved. Sometimes, even if you have snacks like apricots or plums in your mouth, there is a bitter taste. This symptom was recorded in the "Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic" a long time ago. It was named "Gallbladder Bi" to describe a disease with bitter taste in the mouth as the main symptom. It pointed out that gallbladder heat and liver heat are the main causes of bitter taste in the mouth. It is also quite similar to the folk perception that "bitter taste in the mouth means liver fire".

2. What Chinese medicine is best for bitter mouth?

1. Treatment prescription: 12 grams of northern apricot, 9 grams of white cardamom, 15 grams of coix seed, 15 grams of talc, 6 grams of tongcao, 9 grams of light bamboo leaves, 9 grams of Chuanhoupo, 9 grams of French pinellia, 12 grams of patchouli, perilla, 9 grams of scutellaria, and 9 grams of bupleurum. Decoction in water for oral administration.

2. For patients who, in addition to obvious bitter taste in the mouth, also experience bloating and pain in the epigastric area, belching, loss of appetite, and a red tongue with thick yellow fur, remove Acorus calamus, Artemisia capillaris, Dioscorea paniculata, and raw Coix seeds from the prescription and add 15 grams of Taraxacum mongolicum, 10 grams of Citron, and 6 grams of Amomum villosum (to be added later).

3. If the patient has a few cold symptoms such as runny nose, sneezing or headache, remove Radix Dioscoreae and Artemisia Capillaris from the above formula and add 10g of Schizonepeta Tenuifolia, 6g of Vitex Marigolds and 8g of Saposhnikovia Divaricata.

4. For patients with bitter taste in the mouth and general fatigue, sore joints and muscles, and a very yellow, greasy and moist tongue coating, remove the Artemisia capillaris and Acorus gramineus from the above prescription, and add 6 grams each of Notopterygium and Angelica dahurica, 8 grams of Phellodendron chinense, and 10 grams of Atractylodes macrocephala. The decoction method is the same as above.

3. Treatment of bitter taste in the mouth

(1) You should ask a dentist to check your teeth to see if you have any of the above-mentioned oral diseases. If there is any oral disease, oral disease should be treated actively; if there is no oral disease, a full body examination should be performed.

(2) Develop good oral hygiene habits. Brush your teeth every morning and evening, rinse your mouth after meals, have regular oral examinations, and clean your teeth regularly to remove tartar.

(3) Do not smoke or drink, and drink more water appropriately.

(4) Patients wearing removable dentures should develop the habit of cleaning their dentures after meals and before going to bed at night.

(5) For people with low saliva secretion, chewing gum regularly can promote saliva secretion.