What causes yellow tongue coating?

Many changes on the surface of the human body can reflect the health of the body, and tongue coating is one of them. When Chinese medicine diagnoses a disease, the patient will be asked to stick out his tongue to see the changes in the tongue coating. Therefore, the tongue coating can reflect the physical condition of the person, and we can distinguish the changes in the tongue coating with the naked eye, which is relatively intuitive and convenient. However, many people do not know what kind of changes in the human body can be reflected by the changes in the tongue coating. This requires us to understand it.

When the tongue coating is yellow, it is often thicker, the mouth feels greasy, and there is no appetite for food. There are many reasons that can cause yellow tongue coating, and the doctor needs to diagnose based on many aspects of physical changes. Here we will introduce some related content about what causes yellow tongue coating. We also hope that you can pay attention to the phenomenon of yellow tongue coating and pay attention to changes in your body.

Steps/Methods

1. Caused by hepatitis: Hepatitis B and other hepatitis diseases cause liver damage, which affects the liver's various metabolisms and makes blood circulation obstructed, weakening the liver's detoxification function. At this time, yellow tongue coating will appear. It needs to be taken seriously and timely symptomatic treatment is recommended.

2 High temperature and fever: When the temperature rises, the human body consumes more body fluids, saliva secretion decreases, and the mouth becomes dry, which makes it easier for inflammatory exudates and microorganisms to stay and multiply on the tongue, causing the tongue coating to turn yellow.

3. Digestive tract dysfunction: common in patients with gastrointestinal dysfunction such as colitis, habitual constipation, indigestion, etc., together with symptoms such as anorexia, aversion to oil, nausea, vomiting, etc., and patients with chronic hepatitis are basically accompanied by different degrees of digestive tract symptoms, which are all the reasons for yellow tongue coating.

Precautions

Since there are many reasons for the yellow tongue coating, when it appears, do not take it lightly. Be sure to find out the cause, seek symptomatic treatment in a timely manner, and pay attention to a light diet and a proper work and rest schedule.

Everyone has some understanding of the causes of yellow tongue coating. So if your tongue coating is yellow and you feel unwell, it is recommended that you pay enough attention to it, eat a lighter diet, and adjust your work and rest schedule so that your body can recover faster.