What is the reason for thick yellow tongue coating

People can judge by the changes in the tongue, because when Chinese medicine practitioners examine our bodies, their first reaction is to ask us to open our mouths to look at the tongue and the root of the tongue. When we find that the tongue coating is thick and yellow, it is mostly due to kidney deficiency or recent chest tightness and bloating, as well as constipation, various meridian problems, etc.

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Yellow and greasy tongue coating does not necessarily indicate dampness and heat

In clinical practice, if there is a yellow and greasy tongue coating, it is identified as damp-heat and treated with clearing and transforming methods, which is known to everyone. However, not many people know that it is caused by qi deficiency and dysfunction of transportation and transformation, which leads to dampness obstruction and inability to transform. I would like to cite a piece of medical theory by Mr. Zhang Shugeng, which may provide doctors with a new idea and be of some help in clinical practice.

Thick and greasy yellow tongue coating is not necessarily a symptom of damp-heat. It can also be caused by Qi deficiency and dysfunction of transportation and transformation, which leads to dampness obstruction. Some patients with thick and greasy yellow tongue coating have normal tongue quality, slippery pulse, bitter taste in the mouth, chest and abdominal distension, poor appetite, yellow urine, etc., which seem to be positive symptoms. The doctor has used bitter, cold and dampness-drying drugs such as Atractylodes, Magnolia officinalis, Scutellaria baicalensis, Coptis chinensis, and Plantago for several months, but the tongue coating remains the same. But if you look closely, you will find one or two symptoms of deficiency, such as soft and slippery pulse, fat tongue, cracks in the yellow and greasy tongue coating, bloating in the chest and abdomen, preference for warmth, loose stools, etc. The treatment can be changed to Bu Zhong Yi Qi, Xiang Sha Liu Jun, etc. with modifications. After taking them, the chest and abdomen will feel comfortable and the tongue coating will gradually disappear. This is also the method of using the method of blocking for blocking.

Treatment of yellow greasy tongue coating

The tongue coating is yellow and greasy, the mouth is often dry, there are teeth marks on the edges of the tongue, fever in the five hearts, the tongue is red with little coating, and the pulse is thin and rapid. Treatment: Nourish yin and reduce fire. You can take: Zhibai Dihuang Pills, Dabuyin Pills, Liuwei Dihuang Pills, etc. (In this statement, thick and greasy tongue coating and red tongue with less coating are contradictory. How can less coating be thick and greasy? The logic is wrong))

Yellow and greasy tongue coating caused by summer heat and dampness cold

Symptoms: Occurs in summer, with dirty face, hot body, and sweating, but the sweating is not smooth, the body heat does not rise, the body feels heavy and tired, dizzy and has severe headaches, or there may be nasal congestion and runny nose, cough with yellow sputum, chest tightness and nausea, short and dark urine, yellow and greasy tongue coating, and a weak and rapid pulse.

Treatment method: Clear away heat, dampness and relieve exterior symptoms.