Thick tongue coating is a sign of heavy stomach qi. Do you want to see for yourself whether it is thick or dry? If it is too dry, you can drink plenty of water, and the mouth is easy to dry, which also shows that the function of the spleen has been affected or damaged; If it is thick and greasy, it means it is wet. Also, it depends on whether the tongue coating is yellow or white, yellow is hot and white is cold.

Actually, you don't need to take medicine Try to adjust your diet. If your tongue coating is yellow and greasy, it is damp and hot. You can eat more foods that can get rid of damp heat, such as green leafy vegetables such as melon, and eat less peppers and meat. Fruits can be bananas and pears, and apples can be flat fruits. If the tongue coating is white and greasy, be sure to keep your appetite, and don't eat cold food such as ice cream.

If you feel indigestion after eating, or have no appetite, it means that your spleen and stomach function has been affected to some extent. You can eat some white rice porridge first, which is very nourishing!

If you still feel uncomfortable, or want to take some medicine, you can take Sijunzi Pill (Chinese patent medicine), which is also good for restoring spleen and stomach function and benefiting qi.

As a part of tongue diagnosis in traditional Chinese medicine, tongue coating has been studied for more than two thousand years. As for its mechanism, China ancient books think that "the generation of tongue coating is closely related to the function of zang-fu organs and the changes of qi and blood", which is "disharmony between zang-fu organs and spleen and stomach fumigation". Modern medical research shows that the formation of tongue coating is related to general nutritional status, local blood flow, autonomic nerve function, saliva quality and acute inflammatory stimulation.