What is the reason for children’s thick white tongue coating?

In daily life, every move of the baby will concern the mothers, who are afraid that their children will become seriously ill because certain symptoms are not discovered by them. So what is the reason for children’s thick white tongue coating? Many mothers don’t understand this. In fact, the thick white coating on children's tongue is caused by external cold. In addition, getting angry can also cause white coating on children's tongue. Mothers must know this.

1. What is the cause of the baby's thick white tongue coating?

White tongue coating: generally indicates exterior syndrome and cold syndrome. A thin, white and moist tongue coating is a normal feature of a person's tongue. At the same time, a thin, white coating also indicates that the disease is on the surface of the body and has not penetrated into the interior. The tongue coating is thin, white and overly smooth, which is often seen in symptoms of superficial cold. The tongue coating is thin, white and dry, which indicates superficial heat or infection with dryness. A thick, dry white tongue coating indicates that dampness and turbidity turn into heat and damage body fluids. The tongue is covered with white fur and is not dry to the touch, which is called "powdery white fur" and indicates plague. The tongue coating is white and dry, which is called "rough and cracked tongue coating" and is often seen in febrile diseases.

2. What should I do if my baby has a thick white tongue coating?

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that there are many factors that cause children's tongue coating to become thick and white. For example, getting a fever is also an important cause of the thick and white tongue coating. Therefore, we should be in a good mood every day to avoid children getting angry. Children can be given more heat-clearing and detoxifying foods, such as white radish, lotus root, mung bean, hawthorn, etc. Children should be given more vegetables and fruits every day, and they must be given enough water. If the problem of thick white tongue coating is still very serious, then the following can be used:

Job's tears: It has the effect of clearing away heat and removing dampness. It can be cooked into porridge with rock sugar and given to children as a snack.

Light bamboo leaves: Refresh the mind and promote urination. They can relieve the discomfort of urination caused by getting angry. At the same time, light bamboo leaves do not only clear away internal heat, but can also regulate the spleen, stomach and intestines of the baby. You can use light bamboo leaves to make water for your child to drink on a daily basis.

Rice sprouts: They can help digestion, relieve children’s problems with food accumulation and fever caused by indigestion, and help children defecate easily and excrete toxins from the body.

In short, if the child's tongue coating is thick and greasy, or is relatively thick but also has a white problem, then under normal circumstances it means that the baby's body is "hot". Most babies with thick tongue coating will also have bad breath, constipation, excessive eye discharge, indigestion, irritability, crying at night and other problems. At this time, mothers need targeted conditioning.

You should prepare some health care products with the function of reducing heat at home. If your child has a fever or a thick white tongue coating, you can take them in time. In addition, lack of sleep can also cause thick white tongue coating. Therefore, you should also adjust your child’s sleep time on a daily basis, especially now is the hottest season of the year, and you should pay more attention to letting your child have a good sleeping environment.