The child's tongue coating is thick and yellow, the reason is unexpectedly

If you find that your child's tongue coating is thick and yellow, this fully demonstrates that the child's digestive ability is very weak. At this time, you need to see if there are other symptoms, such as whether the baby is breastfeeding normally, etc., and judge the child's overall health status on this basis.

1. What is the reason for the baby's thick yellow tongue coating?

The thick yellow coating on the baby's tongue is mostly related to the baby's weak digestive ability. If the tongue is thickly coated, there is a sour taste in the mouth or milk in the stool, it is obvious indigestion. If the tongue coating is thick and white but not accompanied by other symptoms and the baby is feeding well, no special treatment is needed.

Some babies have thick yellow tongue coating, often accompanied by red face, hot hands and feet, dry stool, yellow urine and restless sleep at night. They can be given some Chinese medicine for digestion and relieving constipation, such as Xiaoer Huashi Pills, Zhibao Tablets, etc. Also, give your baby more warm boiled water or some vegetable juice.

2. Symptoms of thick yellow tongue coating in babies

There are many types of thick yellow tongue coating, and the symptoms are also different. The main ones are as follows:

1. If the tongue is pale red, with yellow fur covering the entire surface, and the fur is moist and not dry; with a little white fur on the edges and tip, it is caused by external evil turning into heat and entering the Yangming stomach. Main diseases: syndrome of heat entering Yangming meridian, syndrome of damp-heat in qi, liver and gallbladder diseases and urinary tract infection. Various febrile diseases should be treated by clearing away heat, detoxifying and dredging the exterior and interior.

2. If the tongue is red, with a greasy yellow coating that is thick in the middle and thin at the edges, and is tight and fine, especially at the root, it is mostly due to the combination of heat and phlegm, or dampness entering the body and turning into heat, or warm and hot evils gathering in the stomach and intestines, and has not yet reached the stage of Yangming dryness and solidity.

3. If the tongue is dark red and has chapped parts, it is a sign of severe nutrient heat; the main disease is caused by the combination of heat and phlegm. Damp-heat in the middle burner; food stagnation in the stomach and intestines. The treatment should be to clear away heat and dampness, eliminate phlegm and relieve stagnation.

3. How to treat a baby's thick yellow tongue coating

1. Gastrointestinal heat

Feelings: hot flashes in the evening, thirst, irritability.

Observation: The tongue coating is dark yellow, thick and dry, or even old yellow, cracked and prickly, the face is red and the body is hot, there is continuous sweating, the stool is constipated, or it is loose and has loose stools, the abdomen is full and painful and refuses to be pressed, there is delirium, and even unconsciousness, or the pulse can be felt by touching the clothes and the bed, and the pulse is deep and strong, or slippery and solid.

Prescription: 9 grams of rhubarb, 12 grams of Glauber's salt, 9 grams of Magnolia officinalis, 9 grams of Citrus aurantium, 12 grams of Red Peony Root, 12 grams of Peach Kernel, 12 grams of Radish Seed, 12 grams of Scrophularia ningpoensis, and 12 grams of Corydalis. Decoction for internal use

2. Stagnation of dampness and heat in the spleen and stomach

Feeling: body heat but not rising, irritability, thirst but no desire to drink, abdominal distension, and no appetite.

Observation: The tongue coating is yellow and turbid, the tongue is red, there is nausea and vomiting, the stool is greasy and smelly, and the pulse is slippery and rapid.

Prescription: 12 grams of Citrus aurantium, 6 grams of Rhubarb, 9 grams of Shenqu, 15 grams of Poria, 9 grams of Scutellaria baicalensis, 9 grams of Coptis chinensis, 18 grams of Atractylodes macrocephala, 12 grams of Alisma orientalis, and 10 grams of Anemarrhena asphodeloides. Decoction in water for oral administration.