What to do if your child's tongue is white

When Chinese medicine doctors treat patients, they usually look at the patient's tongue coating, especially for children who cannot speak. Their diseases can only be judged by waiting and observing. If the child's tongue coating is white, it may mean that the child's gastrointestinal function has some diseases, because most children's diet will be affected after the tongue coating is white. So what should children do if their tongue coating is white?

A white coating on the tongue is not necessarily a sign of disease. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, if the tongue coating appears thick or white, and there are no other discomfort symptoms in the body, it is generally considered to be a manifestation of "getting angry". This condition often leads to an unpleasant odor in the mouth or even bad breath. Therefore, it is recommended that you use a toothbrush to gently brush your tongue coating when brushing your teeth, and it is best to eat light food. If this situation persists for a long time, you should go to the oral department of the hospital, because white tongue coating may also be a symptom of gastrointestinal disease.

The substance on the tongue is usually green or yellow and can be gently brushed off with a small brush. Brushing the tongue coating before eating can increase your sense of taste. Unconsciously, you will eat less than usual, which can help you lose weight.

Tongue diagnosis is an important method of diagnosing diseases in Traditional Chinese Medicine. The tongue is connected to the five internal organs through the meridians. Therefore, the strength and weakness of the internal organs, qi, blood, and body fluids, as well as the severity of the disease, can be objectively reflected in the tongue. Tongue diagnosis can help us understand the strength and weakness of the internal organs and the nature, severity, and changes of the pathogenic factors. Among them, changes in tongue quality mainly reflect the emptiness and fullness of internal organs and the strength and weakness of qi and blood; while changes in tongue coating are mainly used to judge the depth and severity of the external evil, as well as the strength and weakness of stomach qi.

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White tongue coating is the most common in clinical practice, and tongue coatings of other colors can be considered to be transformed from white tongue coating. White tongue coating generally belongs to the lungs, and is mainly related to superficial symptoms and cold syndromes. However, clinically, white tongue coating can also be seen in cases of internal symptoms and heat syndromes. If the powder is thin, white and moist, it indicates wind-cold; if the powder is thin, white and dry, it indicates wind-heat.