Symptoms and treatment of tongue coating in children

Childhood is originally a lively and happy age. However, when our children get sick, it will affect their physical and mental health, so we parents must pay special attention to our children's health. If there are any adverse phenomena and manifestations, we must go to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment, early treatment, and early recovery.

Performance 1:

The tongue coating is white and thin: This is a normal tongue coating. If a child is ill, it is the early stage of the disease. We can often see such thin white fur when children just suffer from "upper respiratory tract infection" or "acute bronchitis".

Performance 2:

Thick and greasy white tongue coating indicates heavy dampness. At this time, children often suffer from loss of appetite due to internal moisture.

Solution:

At this time, parents should fast their children from eating pasta and soy products for a period of time. Because pasta and bean products may cause qi stagnation in the body. Greasy food is also taboo. You can give your child a small amount of Huoxiang Zhengqi water, or use 3 grams of Huoxiang and 30 grams of Coix seed, cook them together and give it to your baby as boiled water.

Yellow tongue coating

Performance 1:

If the tongue coating changes from "white" to "yellow", it indicates that the child's body has strong internal heat and evil qi is stagnates and generates heat.

Solution:

Just give your child some drinks that clear away heat and detoxify, such as Wanglaoji, plantain tea, chrysanthemum tea, etc. If the patient has fever, gypsum can be added. If you have a high fever, please consult a pediatrician.

Performance 2:

If the tongue coating is yellow and thick, it indicates that the child has severe dampness and heat. At this time, most children have symptoms such as bad breath, irritability, anorexia, particularly foul-smelling stools, and yellow urine.

Solution:

Children need to take Chinese medicine for clearing heat and dampness for a period of time.

"Geographic tongue"

The tongue coating on the tongue is uneven in thickness. The tongue texture can be seen in some places, while in other places it is spotted and uneven, shaped like a map, commonly known as "map tongue". There are generally two types of "geographic tongue":

Performance 1:

"Congenital", the child shows normal appetite, which often does not require special treatment.

Performance 2:

"Non-congenital", the child shows symptoms such as mental depression, loss of appetite, and thinning and yellowing hair.

Solution:

The possibility of lack of certain trace elements or malnutrition may be considered. The child should be taken to the hospital for further examination and treatment of the primary disease.

“Observe the tongue to get a glimpse of the whole body.” Tongue diagnosis is only a preliminary inference of the disease. In clinical practice, it is necessary to refer to other methods together to correctly diagnose the disease.

Changes within the human body, such as whether the qi and blood are strong or weak, and whether the internal organs are weak or strong, can all be reflected through the tongue. As long as parents pay attention to it regularly, the baby's health can be guaranteed.

The above are several manifestations of children's tongue coating, as well as the causes and treatment measures of their manifestations. We must carefully master them. Only in this way can our babies grow up happily and healthily and have a happy childhood.