Breastfed baby's tongue turns yellow

Babies who drink breast milk have one thing in common: if the milk they choke on drips onto white clothes, the clothes will turn yellow. This is because the secretion of breast milk contains a certain amount of oil. Mothers who take care of their babies can observe their babies' tongue more often. The tongue can reflect the baby's health status to a certain extent. For example, yellow tongue coating means that the baby has heat in the body. This can be alleviated by adjusting the mother's diet, so there is no need to worry.

There is a close relationship between the tongue coating and the internal organs. When the internal organs are diseased, the tongue coating and tongue quality will show abnormal behaviors. Therefore, mothers can judge the baby’s health condition from the tongue coating when taking care of the baby.

Methods/Steps

1. Red tongue with yellow tongue coating

If a baby's tongue is red and the tongue coating is yellow, it usually means that the baby has a fever in the body, often with heat in the deficiency or heat in the cold. In this case, the mother can help the baby reduce heat through massage without having to take medicine. In daily care of the baby, it is important to provide good diet therapy. A healthy and balanced diet can help the baby drive away the cold and promote the baby's health. It is worth noting that when mothers observe their baby's tongue coating, they should pay attention to whether the baby has just eaten something colored and the unusual color of the tongue coating has appeared, so as to avoid misjudgment.

2. The tongue is smooth and has no tongue coating

Our tongue usually has a coating on it. If the coating on the baby's tongue becomes lighter or disappears, it is called exfoliative coating, which is a sign of Yin deficiency. If the baby's qi and blood are not continuous, the tongue coating will appear rough and new granular substances will appear. If the baby's stomach qi and yin are deficient, the tongue coating will fall off completely. If the tongue coating gradually turns white, it means that your body is developing in a good direction.

3. Thick, white and greasy tongue coating

If the baby's tongue coating is thick, yellow or white, and there is one smell, it means that there is a problem with the baby's gastrointestinal function. Mothers should focus on light food in their baby's daily diet and let the baby eat some crude fiber food.

4. Geographic tongue

If the baby's tongue coating falls off unevenly, the baby has geographic tongue. It may be that the baby's gastrointestinal function is weak, and daily symptoms include being picky about food, drinking cold drinks, having a sallow complexion, being afraid of cold, and having hot flashes and sweating. Mothers should pay attention to supplementing their children with trace elements in time and eat more fresh fruits and vegetables and high-protein fish.