Rotting moss and greasy moss are two different kinds of moss, the difference is mainly reflected in the etiology of the disease as well as tongue features.
1. Etiology: rotting moss is mostly due to the Yang heat has more than, transpiration in the stomach of the dirty evil upward, accumulated in the tongue, the cause may be food or phlegm turbid internal. Most of the greasy moss is due to the impregnation of dampness and turbidity, resulting in the curbing of yang qi, so that the dampness and turbidity of phlegm and drink (the pathological products of impaired metabolism of water and liquids) stops and gathers on the surface of the tongue.
2. Tongue image characteristics: the rotten moss moss loose, coarse particles, the shape of its like tofu dregs piled up on the tongue, from the distribution of the middle and the side of the perimeter are thicker, easy to wipe off. Putty moss moss dense, fine particles, looks like fusion into a piece, its shape is like coated with greasy things on the tongue, from the distribution of the middle of the thick, thin around the edges, putty moss close to the tongue, it is not easy to wipe off, difficult to scrape off.
Tongue moss is an important part of Chinese medicine diagnosis, if there are symptoms of discomfort it is recommended to consult a doctor in a timely manner, not to judge the rotten moss and greasy moss and self-treatment.