Thick white tongue coating is mostly due to phlegm-dampness or food stagnation (indigestion of food and stagnation in the stomach) in the stomach, the turbid qi in the stomach through the upward disturbances in the tongue caused by fumigation. The main treatment is to resolve phlegm and dispel dampness. Usually can eat pumpkin, poria, etc.. 1. Pumpkin belongs to the same source of medicine and food, the Chinese medicine pumpkin has the effect of tonifying the middle and benefiting the qi (by tonifying the spleen to treat qi deficiency), generating fluids and quenching thirst, reducing swelling and relieving pain, and can be used for carbuncle (carbuncle ulcers occurring in the lungs), thirst (now generally referred to as diabetes mellitus), burns, wasp or bee stings, and so on. Its adverse reactions and contraindications are not clear. 2. Poria also belongs to the same source of medicine and food, with the effect of inducing diuresis and seepage of dampness (promoting the flow of water to dispel dampness), strengthening the spleen and tranquilizing the heart. It is mainly used for edema and low urine output, phlegm (pathological product formed by water metabolism disorder), vertigo and palpitation (caused by vertigo and palpitation due to phlegm and drink), spleen deficiency with low food intake, loose stools, diarrhea, restlessness of the heart and mind, palpitation and insomnia. Note that Poria is not recommended to be used in cases of Yin deficiency, without dampness-heat, or in cases of cold deficiency and Qi deficiency and subsidence; it is also to be avoided in cases of Kidney-Yang deficiency accompanied by incomplete urination, or in cases where slippage of spermatozoa with cold deficiency is more pronounced. If the phenomenon of thick white tongue, you should go to the hospital in time for standardized treatment.