Chinese medicine practitioners believe that thick white tongue coating may be caused by phlegm (pathological product formed by impaired metabolism of water and fluid) and accumulation of food, which need to be treated by resolving phlegm and eliminating food, and common proprietary Chinese medicines include Ginseng Ling Bai Shu San, Bao He Wan, and Spleen Enhancement Pill.
1. Resolving phlegm: Ginseng Lingbaijutsu San can be chosen. Ginseng Ling and Atractylodes Macrocephalae Powder has the effect of benefiting qi and strengthening the spleen and stopping diarrhea by seeping dampness. It can treat loose stools (thin and unshaped feces) and thick white coating on the tongue caused by deficiency of the spleen and prevalence of dampness.
Ginseng Pills for Strengthening the Spleen, the main ingredients of which include ginseng, atractylodes macrocephala, poria, Chinese yam, astragalus, sand nuts, etc., have the effect of strengthening the spleen, tonifying the qi, harmonizing the stomach and stopping diarrhea, which helps to regulate the spleen and stomach and improves the manifestation of a thick and white tongue coating with proper use of the medicine.
2. Elimination of food: Baohe Pills are mainly used to eliminate food and harmonize the stomach, which can relieve abdominal distension, indigestion and other symptoms.
The appearance of white tongue should be treated by a doctor according to the individual’s physique and symptoms, and should not be used blindly, so as not to delay the condition.