The yellow tongue coating is the main heat evidence, need to take heat-clearing drugs for treatment, food does not have a definite therapeutic effect.
Tongue yellow is a kind of abnormal moss color, is the performance of the evil heat burning in the tongue, the more yellow moss color indicates that the more serious heat evil, common in the wind-heat surface evidence, internal organs heat evidence. Wind-heat surface evidence is often manifested as fever, sore throat, cough, tongue tip red, can be used mint, mulberry leaves, chrysanthemum and other cool drugs for treatment.
The heat syndrome of internal organs commonly includes liver and gallbladder fire, stomach fire and heart fire. Liver and gallbladder fire often manifests as bitter mouth, headache and dizziness, which can be treated with Gentian, Chaihu and Scutellaria; stomach fire often manifests as bad breath, easy to starve, and swollen and painful gums, which can be treated with Gypsum, Zhimu and Angelica dahurica; heart fire often manifests as heartburn, mouth sores, etc., which can be treated with Bamboo Leaf, Mudong and Radix et Rhizoma Shengdi.
It is recommended that people with yellow tongue and other discomforts should seek medical advice in time and choose medication under the guidance of a doctor, and should not use medication on their own.