Halitosis in Chinese medicine is mostly recognized as liver fire exuberance, liver and gallbladder dampness and heat, stomach accumulates heat and so on, clinically according to the different types of evidence choose different medicine to regulate, such as gardenia free and easy to disperse, gentian diarrhea liver soup, clear the stomach dispersal and so on traditional Chinese medicine.
1. Liver fire exuberance: patient manifests for impatient and irritable, headache, coercive pain (coercive rib area pain), tinnitus, bad breath, etc. Tongue red with yellow fur, pulse stringy, often chooses dan jia jia wei san for treatment, pregnant woman use with caution.
2. Liver and gallbladder damp-heat: clinically may appear dry mouth, bitter mouth, bad breath and so on symptoms, tongue red moss yellow thick and greasy, pulse string slippery, often chooses gentian cathartic liver soup to carry on the treatment, the spleen and stomach is cold and the yin deficiency and hyperactivity of the evidence use with caution.
3. Accumulated heat in the stomach: patients often see bad breath, constipation, swollen and painful gums, mouth and tongue sores and other symptoms, red tongue with yellow fur, slippery pulse, more choice of stomach-cleansing treatment. It is not suitable for those whose toothache belongs to wind-cold and kidney deficiency and fire inflammation.
If the patient has bad breath and other symptoms, it is recommended to go to the hospital, follow the doctor’s instructions to use medication to adjust, do not take medication on their own, in order to avoid adverse reactions.