The human tongue is a window, it can reflect the internal organs of the human body, qi and blood in the situation, but also can reflect the depth of the light degree of disease, so people often call the tongue as the “mirror” of health. As a parent, if you have time, you can let your child stick out the tongue, observe the changes in the tongue, combined with the specific circumstances of the child, with diet, to a certain extent can play a role in the prevention and treatment of disease. To look at the tongue to diagnose disease is a characteristic of Chinese medicine, look at the tongue should actually include three aspects, that is, the tongue body, tongue quality and tongue moss. A normal child’s tongue should be soft and freely moving, with a light red color and a thin moss on the tongue surface that is moderately dry and moist. Once sick, the tongue will change accordingly, especially the tongue moss is more likely to change. Here are a few common tongue, parents who can pay attention early, and through dietary modifications, may be able to save their children from the pain of needles and medicine. 1, light white tongue, thin white tongue coating: this tongue is mostly cold evidence, common in the early stages of the cold, you can choose the nature of the warm diet, to soft food, soup food is appropriate, such as rice or millet porridge, hair pastry, cold days can be appropriate to drink light less oily beef soup, mutton soup, and vinegar, ginger as a flavoring agent. Can also be used onion, ginger, brown sugar boiled water, several times a day to drink. Fruits are also preferable to those who are warm in nature, such as apples, oranges, etc. It should be noted that this tongue should not eat cold food, such as cold drinks, cold dishes, crabs, snails, duck eggs, etc. 2, white thick tongue coating, or white thick greasy: this tongue coating is mostly due to cold and damp, commonly in the spleen and stomach function deficiency. It is advisable to use foods that strengthen the spleen and warm the stomach, dispersing cold and dampness, such as yam, barley, lotus leaf, hawthorn, white fruit, etc.. Parents can use one or more of these, with the right amount of rice to cook porridge to drink to help regulate the tongue. In addition, parents should give their children less sweet, greasy, fried, fried, cold and other foods when this tongue is present, otherwise it will lead to abdominal distension and loss of appetite. White tongue, sometimes accompanied by a fat tongue or tongue edge with tooth marks, this tongue is mostly pathological, suggesting that the spleen is weak, water damp does not transform, often accompanied by tiredness and weakness, loss of appetite, loose stools and other symptoms, then in addition to pay attention to diet, should also seek medical attention early, so as not to delay treatment. 3, yellow tongue coating, or yellow greasy: suggests damp heat in the spleen and stomach or stagnation in the intestines and stomach, mostly in the case of infection, fever or digestive disorders, also often accompanied by thirst, irritability, dry stools, urine yellow and few other symptoms. It is advisable to use foods that clear heat and dampness, such as winter melon, bitter melon, white radish, loofah, lotus root, mung beans, barley, etc., and eat less hot foods, such as mutton, chicken, fish, shrimp, dates, cinnamon, lychee, mango, cherry, chili, etc. As the saying goes, “fish produces fire, meat produces phlegm, vegetables and tofu keep you safe”, so when yellow moss appears, parents must pay attention to give their children a light diet to prevent heat from turning into fire. 4, thin tongue moss, or smooth without moss, or tongue moss partly peeled: suggests that heat wins Yin, especially in the late stage of fever or stomach heat Yin injury is more likely to appear, seen in parasitic disease or chronic wasting disease. It is advisable to use Yin fungus, lily of the valley, pear and other products that nourish yin and produce fluid, while eating less mutton, garlic, onions and other pungent and warm things. In addition, tongue moss flaking, sometimes light and sometimes heavy, and common in children with allergies. Such children often have a history of food or drug allergies, and their skin eczema is heavy during infancy and childhood, and they are usually prone to sneezing, itchy eyes or nose, and other symptoms. Therefore, when the tongue peeling is heavy, you should reduce or temporarily do not eat fish, shrimp, crab and other seafood products, as well as meat, eggs and other high-protein foods, to prevent the triggering of allergies, aggravating the disease. In conclusion, tongue diagnosis, as an important part of traditional Chinese medicine “looking” diagnosis, is an important observation tool in clinical practice. It is especially important for parents to know some simple methods of tongue diagnosis in order to understand the health condition of their children. At the same time, by observing the changes of the tongue, supplemented by appropriate dietary management, it can play a preventive and curative effect, which is beneficial to the growth and development of children.