The recovery time of thick white tongue coating is variable. People with food accumulation (food that is indigested and stagnates in the stomach) usually take medicine for 2~3 days and gradually improve, while people with internal stagnation of dampness, phlegm and drink (pathological products formed by water metabolism disorders) usually take medicine for 2-4 weeks and then gradually improve.
Thick white tongue coating is a kind of abnormal tongue, generally suggests that the body internal accumulation of food or dampness, phlegm and drink internal stop, need to be treated to gradually back to thin white moss.
Specific treatment needs to be dealt with in different situations. People with accumulation of food need to eliminate food, generally take medicine for 2-3 days and gradually recover; people with dampness and phlegm stopping need to resolve phlegm and remove dampness, generally take medicine for 2-4 weeks and then gradually improve.
People with food accumulation have a history of overeating, often accompanied by abdominal distension, belching and other symptoms, you can take hawthorn pills, stomach-healthy food elimination tablets and other food elimination class of proprietary Chinese medicines, the adverse effects and contraindications of these two drugs are not yet clear. Diet should be light, avoid alcohol and spicy, cold and greasy food.
For those with internal stagnation of dampness and phlegm, often accompanied by symptoms such as dullness (lack of appetite, reduced food intake), heaviness, and loose stools (thin and unformed feces), Wu Ling San, Warm Gallbladder Soup, Er Chen Tang and other tonics may be used for diagnosis.
Daily diet should be as light as possible, avoid greasy and spicy things, and do not overeat. It is recommended that people with thick and white coated tongue should go to the Chinese medicine department for diagnosis and treatment, and should not take medication on their own.