The teeth marks on the tongue are caused by excessive dampness in the body due to spleen deficiency from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).
Spleen deficiency is a Chinese medicine diagnosis, belongs to the deficiency; spleen deficiency people have cold, resistance to decline, abdominal distension, abdominal pain or loss of appetite and other symptoms, and spleen deficiency can not transport the body’s dampness, dampness stagnation in the tongue, resulting in the tongue hypertrophy and accompanied by the tongue moss white thick and greasy, by the teeth to form the teeth marks extrusion.
There is no need to worry too much about the tongue, first of all, keep the mouth clean to avoid the accumulation of food debris; secondly, strengthen the exercise, enhance the resistance, and eat easy to digest, can strengthen the spleen food (such as round-grained rice, yam, etc.). If there is no obvious improvement, it is recommended to consult a doctor in time and standardize the treatment under the guidance of a physician.