A dry tongue with white moss is commonly associated with wind-cold colds, and is usually not caused by wind-heat colds. However, it should be determined by combining the four diagnostic methods.
1. Wind-cold cold is mainly caused by wind-cold binding the surface and lung qi not propagating. The symptoms are fever, chills, fear of wind or cold wind, headache, sweating or no sweating, nasal congestion, clear nasal discharge, cough, sputum, white sputum, with or without dry tongue, and generalized body aches and pains; the tongue coating is thin and white, and the pulse is floating or tight.
2. Wind-heat colds are mainly caused by wind-heat invading the body’s muscle surface. It is characterized by heavy fever, slight windiness, headache and swelling, sweating, sore throat, cough, sputum, yellow and sticky sputum, nasal congestion and yellow snot, thirst and dry mouth; thin yellow tongue coating and floating pulse.
If the patient is not feeling well, it is recommended to consult a physician in time, who can diagnose and standardize the treatment according to the symptoms combined with the four diagnosis and the corresponding auxiliary examination of traditional Chinese medicine.