Thick and yellow tongue coating may be caused by factors such as damp-heat stagnation, food stagnation (the accumulation of food in the stomach due to indigestion) and heat, and damp-warmth (warmth caused by the feeling of damp-heat), etc. Timely consultation is needed.
1. Damp-heat stagnation: Dampness is trapped within the body and combats with heat, resulting in a yellow and greasy tongue coating. Patients may also suffer from body heat, thirst and distention.
2. Food accumulation and heat: patients eat too much spicy and stimulating food, or overeating, resulting in the accumulation of digested food in the body, accumulation and heat, resulting in a thick yellow tongue coating. In addition, patients may also be accompanied by abdominal distension, abdominal pain, loss of appetite and other symptoms.
3. Dampness and warmth: the external dampness and heat evil, after invading the body, and the body of dampness, resulting in a thick yellow tongue coating. The patient will also have chest tightness, vomiting and other symptoms.
In addition, there are many other causes of yellow tongue, patients should go to the hospital in a timely manner, clear the cause of the disease, and then treatment, do not blindly use their own medicine.