What to do if you have white moss on your tongue

White moss on the tongue can be thin white and moist, thin white and slippery, thin white and dry, white thick and greasy, white like powder, etc., you can follow the doctor’s instructions to use single-flavored Chinese medicines or proprietary Chinese medicines for targeted treatment. Thin white and moist tongue coating belongs to the normal tongue, or for the beginning of the superficial symptoms, the internal symptoms of the disease is light, the performance of yang deficiency and internal cold. You can consider the use of Poria Pill and other proprietary Chinese medicines, or the use of moxibustion to achieve the effect of relieving symptoms. Thin white and slippery tongue coating is usually a manifestation of external cold and dampness, spleen and kidney yang deficiency (deficiency of yang qi in the spleen and kidneys), and internal stagnation of water-dampness (water-dampness stays in the body). It can be treated with herbs such as Poria, Job’s Tears, Cornu Cervi Pantotrichum, Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae and Angelica dahurica. Thin white and dry tongue coating is usually caused by external wind-heat, and can be treated with Yin Qiao San. White, thick and greasy tongue coating is a manifestation of dampness or phlegm-drinking (a pathological product formed by impaired metabolism of water and fluid) or food accumulation (food that is indigestible and accumulates in the stomach), which can be treated with medicines to strengthen the spleen and resolve dampness (strengthening the spleen and getting rid of the dampness), such as Er Chen Tang and Huo Xiang Zheng Qi Shui. A white tongue like accumulated powder is a sign of dampness-heat epidemic, caused by evil in the membrane origin, and can be treated with Dar Yuan Drink and other medicines. The adverse effects of the above prescriptions are not clear. When there is white moss on the tongue and the body is not feeling well, please go to the hospital in time for consultation and active treatment, so as to avoid delaying the condition.