What causes a baby’s tongue to be white and thick?

Thick white moss on the baby’s tongue needs to consider dampness, phlegm (pathological products formed by water metabolism disorders) or food accumulation (food indigestion and accumulation in the stomach), need to resolve phlegm, dispel dampness or eliminate food. For example, children with internal stagnation of dampness and phlegm can take medicines such as Chen Pi, Poria, and white lentil; children with food accumulation can use medicines such as malt, hawthorn, and Shen Qu to eliminate food. Chinese medicine believes that the tongue can reflect the internal organs of the human body, changes in evil, tongue diagnosis is generally divided into looking at the tongue and looking at the tongue moss. Thick white moss on the tongue is thick white moss, suggesting that the baby may have dampness, phlegm and drink or food stagnation, and need to resolve phlegm, dispel dampness or eliminate food. Dampness, phlegm-beverage internal stagnation of children, often manifested as poor appetite, lethargy, loose stools, etc., can be used Chen Pi, Poria, white lentils and other drugs to resolve phlegm and dispel dampness; food stagnation of children, usually have over-eating experience, can be used to eliminate malt, hawthorn, Shenquan and other drugs. Children’s medication needs to be adjusted in accordance with their age, and it is recommended to visit a TCM pediatrician, rather than purchasing the above medications on your own.