The appearance of teeth marks on the tongue may be due to Qi deficiency, Yang deficiency and other reasons.
Tooth marks on the tongue refers to the traces of teeth on the edge of the tongue, mostly due to the tongue body being fat and compressed by the teeth edge.
The cause of tooth mark tongue is mostly due to spleen deficiency, which cannot transport water and dampness, and dampness is blocked in the tongue and the tongue is fat, which is extruded by the teeth and forms tooth marks. Therefore, tooth marks are often seen with fat and tender tongue, on the one hand, due to edema of the tongue, which belongs to the yang deficiency of the spleen and the prevalence of dampness, and on the other hand, due to the flaccidity of the tongue muscles and the insufficient opening of the mouth, which belongs to the qi deficiency of the spleen.
In the case of qi deficiency, it is often manifested as light tongue, thin white tongue coating, fat and tender tongue, teeth marks on the side of the tongue, shortness of breath and laziness, heaviness of the head and swelling of the body, fatigue (tiredness), spontaneous sweating (involuntary sweating during the day, sweating aggravated by a little movement), reduced diet, diarrhea, diarrhea and other symptoms. The treatment should be to tonify the middle Jiao (treating Qi deficiency by tonifying the spleen).
For Yang deficiency, it is often manifested as pale white tongue, moist and juicy tongue, or slippery tongue with teeth marks on the sides, fatigue (mental exhaustion, physical weakness), lethargy and sleepiness, bland mouth and no thirst, dullness (lack of appetite, reduced food intake), low food intake, cold pain in the abdomen, coldness and coldness in the limbs (fear of coldness, coldness of the limbs), etc. Treatment is appropriate to replenish Yang by nourishing Xin and Warming the Yang.
Patients who have the above symptoms, should go to the hospital, under the guidance of the physician standardized treatment, do not unauthorized use of drugs, so as to avoid adverse reactions.