Dry mouth is self-conscious mouth, tongue and throat area dry, and Yin deficiency, fire has a close relationship.
1. Yin deficiency: Chinese medicine believes that the body’s yin and fluids, is an important substance that nourishes the body. Under normal circumstances, yin fluid moisturizes the mouth, saliva will be secreted normally, the mouth and throat will not feel dry, it will be more moist and natural. And if the yin deficiency, yinjin insufficient, can not moisturize the mouth and throat, will be self-conscious dry mouth and thirst, tongue self-conscious dry, the throat area also feel dry and uncomfortable.
For dry mouth and tongue caused by yin deficiency, you can take such as six flavors of dihuang pill, nourishing yin and clearing the lungs pill, mai men dong soup, clearing the dryness to save the lungs soup, etc. for treatment, intervention, and conditioning.
2. Excessive fire: In addition to yin deficiency, internal fire, especially liver fire, lung fire, stomach fire, will also burn the mouth, damage the fluid, and the phenomenon of dry mouth and tongue.
Excessive liver fire, in addition to dry mouth and tongue, there will also be emotional irritability, bitter mouth, insomnia, sleeplessness, chest tightness, chest coils (chest and ribs) distension and pain, etc., you can take gentian diarrhea liver pill to regulate the treatment.
Lung fire, in addition to dry mouth and tongue, there will be sore throat, cough, dry cough or cough pus and blood sputum, dry stools and other symptoms, you can take Yin Qiao San and other treatment.
Stomach fire, in addition to dry mouth and tongue, there will be sore throat, burning in the stomach, pain, dry stools, bad breath and other symptoms, can be used to clear the stomach Huanglian pill and other treatment.
If you find that you always have a dry mouth, it is recommended to go to the hospital for relevant examinations to clarify the diagnosis, and then follow the doctor’s instructions for treatment.