The root of the tongue abscess is a typical symptom of acute lingual tonsillitis, the lymphatic tissue at the root of the patient’s tongue is granular and elevated, congested and swollen, connected with the lower end of the tonsils, and in severe cases there are local ulcers and purulent secretions attached, and abscesses at the root of the tongue can occur. Prevention of tongue root abscess should pay attention to the following six dietary taboos: 1, avoid eating spicy and stimulating food: such as chili, pepper, leek, five spice powder, spicy hot pot, squash, etc.. Because of the spicy products more spicy hot, easy to fire, can aggravate the stomach heat, heat poison attack, symptoms aggravated. 2, avoid eating roasted, fatty food: such as fatty meat, fatty chicken, lamb, roast goose, roast duck, roast lamb skewers, pork chops, etc.. Because these foods are easy to produce phlegm and fire, phlegm and fire wrestling, burning the throat, aggravating the disease. 3, avoid alcohol and tobacco: because of alcohol and tobacco spicy hot and warm dry, fire and Yin, can make the internal heat aggravated; at the same time, alcohol can also expand the peripheral blood vessels, so that the inflammation of edema, exudation aggravated, resulting in recurrent attacks or aggravation of the disease. 4, avoid drinking cold frozen food: such as ice juice, ice watermelon, ice soda, ice cola, ice milk, ice sugar water, etc.. Because the inflammation are red, swollen, hot, painful now, microvascular expansion congestion, such as food frozen food, so that the inflammation of blood vessels spasm contraction, blood circulation disorders, aggravate the inflammation, the situation repeatedly difficult to heal. 5, avoid eating fishy hair: such as shrimp, crab, scallops, eels, rooster, dog, bamboo shoots, etc.. Because these foods can gather phlegm and generate heat, promote the disease. 6, avoid eating all kinds of warm Yang kidney products: such as deer antler, ginseng, men’s treasure, ten whole tonic wine, etc.. Because these foods are damp-heat internal obstruction, can make internal heat congestion, aggravate the disease.