Thick tongue coating at the root of the tongue is caused by kidney yang deficiency and cold dampness, and treatment requires warming kidney yang and dispersing cold dampness.
In Chinese medicine, the tongue is divided according to the location of the tongue, in which the root of the tongue corresponds to the lower burner. Lower Jiao, including the kidney, bladder and other organs, the body’s normal fluid metabolism can be warmed through the kidney Yang, promote the bladder gasification, in the form of urine excretion out of the body.
The tongue coating white thick suggests that there is dampness in the body, phlegm (water metabolism disorders formed by the pathological products), so the root of the tongue thick tongue coating suggests that kidney yang is weak, cold and dampness, often referred to as the lower Jiao cold and damp.
People with thick tongue coating at the root of the tongue, if accompanied by heavy and sleepy body, waist and knees afraid of cold, impotence and premature ejaculation, infertility and other symptoms, need to warm the kidney yang, dispersal of cold and dampness to carry out the treatment, the formula can be chosen to Zhenwu Tang, Right Angelica Pill, Four Reversed Soup and so on with additions and subtractions.
It is recommended that the diagnosis and treatment should be carried out after consultation, and the prescription should not be taken blindly by oneself, so as to avoid delaying the condition.