Children with thick white tongue coating is mostly due to phlegm (pathological products formed by water metabolism disorder), food accumulation (indigestion of food and stagnation in the stomach) and so on, can be identified and selected pediatric massage, acupoints paste or medication to be taken internally to regulate the way of treatment.
Children’s spleen and stomach are weak, coupled with an appetite for fat, sweet and thick flavors, resulting in phlegm and drink, or food stagnation, stagnation in the body, with the stomach qi smoked on the tongue can be seen in the tongue coating thick white, accompanied by abdominal distension, dry stools and other symptoms.
When regulating, one can choose to clear the stomach meridian, tonify the spleen meridian, clear the large intestine meridian, and massage the abdomen to eliminate food stagnation, or press and knead the foot and three li, and knead the Fenglong to strengthen the spleen, resolve phlegm and remove dampness, and so on.
Thick and white tongue coating can also be identified by selecting traditional Chinese medicines and applying them to acupoints such as Ashigaru, Fenglong, Shenque, Tianshu, etc., such as choosing Hawthorn, Hovenia Citriodora, Chenpi, etc., to eliminate food stagnation (to promote digestion of food), regulate the qi and the stomach; or choosing Atractylodes macrocephala, Poria, Coix Seed, etc., to fortify the spleen and remove dampness, etc..
If necessary, the child’s thick and white tongue coating can also be combined with medicines to regulate the treatment, such as choosing Baohe Pills and other additives to eliminate food stagnation; using Er Chen Tang to resolve phlegm and remove dampness, and so on.
The adverse effects and contraindications of the above formulas and drugs are not yet clear. Specific modifications should be made under the guidance of a physician to identify and select methods or medications, and unauthorized modifications or medications should not be used.