Thick and white tongue coating is mostly caused by stagnation of food accumulation (food is indigested and accumulates in the stomach), cold phlegm blocking the lungs, and internal stagnation of water-dampness (water-dampness stays in the body), etc. It can be treated with Chinese medicines to eliminate food stagnation (to promote food digestion), to warm cold phlegm, and to warm water-dampness, such as Baohe Pills, Xiaoqinglong Capsules and Wu Ling San.
1. Food-eliminating and stagnation-inducing medicines: used for the white, thick and greasy tongue coating caused by food stagnation and accumulation, and can be treated with Baohe Pills and other medicines. Allergic to the product is prohibited, serious chronic diseases, children, pregnant women, lactating women, the elderly and infirm should be taken under the guidance of a physician.
2. Warming cold phlegm medicine: used for cold phlegm obstructing the lungs due to related diseases, in addition to the tongue coating white thick and moist, but also can be seen in coughing, asthma and chest tightness, coughing phlegm volume, phlegm white slippery, and so on. It can be treated with medicines such as Xiaoqinglong capsule.
Attention to the product allergy is prohibited, hypertension, heart disease patients with caution, internal heat cough and asthma and asthma is not applicable, liver disease and other chronic diseases, children, pregnant women, lactating women, the elderly and infirm should be taken under the guidance of a physician.
3. Warming water-dampness medicine: used for water-dampness caused by related diseases, in addition to the tongue coating white and thick and moist, but also can be seen in the urine is not fluent, limb edema, abdominal distension, thirst and other symptoms. Commonly used proprietary Chinese medicines include Wu Ling San. The adverse reactions and contraindications of this product are not clear.
The use of specific drugs should be under the guidance of a physician.