Children with thick white tongue is mostly seen in the body of food accumulation (food indigestion and stagnation in the stomach), or phlegm (water metabolism disorders in the formation of pathological products), such as dampness and turbidity, smoked tongue caused by the adjustment of the choice of massage, acupressure points, or medication and other therapies.
The child’s spleen and stomach are weak and easily affected by diet and feeding, such as overfeeding and overstuffing, consuming fat, sweet and thick flavors, etc., which can cause the accumulation of food, and the deficiency of the spleen generates dampness and phlegm, resulting in a thick white tongue coating.
Tui na therapy: for food accumulation, tonifying the spleen meridian, moistening the abdomen and kneading the Panmen to eliminate food stagnation (promote food digestion); for phlegm-dampness stagnation, clearing the lung meridian, tonifying the spleen meridian and kneading the Fenglong to promote the lungs to resolve phlegm and strengthen the spleen to dispel dampness.
Acupuncture point paste or internal medication: those with food accumulation can choose hawthorn, Leptospermum, Chicken Neijin and other medicines to be powdered and applied to acupoints such as the middle epigastric region and the Tianshu, or use Baohe Pills and other additions and subtractions to eliminate food stagnation; those with phlegm-dampness can use half-summer, Chenpi, Poria and other medicines to apply to the acupoints such as Fenglong, Spleen Yu, etc., or use Er Chen Tang and other additions and subtractions to dry dampness and resolve phlegm (to dispel dampness by drying dampness and dissolve the phlegm evils).
Children with thick white tongue should be adjusted under the guidance of professionals, massage adjustment should be operated by professionals to select points, should not be operated without authorization, the drug should also be used in accordance with the doctor’s instructions.