What is the cause of bitter mouth and bad breath?

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that bitter mouth and halitosis may be related to excessive stomach fire, exuberant liver fire and bad eating habits.

1. Patients with excessive stomach fire often

feel bitter mouth and halitosis after stomach fire burns body fluid due to excessive stomach heat.

2. Patients with excessive liver fire often feel bitter mouth and halitosis when liver fire

is exuberant due to liver failure and qi stagnation, and spleen and stomach are affected due to the same diseases.

3. Patients with bad eating habits

feel bitter mouth and halitosis due to their love of spicy, greasy and other irritating foods. The odor of food remains in the mouth.