What causes white tongue coating and how to solve it?

Thick and white tongue coating may be caused by poor hygiene, excessive moisture, deficiency of spleen and stomach, etc. Different solutions are also different for different reasons. Details are as follows: 1. Poor hygiene If you don't pay attention to brushing your teeth and gargle at ordinary times, it will lead to food residue and soft dirt on your tongue for a long time, which may cause thick and white tongue coating. Patients need to pay attention to oral hygiene, develop the habit of brushing teeth in the morning and evening, gargle after meals, reduce the breeding of food residues on the tongue coating. 2. Patients with excessive moisture and excessive moisture are trapped in the spleen and stomach, affecting the transportation of water, resulting in phlegm and dampness, causing physical discomfort. Patients need to strengthen exercise to promote metabolism and expel moisture. At the same time, you can eat ingredients with spleen and dampness, such as crucian carp, coix seed, wax gourd, etc. 3. Patients with spleen and stomach deficiency due to insufficient yang qi in spleen and stomach, weak ability to transport water and dampness, may lead to thick and white tongue coating. Patients can use Liujunzi Pill, Fuzi Lizhong Pill, Shenling Baizhu Powder and other drugs under the guidance of doctors to regulate spleen and stomach function and improve lung discomfort and abnormal tongue coating.