What causes yellow tongue pain?

Yellow tongue coating and bitter mouth may be caused by damp-heat accumulation syndrome, phlegm-fire stagnation syndrome, stomach fire exuberance syndrome, etc.

1. Damp-heat accumulation syndrome Excessive

eating of spicy, greasy and irritating food leads to excessive damp-heat, damp-heat evil qi disturbing the tongue coating along the meridians, causing yellow tongue coating. Damp-heat evil qi accumulated in the liver and gallbladder, bile fluid disturbed, reverse along the meridians, will cause bitter mouth symptoms.

2. Phlegm-dampness block syndrome due to

poor emotional will lead to liver-qi stagnation, depression and fire, affecting the spleen's function of transporting water and dampness, resulting in phlegm and dampness block, may appear yellow tongue coating and bitter mouth symptoms.

3. Stomach fire exuberance

syndrome Patients with stomach fire exuberance syndrome due to accumulation of heat evil qi in the stomach, resulting in loss of stomach harmony, stomach pain, hunger and excessive heat symptoms, etc., may cause the above phenomena.