Why is the mouth sometimes bitter and sometimes sweet? What's wrong with your health? Let's ta
Why is the mouth sometimes bitter and sometimes sweet? What's wrong with your health? Let's take a look!
Sweet:
Generally speaking, the spleen is hot and sweet, so the sweetness is caused by dysfunction of the spleen and stomach. Because the dysfunction of the digestive system will lead to abnormal secretion of various enzymes, the content of amylase in saliva will increase, which will stimulate the taste buds on the tongue and feel sweet. In addition, diabetic patients' blood sugar rises, the sugar in saliva also increases, and the mouth and tongue tend to become sweet.
Oral acid:
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that liver heat leads to sour mouth, which is mostly caused by the heat of liver and gallbladder eroding the spleen. Moreover, many people may have symptoms such as thin yellow tongue coating, abdominal distension after meals, nausea, and even chest tightness and rib pain, which indicates that you may have gastritis or digestive tract ulcer. It's best to have a further stomach examination at once.
Bitter:
Bitter mouth is mostly caused by damp-heat, which is more common in damp-heat in liver and gallbladder and stomach heat. Generally, it is caused by bile reflux. First, check whether there is any problem with the stomach and gallbladder. Some people who like supper or spicy food will also have bile reflux, causing bitter taste; Old people are also prone to bitterness due to poor gastric motility; Cancer patients also often have bitter mouth symptoms; Then there are some mental workers, because of the great mental stress, coupled with the imbalance of life and diet rhythm, which leads to poor gastrointestinal function, and the food eaten stays in the gastrointestinal tract for too long, which is also easy to cause bitter taste.
Spicy mouth:
Spicy taste in the mouth or tongue is mostly caused by lung heat or stomach fire, which is common in hypertension, neurosis, menopausal syndrome and long-term low fever, accompanied by cough, yellow and thick expectoration, thin and yellow tongue coating and other symptoms.
Salty mouth:
Salty mouth is related to kidney, which is mostly caused by deficiency of kidney yin and floating fire. Some are accompanied by soreness of waist and knees, dizziness and tinnitus, fever, chills in limbs, fatigue, frequent urination at night and other symptoms. , more common in chronic nephritis, neurosis, chronic pharyngitis or oral ulcer.
In particular, abnormal taste is also related to many factors such as age, gender, mood, environment, diet, oral hygiene and so on. Those who smoke or drink too much and don't get enough sleep will also have abnormal taste. Therefore, once the taste is abnormal, it is best to go to the hospital in time to be diagnosed by a doctor.
Traditional Chinese medicine eliminates odor
halitosis
Bad breath is mostly caused by redness, swelling, pain, ulceration, bleeding or pus and sores in the mouth and tongue. Often accompanied by thirst, cold drinks, constipation, yellow urine, red tongue with yellow fur, slippery pulse and so on. To clear the heat in the stomach, the heat in the stomach accumulates, causing inflammation of the mouth and tongue and pus in the gums. The formula of Wei Qing Powder is: Angelica sinensis 12g, Coptidis Rhizoma, Radix Rehmanniae, Cortex Moutan, Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae, Fructus Aurantii Immaturus 10g, Cimicifuga Rhizoma 6g, Gypsum Fibrosum 30g, and Radix et Rhizoma Rhei 10g (below).
If the patient coughs up sticky yellow phlegm or thick phlegm with blood, and emits unpleasant fishy smell, accompanied by chest tightness, chest pain, fever, dry throat, yellow greasy tongue coating, slippery pulse and other symptoms, such bad breath is caused by phlegm heat entering the lungs. Qingfei Huatan Recipe: Cortex Lycii, Cortex Mori, Radix Platycodi, Fructus Trichosanthis, Scutellariae Radix, Fructus Aurantii Immaturus, Semen Armeniacae Amarum, Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae, Poria, Rhizoma Arisaematis cum bile, Rhizoma Pinelliae, fresh Rhizoma Phragmitis, and Glycyrrhrizae Radix, 65,438 00g each, 30g each, daily/kloc-0 times, and decocted with water. If the patient has sour taste in the mouth, accompanied by loss of appetite, abdominal distension after eating, warm wind swallowing acid, thick greasy yellow tongue coating and slippery pulse, this is caused by improper diet, injury to the spleen and stomach and loss of transport. For the treatment of dyspepsia and stomach, Baohe Pill is added: hawthorn, Massa Medicata Fermentata, fried radish seed 65438±05g, Pinellia ternata, Poria, Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae, Fructus Forsythiae, Endothelium Corneum Gigeriae Galli and Fructus Aurantii Immaturus 65438±00g. One dose a day, decocted in water.
bitter taste
The patient feels bitter mouth, accompanied by hypochondriac pain and discomfort, dizziness and headache, red eyes, tinnitus and deafness, irritability, constipation, yellow urine, red tongue with yellow coating and rapid pulse. This is due to emotional stagnation, loss of liver qi, and long-term stagnation of fire, which leads to the upward rush of liver qi, so it tastes bitter. The prescription of Xiaoyao Powder combined with Longdan Xiegan Decoction was revised as follows: Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, Radix Bupleuri, Radix Gentianae, Scutellariae Radix, Fructus Gardeniae, Alismatis Rhizoma, medulla Tetrapanacis, Semen Plantaginis, Radix Rehmanniae, Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae each 65438±00g, and Radix Glycyrrhizae 6g. One dose a day, decocted in water.
Tianzui
Patients often complain that their mouths are always My Sweetie. This phenomenon is mostly due to fever of the spleen and stomach. Mild only feel sweet and thirsty, drink more water. Seriously overeating, hungry. Sore mouth or tongue, constipation, yellow urine and other symptoms. The tongue is red, yellow and dry with strong pulse. To clear stomach heat, the prescription is Xiehuang Powder and Wei Qing Powder: Pogostemon, Gardenia, Saposhnikovia divaricata10g, Gypsum Fibrosum (stir-fried first) 30g, Coptidis Rhizoma, Cimicifuga Rhizoma and Glycyrrhrizae Radix 6g each. One dose a day, decocted in water. If the patient is accompanied by loss of appetite, dry mouth and dislike of drinking water, abdominal distension, mental fatigue, constipation, short and red urine, pale red tongue with little fur and weak pulse, this is the syndrome of deficiency of both spleen and stomach. Prescriptions for invigorating stomach, strengthening spleen and nourishing stomach yin are Sijunzi Decoction and Yunv Decoction: Codonopsis pilosula and Radix Rehmanniae Preparata each 25g, Gypsum Fibrosum 30g, Atractylodis Macrocephala, Poria, Ophiopogon japonicus, Anemarrhena, Achyranthes bidentata, Endothelium Corneum Gigeriae Galli and Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae each 65438±00g, Massa Medicata Fermentata, Dendrobium each 65438±05g and Glycyrrhiza uralensis 6g. One dose a day, decocted in water.
Oral acid
The patient has a sour feeling in his mouth, which is mostly caused by indigestion and indigestion, accompanied by abdominal distension, acid swallowing, foul stool, yellow and thick tongue coating, smooth and strong pulse. For treating dyspepsia and stagnation, the prescription is Fructus Aurantii Immaturus, Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, Scutellariae Radix, Coptidis Rhizoma, Poria, Endothelium Corneum Gigeriae Galli, Alismatis Rhizoma, Radix Aucklandiae, Radix et Rhizoma Rhei (below), Areca catechu, Massa Medicata Fermentata, and parched Raphani Semen each 65,438 0.5g.. One dose a day, decocted in water. If it is accompanied by belching, fullness in the stomach, acid swallowing, anorexia, hypochondriac pain, loose stool, red tongue and thready pulse, it is caused by disharmony between liver and stomach. Shugan Hewei recipe is Zuojin Pill: Coptidis Rhizoma, Evodia rutaecarpa, Bupleuri Radix, Atractylodis Rhizoma, Poria, Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae, Endothelium Corneum Gigeriae Galli, Salvia Miltiorrhiza Radix, Radix Paeoniae Alba and Massa Medicata Fermentata, 65,438 05g each, 30g of calcined oyster and 6g of licorice. One dose a day, decocted in water.
Bitter mouth
Patients often feel salty taste in the mouth, often accompanied by dry mouth and throat, fever of facial features, dizziness, soreness of waist and knees, tinnitus and deafness, hot flashes and bone steaming, night sweats and insomnia, short and red urine, red tongue with little fur, and deep and thin pulse. This is caused by deficiency of kidney yin and inflammation of fire deficiency. The formula of Jishengshenqi Pill is 25g of Radix Rehmanniae, 65438 02g of Cornus officinalis and Rhizoma Dioscoreae, and 65438 00g of Poria, Alismatis Rhizoma, Cortex Moutan, Rhizoma Anemarrhenae, Cortex Phellodendri, Achyranthis Radix, Semen Plantaginis, Bamboo Leaves and Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae. One dose a day, decocted in water.