Some people may have the experience that their constipation is severe, they may only defecate once or twice a week, and their stools are very dry. Easy to get angry, bad breath. If you go for a checkup, the general result is probably just a slight stomach problem. Moreover, the tongue images of such people are generally characterized by white and thick tongue coating, tooth marks, and red tongue edges. Of course, in addition to these symptoms, the main problem is that the bad breath is severe, and he is afraid to talk to people.
How to identify the bad breath mentioned here?
Actually, to find out the etiology and pathogenesis of the above-mentioned halitosis, you need to first find out your own bad breath, whether it is stomach heat bad breath or stomach fire bad breath.
How to tell the difference?
Patients with the above symptoms were accompanied by obvious symptoms of thirst in addition to bad breath. In fact, this is the manifestation of the lack of body fluid in the stomach after the evil fire. These people tend to have red lips. Because our lips are the masters of the spleen and stomach. If there is heat in the spleen and stomach, the lips will easily turn red. Moreover, the mouth and tongue of such people are prone to ulcers, which will recur for a long time, and the ulcers are particularly painful. This is because the evil fire burns a manifestation of the oral mucosa.
In addition, these people are especially prone to toothaches. Once the toothache occurs, the cheek on the side of the pain is also prone to swollen. Moreover, such people have yellow urine, may have dry stools, red tongue and yellow coating, and rapid and strong pulse.
And this series of symptoms can be regarded as the standard configuration of stomach fire and bad breath. Of course, this series of symptoms does not necessarily have to be completely combined in the same person, and may only show a few of them.
In addition, it should be noted that some patients may have bad breath due to damp heat in the spleen and stomach. The tongue coating of such people is often greasy, and there may be tooth marks around the tongue. As for hot and humid bad breath, I will talk about it separately later.
How to deal with stomach heat and bad breath?
We can choose the method described in “Thousands of Prescriptions”. Prepare 10 grams of raw rehmannia and 20 grams of gypsum. Grind and crush the plaster completely and wrap it with gauze. Decoct with Rehmannia glutinosa and take one dose a day to replace tea.
The above-mentioned methods were mainly used to target the symptoms of “Zhongxiao” in diabetes at the earliest. This is what Chinese medicine calls the elimination of grains and good hunger and unbearable thirst. Because this is also due to the heat in the stomach. Therefore, it is also effective to use these two herbs to regulate a series of problems caused by excessive stomach heat.
In my personal opinion, not directly using the dosage recorded in the classics is to prevent excessive dosage and harm the spleen and stomach. Picture it. Then, it has a certain effect on improving stomach fire, as well as bad breath, toothache and other symptoms caused by stomach heat.
And the truth contained in the compatibility is also very simple. Gypsum, which is a commonly used purging gunpowder, can clear and purify stomach fire. At the same time, gypsum can also quench thirst and promote body fluid, but its main function is to purify fire. Rehmannia glutinosa is a commonly used medicine for nourishing yin. The two are used together, and the division of labor is clear. Rehmannia is mainly responsible for nourishing yin, while gypsum is mainly responsible for purging fire.