Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is a unique medical technology in China, and nowadays more and more people are inclined to seek TCM treatment. After all, TCM achieves the fundamental effect through regulation, and the side effects of TCM are much smaller than those of Western medicine. Many parents also choose to take their children to see traditional Chinese medicine and use its methods to treat their children's illnesses. Let's take a look at the baby's tongue coating, white tongue tip, and red tongue today. What's going on?
What's wrong with a baby's white tongue coating and red tongue tip
The tongue is red in color, with a slightly thick yellow white coating. If the body temperature is high, the tongue is red in color and the coating is dry, indicating that the baby's body fluid has been severely damaged by heat. Fever is often accompanied by dry stool, and babies often have heavy breath in their mouths. This situation usually indicates that the baby has severe internal heat, and parents should take it seriously. Babies with severe fever may sometimes have thick red spikes on their tongue.
How to check a baby's health status from tongue coating
1. Children who catch a cold often have a thick layer of white coating on their tongue during the early stages of the cold. After catching a cold, the tongue coating will turn yellow, indicating a more obvious heat sensation.
2. Some allergic diseases may result in map like tongue coating or peeling.
3. If white spots are found on the child's tongue and even on their lips, it indicates that there may be worms in the child's stomach.
4. Some babies who frequently have fever, recurrent colds, poor appetite, or chronic diarrhea may have a tongue that is as red as fresh meat and all tongue coating has fallen off. The smooth surface of the tongue is like a mirror, so it is called mirror red tongue. Babies with mirror red tongue often have symptoms of loss of appetite, dry mouth, excessive drinking, or bloating like drums.
Tongue coating is a reflection mirror of human health, and different symptoms of tongue coating indicate different problems in the body. A normal healthy baby's tongue will not exhibit the symptoms mentioned in the article. The baby's body is very sensitive and delicate, and mothers should carefully observe every part of the baby in order to grasp their movements at any time.
