In winter, as the climate becomes dry, people will feel dry mouth to a greater or lesser extent, and even more will be accompanied by bitter mouth, bad breath, mouth ulcers, constipation and other symptoms.
Why is it so easy to feel dry mouth in winter? Weng Zhiqiang, chief physician of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, explained that on the one hand, the climate became dry and the water evaporated too quickly, which aggravated the original dry mouth and made the symptoms more obvious; On the other hand, dry and evil in winter consumes yin, and it is also easy to cause a variety of uncomfortable symptoms such as dry mouth and dry tongue.
Dry mouth is divided into physiological and pathological
Dry mouth is not an independent disease, it is a group of disorders that include both physiological and pathological causes. Weng Zhiqiang said that dry mouth is divided into two types: physiological and pathological.
Physiological dry mouth: there is little daily water, and salty food or a large amount of dry food; In the elderly, various functions degenerate, the glands that secrete fluid shrink, the saliva decreases and different degrees of dry mouth appear; If you do not replenish water in time after exercise, you will also have dry mouth.
Pathological dry mouth: there are the most common colds caused by viral infections; High fever, diarrhea, open mouth breathing, etc. caused by water loss in the body, resulting in dry mouth; Long-term anxiety, depression, insomnia appear bitterness, dry mouth; Drug-induced dry mouth caused by long-term use of various drugs to lower blood pressure; Systemic diseases appear dry mouth, such as Sjogren's syndrome in patients with Sjogren's syndrome because of immune abnormalities in the body, destroying the structure of salivary glands and tear glands, dry mouth and eyes; Diabetics have elevated plasma osmolality due to high blood sugar and dry mouth due to tissue dehydration.
The cause of dry mouth is complex, and it is difficult to drink water alone
There are many causes of dry mouth, some due to poor diet, psychological and physiological habits, and some caused by diseases. In order to alleviate dry mouth, the increasing amount of water is only alleviated for those who drink too little or too much water, and it is often difficult to work on dry mouth caused by various diseases.
Weng Zhiqiang reminded that dry mouth can not be relieved in the short term, especially if the symptoms exceed three months, should go to the hospital for a comprehensive examination.
There are the following ways to prevent dry mouth and tongue daily:
(1) Keep your mouth clean and rinse your mouth frequently to reduce the possibility of caries and secondary oral infections.
(2) Prevent colds, maintain optimism, relieve work tension and pressure, and avoid anger, anger and irritability.
(3) Dry in winter, pay attention to dietary conditioning to eat more lung nourishing food and fruits, such as honey water, ginseng fruit, Sydney pear, grapes, etc., not only can alleviate dry mouth and tongue, but also prevent constipation.
(4) Keep going to bed early and getting up early, participate in outdoor physical exercise, eat regularly, quit smoking, and avoid alcoholism.
Dietary remedies are recommended
Lotus seed drink: guiyuan, lotus seed, American ginseng, jujube, decoction water drink is suitable for tonifying qi and nourishing yin.
Longan Ginseng Drink: Longan meat, American ginseng decoction, take before bedtime. Suitable for dry mouth with insufficient heart and yin.
Snow ear, quail egg sugar water: all ingredients boiled into rock sugar water, xuan lung nourishing yin shengjin, suitable for lung yin deficiency dry mouth.
Dendrobium porridge: Wash the dendrobium and put it in a pot, add water to boil, take the juice and cook the porridge with rice. Suitable for spleen and stomach yin deficiency dry mouth.
Snow Ear Apple Lean Broth: Take snow ear, apple (peeled core) and cook lean broth. Clear heat and nourish the lung yin, suitable for lung yin deficiency dry mouth.
Chewing goji berries: goji berries have the effect of nourishing the liver and kidneys, improving the eyesight, quenching thirst, the drug can nourish the yin of the liver and kidneys, and can effectively eliminate or alleviate the symptoms of dry mouth and thirst. Put a few bites in the mouth before going to bed, or ten grams of single-flavor dried fruit to drink with boiling water, boil porridge into 10-30 grams and cook it together with rice to eat, which has a certain effect on the treatment of dry mouth.
Sand Ginseng Lily Mai Dong Tea: Sand ginseng, lily, mai dong, quail egg, boiling water and rock sugar. It has the effect of promoting the lungs and nourishing the yin and shengjin. (Reporter Yu Yanhong Correspondent Xu Yongyi)