What Is Dry Mouth?

Dry mouth is one of the more common symptoms in the clinic, and it is a symptom caused by multiple factors. Among them, middle-aged and elderly women are more common.

Basic Information

English name

drymouth

Visiting department

Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Stomatology, Rheumatology and Immunology

Multiple groups

Middle-aged and elderly women

Common locations

Oral cavity

Common symptoms

Consciously lack of fluid in the mouth

Contagious

no

Causes of dry mouth

The etiology and pathogenesis of dry mouth are more complicated and can involve the five internal organs and six internal organs. Real heat, damp heat, phlegm drinking, blood stasis, exogenous sensation, and internal injuries can cause it.

Dry mouth syndrome differentiation

Exogenous wind heat

Symptoms: dry mouth and slightly drinking water, accompanied by fever, bad wind, and floating pulses, which are more common in the early stage of exogenous fever, and the fluid damage is minor. Main party: Yinqiaosan addition and subtraction.

2. Flaming stomach

Syndrome: dry mouth and cold drinks, with irritability, dry stools, yellow urine, red face, red tongue, and strong pulse. The main party: White Tiger Soup plus or minus.

3. Yin deficiency

Syndrome: dry mouth without drinking, accompanied by redness, night sweats, red tongue, and weak pulse. The main party: Zhibai Dihuang Wan addition and subtraction.

4. Damp heat

Symptoms: dry mouth without drinking too much, both hot and not hot, heavy head and body, yellow greasy fur, slippery pulses. Main formula: Longdan Xiegan Decoction.

5. Stop inside phlegm drink

Symptoms: dry mouth does not like to drink, or like hot drinks, but not much water, or even dry mouth to drink water, spit when water enters, lubricating the fat and light moss on the tongue, weak pulse strings, or slow, or slow, or heavy weak. The main party: Buzhong Yiqi Decoction is a reasonable addition and subtraction.

6. Stasis within the blood

Symptoms: dry mouth, but only rinse the mouth without swallowing, dark purple with bruising or petechiae, astringent pulse. Subject: Xuefu Zhuyu Decoction.

7. Mixed heat and cold

Symptoms: dry mouth with qi on the heart, hot heart, hunger and appetite, pulse. The main party: Wumei Wan plus or minus.

Dry mouth preventive care

Appropriate drinking water, preferably a small number of times. After understanding your own constitution and the cause of dry mouth, guide daily drinking water in a targeted manner. Patients with exogenous wind-heat, stomach fire, and yin deficiency should drink plenty of water, while damp-heat type, phlegm type, internal stasis type and Cold and hot mixed dry mouth requires proper drinking or even less. Usually eat more fresh vegetables and fruits. The diet should not be too dry or salty.