Dry mouth, bitter taste and bad breath may be caused by oral diseases, such as dental caries, oral ulcers and gingivitis. Due to swelling of gums, bleeding and pus overflowing from periodontal pocket, the oral hygiene condition is very poor, and dental plaque, tartar and tartar accumulated on teeth are decomposed and fermented under the action of bacteria and microorganisms, resulting in unpleasant smell. Oral diseases may also have symptoms such as toothache and bleeding gums. You'd better check your mouth at this time.
2. Gastrointestinal diseases
If you don't pay attention to your diet at ordinary times, it will also cause dry mouth, bitter taste and bad breath, especially if you eat too much at dinner, it is not easy to digest and stay in your stomach, which will easily cause oral odor.
If accompanied by nausea, vomiting, bitter yellow water, constipation, etc. It may be that the stomach fire is too strong and the body fluid has been damaged. Pay attention to your diet and avoid spicy and greasy food.
3. Liver disease
Chinese medicine believes that dry mouth and bitter taste may be caused by damp-heat in liver and gallbladder. Generally speaking, damp-heat in the liver and gallbladder can lead to the inability to clear the qi and the inability to reduce the turbid qi, thus causing epigastric pain, dry mouth, bitter taste and bad breath.
Such as dry mouth, bitter taste, bad breath, accompanied by abdominal distension, anorexia, side pain, burning and so on. It is best to go to the hospital for examination.
What is good for dry mouth, bitter taste and bad breath?
1, drink lotus seed soup to get rid of heart fire
Symptoms: there are two kinds of deficiency and excess, and deficiency fire is characterized by low fever, night sweats, upset, dry mouth and so on. Excess fire is characterized by repeated oral ulcers, dry mouth, short and red urine, and irritability.
Dietotherapy: 30g of lotus seeds (without removing lotus plumule), 0/5g of gardenia/kloc (wrapped with gauze), adding appropriate amount of rock sugar, decocting in water, eating lotus seeds and drinking soup.
2, eating pig liver can go to lung fire.
Symptoms: dry cough without phlegm or less phlegm but sticky, hot flashes and night sweats, fever of hands and feet, insomnia and red tongue.
Dietotherapy: pork liver 1, chrysanthemum 30g (wrapped in gauze), * * * boiled until the liver is cooked, and the liver is eaten and soup is drunk.
3, drink mung bean porridge to stomach fire
Symptoms: There are two kinds of deficiency and excess. Deficiency fire is characterized by mild cough, less appetite, constipation, abdominal distension, red tongue and less fur; Excess fire is manifested as epigastric discomfort, dry mouth and bitter taste, and dry stool.
Dietotherapy: 30 grams of gypsum powder and appropriate amount of japonica rice and mung bean. First, the gypsum is boiled in water, then filtered to remove residue, and the clear liquid is taken, and then the japonica rice and mung bean are added to cook porridge.
4, drink pear water fire
Manifestations: headache, dizziness, tinnitus, dry eyes, bitter taste, bad breath and pain in both ribs.
Dietotherapy: 10g Fritillaria is mashed into powder, two pears are peeled and cut into pieces, appropriate amount of rock sugar is added, and stewed in clear water.
5, eat pork loin to kidney fire
Manifestations: dizziness, tinnitus, deafness, backache and fatigue, hot flashes, night sweats, and fidgety.
Dietotherapy: 2 pork loins, 65,438+05g of Lycium barbarum and 65,438+05g of Cornus officinalis, boiled in a casserole until the pork loins are cooked, and then eaten with soup.
The above dietary remedies can help us to alleviate dry mouth, bitter taste and bad breath to a certain extent, and everyone can choose according to their own needs.