In the Chinese medicine clinic will often encounter, because the mouth is bitter to come to the doctor, bitter mouth in the end is the body to give us a warning of what? Where is the problem with the body? We will discuss this with our friends as follows.

First, let's look at how the predecessors of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) recognized bitter mouth:

In "Guanzi - Water and Earth", it is stated: "What are the five flavors? It is said that the five Tibetans. Sour governs the spleen, salty governs the lungs, pungent governs the kidneys, bitter governs the liver, and sweet governs the heart."

In the Jin-Yuan period, Liu He-ma in the "Suwen xuanji yuanyuan disease style" proposed: "The liver heat is sour in the mouth, the heart heat is bitter in the mouth, the spleen heat is sweet in the mouth, the lungs heat is pungent in the mouth, and the kidneys heat is salty in the mouth. If the mouth is bland, the stomach is hot."

Qing Dynasty physician Shen Jin'ao pointed out in his Miscellaneous Diseases Source and Flow Rhinoceros Candle: "Heart heat is bitter in the mouth, or sores (suitable for cool intestines, diarrhea of the heart soup). The liver moves heat to the gallbladder and mouth is also bitter."

Yao Naili edited the "Chinese medicine symptoms differential diagnosis," pointed out that: "because the bitter for the flavor of fire, and the heart is the main fire, so many involved in the heart and gallbladder fire and heat disease have bitter mouth performance."

The above ancient medical literature "Guan Zi - Water and Earth" points out that "Bitterness rules the liver", and bitter mouth should be blamed on the liver, which is a problem of the liver, mostly caused by liver fire. In "Su Wen Xuan Ji Yuan Disease Style", it is pointed out that heart heat can cause bitter mouth, and the symptoms of heart heat as well as therapeutic tonics are also pointed out. Modern literature "Differential Diagnosis of Chinese Medicine Symptoms" points out that heart fire and liver and gallbladder fire can cause bitter mouth.

Second, and then talk about the common Chinese medical evidence of bitter mouth:

1. Heart fire upper inflammation evidence:It is a symptom of blazing fire in the heart, which is inflamed through the meridians and results in sores on the mouth and tongue, bitter mouth and dry throat.

• Etiology:Usually addicted to spicy, barbecue, or work in the life of stress, internal heat, accumulated in the heart and spleen, the heart and spleen have heat, up inflammation in the mouth, so the mouth is bitter and dry throat.

• The main evidence:Dry and bitter mouth, mouth and tongue sores, red face, restlessness, manic delirium, insomnia, short, red and burning urine, dry stools, epistaxis, red tongue, yellow moss, and number of pulses.

• Rule of Therapeutics:clear the heart and reduce internal heat (Chinese medicine)

• Prescription:Diarrhea of the heart and guide the red powder plus subtractions

• Proprietary medicines:Guiding Chi Pills, Niu Huang Qing Xin Pills, Zhu Sha An Shen Pills, Qing Xin Rolling Phlegm Pills, Niu Huang Detoxification Pills, Yi Qing Granules, Niu Huang Shang Qing Pills, Huang Lian Shang Qing Pills (Tablets).

• Tea Drinking Formula:You can use lotus heart, light bamboo leaves, gardenia and so on to make water to drink instead of tea.

• Heart Fire Upper Inflammation Nutritional Considerations:

(1) Pay attention to your diet:Eat less spicy, barbecue products, drink less alcohol, so as not to generate internal heat, accumulated in the heart fire, heart fire in the mouth, bitter mouth.

(2) Reduce mental stress:Life or work pressure, accumulation of pressure in the heart, day long heart fire exuberant, up inflammation in the mouth, bitter mouth.

2. Liver fire upflaming evidence:Fire-heat blazing, internal disturbance in the liver, liver qi fire upward reversal, to red face and eyes, dry mouth and bitter, irritable symptoms.

• Etiology:Vegetarian short-tempered, or angry rage, anger injures the liver, liver qi stagnation, liver stagnation, liver fire, liver fire in the mouth, so the mouth bitter.

• The main evidence:Dizziness, red face and eyes, pain in both hypochondriacs, bitter and dry mouth, irritability, tinnitus and deafness, epistaxis, yellow and red urine, constipation, nightmares, red tongue with thin yellow fur. Stringy pulse.

• Rule of Therapeutics:Addition of gentian diarrhea liver tonic

• Proprietary medicines:Dan gardenia free and easy pills, gentian diarrhea liver pills, Xia Gu Cao granules, Angelica Long Aloe Pills, Jia Wei free and easy pills.

• Tea Drinking Formula:Xia Ku Cao, gardenia, gonorrhea, cassia seeds, green box and other brewed water to drink as tea.

• Liver Fire Wellness Notes:

(1) Maintain a good mood:Less anger, less work and life pressure, so as to avoid liver depression and fire, through the channels up to the mouth, hair bitter mouth.

(2) Pay attention to your diet:Eat less spicy, barbecue products, so as to avoid the heat generated within the heat of the liver fire, through the channels on the inflammation in the mouth, hair for the mouth bitter.

(3), Attention sleep:Less stay up late, stay up late dark depletion of liver and kidney yin, liver is the son of the kidney, liver and kidney the same source, liver yang hyperactivity, kidney water deficiency, water does not contain wood, can not constrain the liver fire (liver yang), through the channels on the inflammation in the mouth, hair for mouth bitter.

The above discusses the etiology and mechanism of the bitter mouth, as well as conditioning, health precautions, to understand what our body out of the situation, timely adjustment, to maintain good health, I hope to help friends.

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Bitter mouth, as the name suggests, refers to a bitter taste in the mouth, and many people in our lives experience the problem of bitter mouth. The most common is waking up in the morning will feel bitter mouth; sometimes belching hiccups, will spit out the bitter water; sometimes it is plainly no reason to appear mouth bitter. Bitter mouth may not be due to external reasons, but our body has a disease. So, what is the bitter mouth? What diseases does it suggest?

1、Hepatobiliary diseases:Inflammation of liver and bile, especially cholecystitis and cholelithiasis, due to poor gallbladder function and biliary system dyskinesia, will lead to abnormal bile excretion and discharge, which will cause bitter mouth; at the same time, it is also often accompanied by headache, dizziness, redness and redness in the eyes and face, irritability and other manifestations.2、Digestive diseases:Patients with indigestion and reflux oesophagitis will suffer from poor gastric dynamics and bile reflux to the stomach, which will cause bitter mouth. 3, oral disease: not pay attention to oral hygiene, not only will cause tooth decay, gingivitis and other diseases, but also bring bad breath, bitter taste; in addition, tongue, salivary glands, and other infections caused by oral ulcers, vitamin deficiencies, and other problems can also lead to bitter mouth. 4, kidney disease: when the human body's renal function abnormalities, such as the emergence of nephritis, kidney stones, and other diseases, there will also be mouth Salty, bitter mouth.5, Chinese medicine that the liver, gallbladder, stomach fire, dampness and heat can also cause bitter mouth.6, some cancers, such as oral cancer, stomach cancer, and even female breast cancer will appear bitter mouth.7, mental bitter mouth: when people are in the environment of long-term mental stress, or lack of sleep, excessive smoking, alcoholism, sleep with the mouth open, there will also be a dry mouth, bitter mouth.

To summarize, bitter mouth can be both improper lifestyle, but also may be a signal of disease, if through the adjustment of lifestyle, change dietary habits and still no significant change, you should consult a doctor in a timely manner, under the guidance of the doctor to carry out the relevant examination, to clarify the cause of the disease. Finally, I wish you good health!

This issue's respondent: Zhou Shishi, M.D.

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I believe that many people have had the symptoms of bitter mouth and bad breath, these symptoms are not only oral problems, there are many some factors liquid is also lead to mouth bitter, mouth bitter will also be accompanied by different degrees of bad breath, so very embarrassing to speak in public, the normal human body's mouth will not have an abnormal taste or feeling, only some factors induced by the resulting.

Below, Dr. Ma answers the question of where is the body's problem with a bitter mouth?

1. Oral factors

The main factor that causes bitter breath and bad breath is that lesions in the mouth itself are common, especially in people who don't brush their teeth for a long time due to the oxidation of the residue in the teeth to form sulfide, and this gas is the main cause of bad breath, and there are also some oral diseases, such as oral ulcers, periodontitis, endodontitis, dental caries, oral cancer and other diseases, and there are also some pharyngeal and laryngeal diseases, such as suppurative tonsillitis, pharyngitis, reflux Esophagitis and other diseases, these diseases will have bacteria production, so it will release some harmful substances and the symptoms of bitter breath and bad breath.

2. Taking drugs

Many drugs have different degrees of side effects, due to long-term use of some antibiotics (metronidazole), as well as cattle yellow detoxification tablets, patchouli liquid and other drugs, these drugs themselves contain bitter ingredients, so after taking the mouth there will be some drug odor or bitter symptoms, these symptoms clucked a by drinking more water to relieve, but long-term use of some chronic diseases after the emergence of bitter mouth symptoms The first thing you need to do is to check your liver and kidney function in a timely manner.

3. Liver and gallbladder diseases

Most of the factors that cause bitter mouth are seen in liver and gallbladder diseases, such as cholecystitis, gallstones, liver cancer, bile duct diseases, pancreatic diseases, etc. These factors will lead to excretion obstacles in the body, so the bilirubin in the blood is elevated, and therefore will secrete bilirubin-containing saliva through the salivary glands, and so the mouth will be bitter, and there are also these factors that lead to the bile not to go into the intestinal tract, but to flow back into the stomach or the esophagus, and so it also will This can also cause bitter mouth symptoms.

4. Stomach diseases

Nine out of ten patients with gastric disease will have the symptom of bitter breath and bad breath, this symptom is still mainly related to the factors that cause gastric disease, most of the gastric disease is caused by Helicobacter pylori infection, and Helicobacter pylori bacteria will be present in the human stomach or plaque, so it will release some toxins or harmful ingredients, so it will also cause bitter breath and bad breath, and some gastrointestinal indigestion can also cause bitter breath and bad breath.

5, there are also some diseases will have a typical bad breath smell, such as diabetes patients breathing rotten apple flavor, trisomy patients breathing will have cabbage smell, uremia and renal failure patients will have a fish taste in the mouth, urine type of ammonia, urine taste, homocystinuria: sweet moldy taste, and the mouth will have bitter, sour, sweet symptoms.

In addition to this there are some other bitter mouth factors are also related to diet (long-term eating some leeks, salted fish, stinky tofu, eggs, soy products, etc.), these foods in the process of digestion will produce abnormal gas, so there will be bad breath or bitter mouth symptoms. For some simple bitter mouth can be improved by drinking more water and eating vegetables and fruits, but some lesions caused by or recommended timely examination and treatment.

Patient Lao Zhang, 45 years old, got up every morning, felt like drinking bitter medicine in the mouth, bitter and intolerable, and then after examination, found that Lao Zhang's liver and gallbladder and spleen and stomach problems。

There is an urgent need to regulate and improve, otherwise the subsequent complications will be more and more, today I give you the popularization of the mouth bitter mouth, dry mouth, I hope to bring you some new knowledge.

Preface to Mouth Bitterness

People say that the mouth is bitter, generally in Chinese medicine, usually indicates that the person's body is very heavy dampness, the liver and gallbladder phase table constraints, because the liver and gallbladder of the fire is very strong, resulting in the body's bile upstream, because the bile is bitter, so the person's sensation is the taste of bitterness，

What are the main causes of a bitter mouth? And the pathology

In fact, it is very simple, in our daily life, the human body liquid water, as well as the transportation of blood, are through the spleen and stomach of the biochemical transport to all parts of the body, in the process, due to the spleen is very weak, it will cause the spleen deficiency of dampness is very exuberant, which leads to dampness impede the operation of the liver and gallbladder.

Directly will cause the bile and stomach qi and liquid retrograde upward, thus making your mouth feel very bitter. Generally speaking, this bitter mouth is due to the dysfunction of the spleen's transport function, the spleen loses the ability to transport water and dampness, and cannot coordinate, thus causing an imbalance between the spleen and the stomach.

Resulting in the human body inside the Yang deficiency and make it exuberant, resulting in the liver and gallbladder fire is very strong, the body is very hot and dry stuffy, but also directly affects the liver and gallbladder dampness and heat transportation and weakening, and finally the human body inside the turbid smoky gas odor combined with retrograde and upward.

Gathered in the mouth of the human body, resulting in many people will produce, dry mouth, dry mouth, bitter mouth, and the formation of bad breath and other symptoms, are because the human body, the spleen, stomach, liver, gallbladder have problems!。

Some clinical manifestations of bitter mouth and dry mouth

Above I know the cause of the formation of bitter mouth, then I can know that once the bitter mouth, it means that our spleen, stomach, liver and gallbladder have problems, presenting us with many other symptoms, such as:

First: often feel out of breathThe tongue is yellow and greasy with traces of teeth, which is due to the heavy dampness in the human body, resulting in edema, and especially in the morning, like to sleep, dizziness and headaches often occur.

Point 2: Due to the body's liver, gallbladder, dampness and heat and other problemsThis will lead to the human skin, the emergence of acne and a pimple, in addition to the extension of the skin, dark yellow, eczema, puffy eyes, face lines, sleep snoring, or the skin appears greasy and other undesirable symptoms.

Point 3: Due to problems such as dampness and heat in the liver and gallbladderThe patient's mouth will also change accordingly, for example, the tongue tip will be red, there are teeth marks, the tongue coating is yellow and greasy, and secondly, the most important thing is that the mouth is dry and bad breath, bitter mouth and other symptoms.

Point 3: Due to heavy body humidityThen the patient's body will show hands and feet, palms easy to sweat fluid, easy hair loss. Dark circles under the eyes are serious, the chest is very stuffy, phlegm is abundant, coughing is also abundant, the smell of the body is very heavy, and it will present the symptom of lumbago and knee weakness.

Point 4: Too much dampness, for the patientThe stool will be sticky, and the stool will feel like it wants to be pooped, but can't be pooped out.

Point 5: In terms of characterThe patient is very afraid of heat and humidity, and is easily agitated and angry.

In Western medicine, a bitter taste in the mouth can be caused by gallstones, cholecystitis, gastritis, or reflux from indigestion.。

How to Treat and Improve Bitter Mouth

In Chinese medicine, we must go deep into the essence from the phenomenon, and then explore from the essence, the cause and effect relationship within the essence, for step-by-step treatment, so if we want to completely solve the problem of bitter mouth, we must find the essence of the cause of the disease, for the treatment of bitter mouth.

Generally, the human body to internal regulation, such as the most important is to strengthen the spleen to dispel dampness, only to the human body inside the excess moisture out of the body, the spleen's function to operate normally, in addition to the need to nourish the liver and gallbladder, this is in fact a balanced relationship in the mutual constraints, the so-called spleen deficiency birth dampness, preferential aggravation of the spleen deficiency, so the vicious circle, in order to remove the problem of bitter and dry mouth, we must strengthen the spleen to dispel dampness, to improve the fundamentals! The treatment is based on the fundamentals.

So what herbs can we use for conditioning?

hawthorn tree (rose family, genus Crataegus);For this, everyone is very inside, hawthorn has the function of eliminating food and strengthening the spleen, can mobilize and improve the function of the spleen, promote intestinal and gastrointestinal absorption and operation, and can be the normalization of the body's spleen and stomach biochemistry.

red kidney beanFor the consumption of red beans, the purpose is to get rid of the body's dampness, red beans are diuretic herbs, can diuretic seepage dampness, accelerate the body's excess water out of the body, improve the biochemical function of the spleen and stomach.

oatmeal: The role of oats, mainly to solidify the body's water lies on the surface of the human body, can effectively improve the sweaty palms hands and feet, to achieve the role of the solid surface to stop sweating.

licoriceThe main function of licorice is to clear heat and detoxify the body, used to improve the body's dampness toxins, can be very good to regulate the human skin will not appear eczema, rashes, acne and other symptoms.

枸杞: The effect of tonifying the kidney and benefiting qi , aims to strengthen the kidney's transportation and digestion, which can effectively improve the body's vital energy and achieve qi and blood sufficiency.

Sandin (member of India's merchant-and-farmer caste): For this herb, the purpose is to dispel wind and win dampness, mainly by eliminating excess dampness in the body and achieving a balance that allows the spleen and stomach to operate peacefully and healthily.

white lentil: The main effect is to tonify the spleen and harmonize the middle, regulate and improve the coordination of the spleen and stomach in the body, and enhance the biochemical and motor functions.

pumpkin seeds: The main purpose of tonifying the middle and benefiting the qi, homoeopathy is to, enhance the function of the spleen, stomach, liver and gallbladder's function of transportation and digestion.

In addition to Western medicine, you can take some medicines to calm the liver and subdue the yang, to effectively reduce the liver fire, supplement vitamin C and vitamin B.

Lifestyle tip:

It is recommended that you never eat late at nightAfter eating late-night snacks, it is easy for the food to be digested during sleep, resulting in the accumulation of turbid gas in the mouth, which creates a rancid odor of the food.

brush one's teeth regularlyThe first thing you need to do is to eat good food and then rinse your mouth to clean out the food debris inside your mouth, brush your teeth, pay attention to the cleaning and maintenance of the tongue, and choose your own suitable toothbrush.

Usually in the morning.If you have a bitter mouth, you can drink wolfberry and egg soup or chrysanthemum and winter melon sugar water, which can effectively improve the phenomenon of bitter mouth. In addition, eat more seaweed, winter melon, green beans, carrots, bitter vegetables, tomatoes, etc., and minimize spicy and stimulating food.

concluding remarksFor the mouth bitter problem, in fact, is to be in daily life, must pay attention to their own lifestyle and diet, early to bed and early to rise, eat more light food, fruits and vegetables, appropriate exercise, to maintain the balance of body secretions, is conducive to sweating and sweat and toxins.

Eat more vitamins and nutrients to strengthen the body's resistance and immunity. Is the human body to achieve a balanced and coordinated state, for the human body on the emergence of. Cold, dampness, heat, toxicity and other phenomena, we must use dialectical thinking, symptomatic treatment and improvement, in order to promote the health of the body.

The last word of advice, everyone must keep the body and mind happy, ease the tension of life and work, relax the spirit, then the human body will be healthy and harmonious!。

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Many people have experienced a bitter mouth, waking up in the morning to find a bitter mouth and a bad taste. Not only that, but everything you eat has no flavor and feels bitter. What's going on here?

get angry

When the internal fire is too high, it affects the excretion of bile, causing the appearance of bitter mouth, accompanied by complications such as anxiety and fear, insomnia and sleeplessness.

In order to avoid bitter mouth caused by fire, it is important to develop good habits, do not stay up late and go to bed late, eat a light diet, and keep a happy and calm mind.

Caused by disease

Some diseases, too, can lead to a bitter mouth. For example, diabetes and oral diseases can also lead to bitter mouth, as long as the condition is stabilized, the problem of bitter mouth is naturally and effectively relieved.

Digestive problems

When there are digestive problems in the stomach and intestines, food will stay in the intestines and stomach for a longer period of time, which will lead to the production of excessive dampness and heat in the body, resulting in the emergence of a bitter taste in the mouth. At the same time, it will be accompanied by yellowing and thickening of the tongue, abdominal distension and yellowing of the urine.

In this case, you need to adjust your diet, avoid spicy stimulation, cold and indigestible food, keep the taste light, eat more fresh vegetables and fruits.

body heat from dampness

When dampness and heat are heavy in the body, the dampness and heat will be immersed in the liver and gallbladder, leading to poor bile flow, resulting in the emergence of bitter taste in the mouth, as well as red face and ears, dry stools, headache and dizziness.

It is generally believed that bitter mouth is related to liver and gallbladder, liver and gallbladder are mutually exclusive, bile originates from liver, abnormal liver excretion affects bile secretion, and abnormal bile secretion affects the function of liver. The liver drains bile, and the gallbladder stores and drains bile to promote the digestion of food by the spleen and stomach. If the bile qi is descending, the symptoms such as bitter taste in the mouth and vomiting of bitter water can be seen if the qi is upwardly reversed.

First, if you get up in the morning and have a bitter mouth, it is mostly caused by dampness and heat. Dampness and heat in the liver and gallbladder, liver loss of diarrhea, bile spillage, then see the bitter mouth, often accompanied by jaundice, dystocia, nausea and vomiting, less food and abdominal distension, urine yellow red and other symptoms. Dampness and heat in liver and gallbladder is mainly caused by external dampness and heat, over-eating of fat, sweet and thick flavors, or spleen and stomach dysfunctional dampness and heat in the liver and gallbladder, Chinese medicine is commonly used to regulate dampness and heat in liver and gallbladder is Longguan Diarrheal Liver Soup.

Second, if the bitter mouth is accompanied by dry mouth, mostly caused by liver fire. Liver fire, bile spillage, dry mouth and bitter mouth, often accompanied by tinnitus and deafness, headache and dizziness, impatience and irritability, yellow urine and dry stools, tongue edge red and other symptoms. Liver fire inflammation is mainly caused by emotional disorders, internal invasion of fire or other organs, resulting in the liver and gallbladder qi fire upward reversal. The Chinese medicine regulates the liver fire to inflame the common prescription is the Chai Hu Shu Liver Pill, the gardenia gets away with the pill and so on.

Third, the stomach gas to decline for the smooth, long over-eating hot and spicy sweet or alcoholism caused by excessive dampness and heat in the spleen and stomach, gastrointestinal function stagnation, stomach qi rise instead of fall, while dampness and heat fumigation of the liver and gallbladder, bile upward reversal caused by bitter mouth, long-term stagnation also tend to be mouth acidic water. Chinese medicine to regulate the spleen and stomach dampness and heat commonly used prescription is Huanglian clear stomach pill, patchouli clear stomach capsule.

In addition to taking medication to regulate the method, usually bitter mouth people should eat a light diet, avoid spicy and greasy food and other difficult to digest, do not smoke and do not drink alcohol, eat more winter melon, bitter gourd, cucumber, pears and other vegetables and fruits, drink more warm water or chrysanthemum tea, green tea, etc.; to maintain a relaxed mood, peace of mind and no impatience, not overly worried, do not admire the vanity of the outside world from the stimulus; regular work and rest, to avoid staying up late, etc. is to alleviate the bitter mouth is effective! All of these are effective ways to alleviate bitter mouth.

First of all, it has to be made clear that it is impossible to know the exact condition of the body based on bitter mouth alone, whether from the perspective of Chinese or Western medicine.

I can only speak a little about what a bitter mouth is a symptom of.

From a Chinese medicine perspective, it is mentioned in the Diagnostics of Chinese Medicine that bitter mouth is "mostly seen in the evidence of heart fire on inflammation or liver and gallbladder fire and heat". It is also often referred to as heart fire and liver and gallbladder fire. However, medical practitioners of the past generations have also found that mouth bitterness can be seen in non-heat syndrome. Jingyue Encyclopedia" in the discussion: "If according to this, all the mouth of the five flavors, all belong to the fire evidence, absolutely no cold disease carry on, is not fallacious? Such as bitter mouth, ...... cover all to think about labor, lust excessive people, more than a bitter mouth and tongue, food tasteless evidence. The blame is not in the heart and spleen, in the liver and kidney, heart and spleen deficiency is the liver and gallbladder evil overflow and bitter, liver and kidney deficiency is not enough yin and dry."

In human terms, the above words also mean that bitter mouth may be a sign of fire in the heart or in the liver and gallbladder; it may also be a sign of deficiency in the heart and spleen.

Meanwhile, the diagnostic criteria for the syndrome of damp-heat in the spleen and stomach in the Guiding Principles for Clinical Research of New Chinese Medicines also mentioned bitter mouth.

Liu Lulu et al. searched for various diagnostic criteria for spleen and stomach damp-heat certificate, and the diagnostic criteria from the Chinese medicine perspective showed a very high chance of recurrence of mouth bitterness, whereas the corresponding Western medicine diagnosis was various gastritis. For example, chronic atrophic gastritis, chronic superficial gastritis, bile reflux gastritis, functional dyspepsia and so on.

There are claims that bile reflux causes bitter mouth, but in fact, unless there is severe gastroesophageal reflux, where bile may reflux into the esophagus and pharynx along with the stomach contents, it is usually difficult for bile to reach the mouth. Therefore, bitter mouth alone does not tell you whether something is really wrong with your body. If you think you have a digestive problem, please consult a doctor to avoid delay.

I'm sure many people have some kind of bad taste in their mouths, so why do they have these abnormal taste sensations that are either sweet, sour, or bitter?

There are many causes of a bitter mouth, which may be a problem with the digestive system or the liver and gallbladder system. Some people are more sensitive and consult a doctor when they have a bad taste in their mouth, while others tolerate an abnormal taste in their mouth and become accustomed to it over time. In general, the mouth bitter, may also be accompanied by these changes in lifestyle habits, oil, salt and other seasonings used more and more, masking the bitter taste, or simply do not think about eating, resulting in malnutrition. And the mouth appears bitter, some spoiled food can not taste, especially easy to food poisoning.

Some of the common causes of bitter mouth are the following.

1. Oral disease. Poor oral hygiene in addition to cause periodontal disease, but also lead to a taste in the mouth, bitter mouth and dry mouth.

2. Smoking. Smoking tastes bad ask, tobacco also stimulates the taste buds, resulting in a false sense of taste.

3. Nerve damage. If you are exposed to neurotoxic substances, or have brain, nerve damage, you are prone to taste disruption.

4. Drug effects. Some drugs can cause bitter mouth, such as eating rifampicin, captopril, lithium and anti-tumor drugs, can cause bitter mouth.

5. Vitamin deficiency.

6. Digestive system diseases. If digestion is weak, food stays in the gastrointestinal tract for a longer period of time, generating dampness and heat and inducing diseases such as bitter mouth.

7. Diseases of the liver and biliary system. Especially those who suffer from cholecystitis, gallstones and other diseases, due to the poor function of the gallbladder, bile stagnation, diarrhea function is not normal, can also lead to bitter mouth.

Therefore, there are more causes of bitter mouth, so it is best to consult your doctor and eat a light diet.

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I believe that many people have had a bitter mouth, especially in the morning after waking up, this situation is more common. This symptom does not seem to be a big problem, but in fact, it is a sign of the body's big hidden problems. Why does the body have a bitter mouth? What are the common causes?

According to Western medicine, patients suffering from gallbladder diseases such as cholelithiasis and cholecystitis are often prone to bitter mouth. In addition, if the patient has bile reflux to the stomach, this may also feel bitter mouth.

Chinese medicine believes that the main reason for the occurrence of bitter mouth is the symptoms of liver and gallbladder dampness and heat. In order to improve this situation, we should adhere to the principle of clearing heat and removing dampness, combined with the actual situation of the body, choose to drink Xiao Chaihu Tang and other traditional Chinese medicine to improve.

In ordinary life, some common bad habits such as staying up late, irregular diet, snoring, etc. may cause the occurrence of bitter mouth. At this time to prevent the occurrence of bitter mouth, the better way is to consciously quit these bad habits, as far as possible, adhere to the principle of light diet, pay attention to personal oral hygiene, if possible, you can also try to take vitamin C tablets, in general, insist on eating 2-3 times, you can significantly relieve the symptoms of the organism of the bitter mouth, it is important to note that, if the patient's symptoms of the bitter mouth continue for a longer period of time, it would be best to be able to Promptly to the hospital for examination, in order to strive for symptomatic treatment.

Instructor: Gao Lingyu, Deputy Chief Physician, Department of Internal Medicine, Jili District People's Hospital, Luoyang, China.

She has been engaged in clinical internal medicine for more than 20 years, and has rich experience in common and frequent diseases in internal medicine.

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It is true that there are some diseases or therapeutic conditions that may present a bitter sensation in the mouth, and Dr. Zhang, without mentioning other conditions, mentioned a particularly common clinical condition.At this stage, many people have been found to have H. pylori infection during medical checkups. This kind of H. pylori is a high-risk factor for many gastric diseases, such as gastritis, gastric ulcer, gastric cancer and so on. At this stage, many people will be treated accordingly after the detection of H. pylori, such as the 4-link eradication of H. pylori treatment, which is usually taken for 10-14 days, and 1 month after stopping the drug, the C13 or C14 breath program will be rechecked.

So with all that said, what does it have to do with bitter mouth? Let me explain in detail. In this 4-phase H. pylori eradication program, there is a drug called clarithromycin. This drug is most used in the H. pylori eradication treatment program at this stage, and it is very common for people to feel bitter mouth after taking this drug for a period of time. So much so, that every time before prescribing this standard H. pylori eradication treatment regimen, period patients are told that they may experience a bitter taste in their mouth after taking the drug.

Are you taking clarithromycin lately if you feel bitter in your mouth?