Mouth Ulcer
Article contributed by:
Physician Wong Hui Mei
Ma Kuang Healthcare
Group
Everybody loves to eat,
and we are really lucky
to be in Singapore as
lots of delicious foods
can be found all over
the island.
However, if a small
ulcer forms inside your
mouth, eating becomes a
torture.
In Traditional Chinese
Medicine (TCM)'s
perspective, mouth ulcer
is a reflection of
internal disharmony,
especially the Heart and
Spleen organs.
Therefore changes in the
internal environment can
be showed externally.
Recurrent mouth ulcers
can be simply divided
into two categories:
excessive and deficient
types.
Overeating of spicy or
fried foods, stress,
over-tonifying are the
causes of excessive heat
in the body. The
excessive type is
usually more acute, and
the ulcers formed are
more painful, red and
inflamed, accompanied by
irritable, thirst, bad
breath, constipation,
sleep disruption,
yellowish urine and/or
red tongue. This type of
ulcers heals once the
body heat is cleared,
therefore drinking of
cooling herbal teas can
promote the recovery
process.
Chronic, recurrent
ulcers that heal very
slowly belong to
deficient type.
Lack of sleep, fatigue,
overwork may trigger the
onset of mouth ulcers.
Deficient type can be
further sub-divided into
Yin, Yang and Qi
deficiency. According to
the type of deficiency,
different formulae are
used, like Zhi Bai Di
Huang Wan, Bu Zhong Yi
Qi Tang, Li Zhong Tang
and so on.
Regardless of the type
of ulcers you get, if
the ulcers are unusually
large, spreading, or
last longer than 3
weeks, seek for medical
advice as soon as
possible. If the
symptoms keep coming
back without any
particular health
problems, TCM can give
you a helping hand to
end this torturing and
annoying discomfort.
Article contributed by:
Physician Wong Hui Mei
Ma Kuang Healthcare
Group
Dated: December 2015
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Traditional
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