Patient's question:
One week, two monthsDetailed medical condition and consultation purpose: White tongue, flushed cheeks, dry stools, what medicine to use?
Doctor's answer:
Constipation is generally caused by insufficient body fluids. The deficiency of body fluids can be divided into cold and heat. If accompanied by dry mouth, excessive thirst that is not relieved by drinking, yellow urine, red tongue with little coating or yellow coating, it indicates the presence of pathogenic heat in the body, leading to the consumption of body fluids. If there is dry mouth and tongue, little thirst, or relief from drinking warm water, non-yellow urine, accompanied by fatigue, aversion to cold, white or thin white tongue coating, it suggests the issue is related to qi deficiency in the body, where body fluids cannot be distributed properly.