Patient's question:
I have a long-term problem with bad breath. The main symptoms include dry mouth, bitter taste in the mouth, especially when going to bed in the morning, it becomes particularly severe. The phlegm I spit out is very dirty and smelly. I always feel like my mouth is dry all day, and after eating, I feel a bit better. How can bad breath be treated?Doctor's answer:
Halitosis refers to the patient's subjective abnormal sense of taste in the mouth, such as sour, bitter, salty sensations, which is often an external manifestation of the dysfunction of internal organs. Modern medicine believes that, in addition to the abnormal mouth odor, it is often caused by the dysfunction of the digestive system, excessive or insufficient secretion of digestive glands, and inflammation of organs that are commonly involved in the stomach, intestines, pancreas, liver, and gallbladder. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that abnormal mouth odor is often due to the dysfunction of internal organs such as the liver, spleen, gallbladder, and heart, such as disharmony of heart qi, stagnation of spleen qi, and damp-heat in the liver and gallbladder. Using Golden Tooth No. 1, it directly provides nutrition to the gums and activates the powerful function of salivary gland secretion.