What is the reason for the bitter mouth

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It is estimated that many people have experienced bitter mouth after eating. Some people may only encounter this kind of situation occasionally, for example, it is caused by some special bitter and astringent food, but some people will have this feeling as soon as they eat. When the phenomenon of bitter mouth often exists, we should start to be vigilant. So, specifically, what is the bitter taste of eating? What are the reasons?

What is the reason for the bitter mouth

First: food causes 1. Eat pungent food. If you like to eat pungent food, such as garlic, onion, scallion and so on, these foods will be digested in the body, which will temporarily affect the taste in the mouth. When you eat other food, you will feel bitter in the mouth. 2. Eating bitter and astringent food and eating bitter mouth may be caused by eating some special bitter and astringent food, such as immature persimmon, balsam pear, Kuding tea, tartary buckwheat, red wine, bitter coffee, etc.

Second: physical factors 1. Liver fire rises. The liver is the detoxification and filtering organ in the digestive system of the human body. All foreign toxins must be processed by the liver first, including the food we eat on weekdays. If the liver has problems and the blood circulation is not smooth, the detoxification process and the lower abdominal blood flow will be blocked, resulting in liver pressure, causing liver fire to rise and lead to blood stasis It causes dry mouth, bitter mouth, irritability, poor sleep and other problems. 2. Gallbladder function is not good, gallbladder function is not good, especially in patients with gallbladder disease, bile excretion disorders, there will be bitter mouth phenomenon, especially in patients with cholecystitis, cholelithiasis, eating is prone to bitter mouth phenomenon.

Third: Damp Heat Traditional Chinese medicine argues that the phenomenon of bitter mouth after eating is mostly related to damp heat, including liver and gallbladder damp heat and stomach heat. Dampness and heat of liver and gallbladder and bitter mouth are mostly caused by inflammation of liver and gallbladder. The bitter mouth caused by stomach heat is due to unreasonable diet, eating too much spicy food, inflammation of esophagus, bile flowing back to the stomach, causing bitter mouth.

matters needing attention

The feeling of the tongue, through the nerve to the brain, we can know what is the taste. If the head is injured, or long-term exposure to neurotoxic substances, or even dementia, nerve or brain injury, may lead to the sense of taste disorder.