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Salty taste in the mouth

口咸 〔口鹹〕kǒu xián

A subjective sensation of saltiness in the mouth, which may be associated with periodic ejection of salty drool. A salty taste in the mouth is a sign of kidney vacuity.

Patterns

Kidney yīn vacuity (肾阴虚 shèn yīn xū) causes a salty taste in the mouth with ejection of small amounts of salty drool. Accompanying signs include dry throat and mouth, dizzy head, tinnitus, limb aching lumbus and knees, vexing heat in the five hearts, unquiet sleep, red tongue with thin fur, and a sunken fine rapid pulse that is forceless at the cubit.

Medicinal therapy: Enrich the kidney and downbear fire; invigorate the governor of water. Use Major Yīn Supplementation Pill (大补阴丸 dà bǔ yīn wán) or Anemarrhena, Phellodendron, and Rehmannia Pill (知柏地黄丸 zhī bǎi dì huáng wán).

Kidney yáng vacuity (肾阳虚 shèn yáng xū) causes a salty taste in the mouth with generalized fatigue, shortness of breath and lack of strength, fear of cold and cold limbs, limp wilting lumbus and legs, frequent nocturnal urination, a pale enlarged tongue with dental impressions, and a forceless fine sunken pulse.

Medicinal therapy: Warm and supplement kidney yáng with Kidney Qì Pill (肾气丸 shèn qì wán) plus schisandra (Schisandrae Fructus, 五味子 wǔ wèi zǐ).

See taste in the mouth.

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