Why and How to Handle the Dry Mouth and Throat After Drinking Lemon Water

Question

After drinking lemon water all day yesterday, I experienced dry mouth and throat discomfort throughout the day. Is it because I didn’t drink enough water? Two lemons are diluted in about 100 milliliters of water. I found online that most people don’t have this problem.

Answer

Dry mouth is usually caused by insufficient body fluids due to yin deficiency and lack of jing or qi deficiency and yang weakness. For yin deficiency and lack of jing, you can use formulas such as Liu Wei Di Huang Wan, Zeng Ye Tang, and Wu Ji Yin to nourish yin and generate jing. If it’s due to qi deficiency and yang weakness, then tonifying qi and warming yang is necessary, and you can choose formulas such as Qi Wei Bai Zhu San, Xiao Jian Zhong Tang, and Jin Gui Shen Qi Wan. Additionally, consider checking for diabetes. You should also consider whether snoring, lung diseases causing rapid breathing, or allergic rhinitis leading to mouth breathing might be the cause.