The little tongue is actually a "health barometer", and once it has these color changes, you should pay attention to it!
Have you ever looked at your tongue when you looked in the mirror? Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the tongue image can reflect the health of the main organs and tissues in the human body. If the tongue is ruddy, thin, not slippery or dry, it is a "disease-free tongue"; But many people often fail to meet this standard, either because of their dark purple color, cracks, or a thick layer of tongue coating......
There may be many hidden dangers of diseases behind such tongue images, such as three highs, liver disease, spleen and stomach disease, etc., which cannot be improved for a long time, and may even develop into cancer.
9 tongue color changes to pay attention to
The tongue belongs to the liver and gallbladder
The color is red, most of the people with the liver are hot, the appearance is bitter mouth, yellow urine and dry stool, irritable mood, and hypertension patients are more common.
The tip of the tongue belongs to the heart and lungs
Redness, mostly for the heart fire, manifested as upset, urine red yellow, etc.
The tongue belongs to the spleen and stomach
If the tongue coating is white and greasy, it is damp in the spleen and stomach, and the food is repeatedly swollen and not fragrant; If it is yellow, it is manifested as stuffiness, bitter mouth, foul smell, and pasty.
The base of the tongue belongs to the kidney
The color is reddish, mostly accompanied by dry mouth, dry eyes, soreness of waist and knees; The color is light, the uterine cold and infertile in women, and the impotence and nocturia in men, all of which are due to kidney qi deficiency.
There are tooth marks on the edge of the tongue, also known as tooth mark tongue
It is more common to see patients with qi deficiency, half of these people are tired, lazy to speak, have no energy, and do not want to move.
There is a fissure on the tongue, also known as a fissured tongue
It is mostly accompanied by a red and less mossy on the surface of the tongue, mostly due to lack of yin fluid, and it is more common in patients with yin injury, such as diabetics.
The tongue coating is thick and greasy
It is often accompanied by hepatobiliary diseases, such as cholecystitis.
The tongue is purple and dark
It indicates that qi deficiency is insufficient, and patients with high blood lipids and coronary heart disease are more common.
Fat tongue
It is more common in obesity, hypothyroidism, anemia and other diseases.
Reminder: When the above changes appear in the tongue, it is necessary to pay attention to it, and if necessary, go to the hospital for a formal examination.
The tongue is always moving
Each part of the tongue corresponds to the various parts of the internal organs, such as the tip of the tongue belongs to the heart, the heart of the tongue belongs to the stomach, and the root of the tongue belongs to the kidneys.
The 3 most effective methods of tongue movement
1. After sitting down, concentrate and rest, gently touch the tip of the tongue against the palate, swing back and forth about 30 times, gargle more than ten times when the saliva increases, and then swallow it in 3 times.
2. Lick the inner gums with the tip of the tongue, from top to bottom, close to the upper and lower gums and turn in circles, 30 turns on the front and back.
3. Lick the buccal side of the upper lip and the buccal side of the lower lip 30 times with the tip of the tongue, or lick the inner gums with the tip of the tongue, swing from side to side 30 times, and swallow 3 times when saliva increases.
The above methods can be carried out independently or intersecting, and the number of times can be increased or decreased according to their own situation.
2 tricks for tongue maintenance
The performance of the tongue can help us detect many health problems, but if we do not pay attention to maintenance, this health "barometer" is not sensitive, so we need to do the following 2 things:
Clean the tongue with each brushing
Many people brush their teeth every day and only brush their teeth, but ignore their tongues. In fact, tongue coating is a layer of skin dander composed of exfoliated epithelial cells, exuded white blood cells, food debris, bacteria and saliva.
It is recommended that you brush your tongue twice a week, from the base of your tongue to the tip of your tongue in one direction, keeping your strength gentle and trying not to swallow.
Delay the aging of the tongue
I would like to introduce you to a tongue exercise, which can exercise the flexibility of the tongue and delay muscle aging.
Tongue exercises
【Tongue against the palate】Gently press the tip of the tongue against the palate, and then use the tip of the tongue to rotate the upper hard palate forward and reverse 36 times.
【Tongue licking gums】Use the tip of the tongue to lick the inner gums, from left to right, from top to bottom, close to the upper and lower gums in a circle, 36 turns on the front and back.