Chinese medicine pays attention to the "four diagnosis method", that is, to understand the patient's condition by looking, smelling, asking and cutting.
The tongue is one of the softest organs in the human body, and the taste buds on the tongue perceive the taste when eating, and it also assists the teeth in chewing food.
Under normal circumstances, healthy people have pink tongues, and the tongue moss will be very thin, and you can understand the state of physical health by observing the changes in the tongue.
Why is it that by looking at the tongue, you can know health?
Some people compare the tongue to a "health barometer", and the tongue of healthy people is mostly pink, and there will be a faint layer of white tongue on the surface.
Once the body is on fire or other symptoms of disease appear, the color of the tongue will change, and there will be discomfort symptoms such as itching, ulceration, and pain.
Once the tongue has bad performance, be sure to cause a high degree of vigilance, and actively seek medical examination and treatment.
1. Redness of the tongue
Stick out your tongue to observe the color of the tongue, if the tongue on the tongue is gone, and the color becomes bright red, then it may have a lot to do with atrophic glossitis.
Middle-aged and elderly women are at high risk of the disease, and if the body is malnourished or has problems such as anemia, or if infected with Candida, it will cause symptoms of tongue redness.
2. The tongue is white
Healthy tongue color is mostly pink, if you find that the tongue on the tongue is thicker, and it looks like the whole tongue has a whitish feeling, then it may have a lot to do with more oral bacteria or physical fire.
For example, when you have a cold, due to the bacterial invasion, it is easy to cause the tongue to be thick and white, in addition to brushing your teeth in time, you should also treat it with drugs.
3, red and white
If the color of the tongue shows the phenomenon of red and white, and the white part of the tongue is particularly thick and looks like a white spot, then it may be related to excessive mental tension, psychological anxiety, or endocrine disorders and decreased immunity.
This situation generally subsides on its own, especially for people who are under high pressure first, as long as more attention is paid to releasing pressure, it can be well alleviated.
4. Fat teeth marks
This type of tongue looks very bloated, and there are tooth marks at the edges of the tongue.
When speaking, it is easy to lead to increased saliva, and even the performance of slurred speech, usually there may be cold hands and feet, fatigue and other adverse reactions, Chinese medicine believes that it has a lot to do with kidney deficiency.
5. Thin and red
This shape of the tongue is exactly the opposite of the fat big tongue, the tongue looks red and small after sticking out, most of them are closely related to the kidney yin and yin deficiency, and most of the elderly's tongue belongs to this type.
6. White and thick
The color of the tongue on the tongue is white, and there is a particularly thick feeling, and Chinese medicine believes that this type of tongue moss is generally related to spleen and stomach disorders and indigestion.
7. The moss is thick and greasy
The tongue is yellow and thick, not only does it look particularly uncomfortable, but it can also cause damage to the tongue. In most cases, it is related to the humid heat in the body. If you drink alcohol or smoke regularly, then this type of tongue will appear.
The above introduces the method of understanding health by observing the tongue, as one of the important organs in the human body, once there is a bad change, it indicates that there is a problem with physical health.
This statement is closely related to the "hope" in the "four diagnosis methods" of Chinese medicine, so the color of the tongue, the thickness of the tongue and whether it is damaged can be used as the main basis for physical diseases, so when the tongue is diseased, it should be treated in time.