In life, many people stick out their tongues to look and find that there are tooth marks on the side of their tongues, so they subconsciously think that they are spleen deficiency and take a lot of spleen replenishing drugs, but the effect is not obvious, what is going on? This is because in addition to spleen deficiency, there are three reasons, if you do not find the cause to supplement the spleen, then of course the effect is not good. Next, I will tell you what are the three reasons? Let's take a look together!
Let's talk about the first one, the spleen is weak and wet. TCM believes that the tongue is external to the spleen. As we said before, the most important function of the spleen and stomach is to transport. If the spleen is deficient and cannot function normally, our body's fluid metabolism will be abnormal, resulting in stagnant water in the body, and after the water stagnates, it will hinder the flow of our qi and blood. As for the position of our tongue, there are very rich blood vessels. After the stasis of qi and blood, the moisture penetrates into the tongue, forming a fat tongue, at this time the tongue body is fat, it will cause the tongue body to be compressed by the teeth, resulting in tooth marks and tongue, in this case, it is necessary to start from the spleen and dampness, you can refer to the white technique of ginseng.
The second case is phlegm dampness. How did phlegm wetness come about? Like aquatic, it is the product of abnormal water metabolism. Phlegm wetness can be said to be a further development of water wetness, but it is thicker and viscous than water wetness, it is not easy to flow, and it is easier to block the flow of qi and blood. At this time, qi and blood blockage, water can not circulate, our tongue will lose the nourishment of qi and blood, will be "not moving", inflexible, forever in one place without moving, by the compression of teeth, over time will form tooth marks, this tongue is generally relatively thin, at this time only the effect of strengthening the spleen and moisture will not be so good, you also need to add phlegm, you can refer to the six gentlemen's pills.
Another case is bruising, which is also a kind of garbage and silt in our human rivers. After blood stasis hinders the normal operation of qi and blood, it will also hinder qi and blood from nourishing the tongue. As a result, the tongue cannot move flexibly, and it is compressed by the teeth for a long time, forming tooth marks. The book "Preparation of Clinical Evidence of Traditional Chinese Medicine" mentions that "the edge of the tongue is uneven and jagged, which is the stagnation of liver qi and blood". Both sides of the tongue belong to the liver and gallbladder, and the liver is mainly drained, therefore, liver depression and stagnation is also one of the important reasons for blood stasis, thus forming tooth marks and tongue. At this time, it is necessary to loosen the liver and qi, activate blood and remove stasis, we can refer to Xiaoyao pills.
Well, the above are the three reasons I said, I need to remind everyone that the above remarks are for reference only, if you need to use medicine, you must use it after the doctor's dialectical guidance.