If you find that the edge of your tongue is uneven and jagged, it belongs to the tooth mark we are going to talk about today. Many friends who have learned about Chinese medicine tongue diagnosis or have seen Chinese medicine will think of spleen deficiency and dampness when they mention tooth marks and tongue.
In fact, this is also the more common cause of tooth marks tongue, when our spleen dysfunction, the ability to transport water and dampness will be greatly reduced, dampness on the tongue, it will cause the tongue to become fat, squeezed by the teeth, and then form a tooth mark tongue.
However, not all tooth marks are caused by spleen deficiency and dampness. Just like the following two types, which are also more common in clinical practice, we will talk about them in detail today.
The first is the tooth mark tongue caused by kidney yang deficiency.
In traditional Chinese medicine, we often say that the kidneys are water organs, which play a vital role in the regulation of water in our body. When the kidney yang in the body is sufficient, just like boiling water, the fuel is sufficient, and the fire is very vigorous, the water in the body can be normally transpired and vaporized, and the internal organs can be nourished upward. If the kidney yang is insufficient, the warm energy is not enough, the water metabolism will be abnormal, and a large amount of water will also be produced in the body, resulting in obvious tooth marks on the tongue.
Normally, patients with kidney yang deficiency also have an obvious feature of being afraid of cold, always wearing much thicker than others throughout the year, and also accompanied by frequent urination, urgency, nocturia, and soreness and cold waist and knees. For this type of tooth mark tongue, you can refer to the addition and subtraction of Jinkui Kidney Qi Tang to warm and replenish the kidney yang. Usually pay attention to keeping warm and bask in the sun more is conducive to the growth of yang energy in the body.
Next, the spleen and stomach are damp and hot caused by tooth marks on the tongue.
The tongue of such patients is characterized by redness of the tongue, yellow and greasy tongue coating, and obvious tooth marks on the tongue. It is mostly due to the long-term indissolution of dampness in the body, which turns into heat for a long time, forming dampness and heat trapping in the spleen and stomach, resulting in the imbalance of spleen and stomach elevation, and loss of luck, so such patients often feel stuffy in the stomach, pantothenic acid in the stomach, bitter in the mouth, do not want to eat, and are accompanied by nausea and vomiting, yellow urine, loose stool and other symptoms.
If it is this type of tooth mark tongue, we should focus on clearing heat and dampness when conditioning, and we can refer to Gegen Qinlian Tang plus and minus conditioning. Usually, you can often rub and press the acupuncture points such as Zusanli, Gongsun, Neiguan, and Spleen Yu to help strengthen the spleen and clear dampness and heat.
Now everyone has a broader understanding of the tooth mark tongue, but here I would like to remind you that traditional Chinese medicine pays attention to syndrome differentiation and treatment, if you have similar problems, you must first go to an offline regular hospital to receive professional syndrome differentiation guidance before conditioning. We'll see you next time.