Editor Min Xu
The normal tongue picture is that the tongue body is soft and elastic, the tongue color is reddish and bright, the tongue coating is thin and white and even, and the coating is moderately dry and wet, which is referred to as "reddish tongue coating is thin and white". If the following tongue picture appears, it may be a disease signal.
Pale tongue is lighter than normal tongue, which is a signal of deficiency of qi and blood and yang. Such people often have symptoms such as chills, dizziness and fatigue, which are often related to malnutrition, anemia, adrenal insufficiency, basal metabolism and tissue edema. People in this situation can often eat beef and mutton, red jujube and red bean soup, angelica, astragalus and medlar to replenish blood.
Crimson tongue color is more red, bright red and even slightly dark red than normal tongue color. Most of them are caused by excess heat or yin deficiency, and red tongue can further develop into crimson tongue, which is a manifestation of extreme internal heat and extreme loss of body fluid. Tongue redness is more common in people who smoke, drink or often stay up late, and it is more common in patients with severe illness. Eat more fresh fruits and vegetables, mint and mung bean soup in your diet. If the tongue is red with little or no moss, you can eat more sweet and salty things such as turtle, tremella and sea cucumber.
Purple tongue can be purple on the whole tongue surface, or blue spots appear locally, which is an image of qi and blood stasis. If the whole tongue is blue and purple, it is mostly extensive systemic blood stasis. If only ecchymosis and petechiae are seen, the blood stasis may be blocked in the local area of viscera and organs. Common heart function decline, circulatory disorder, respiratory failure, tumor patients and so on. Usually you can often drink saffron tea, hawthorn tea, ginger, red dates and red bean soup. And increase exercise appropriately.
Cracked tongue is a variety of cracks and fissures on the surface of the tongue, and there is no tongue coating in the fissure. The number and depth of cracks on the tongue are different, which can be seen in the whole tongue, in front of the tongue or at the tip of the tongue and the edge of the tongue. And in severe cases, it can be cut like a knife. Mostly because of vaginal fluid loss and excessive pathogenic heat. Usually, fresh Dendrobium, Dendrobium candidum, American ginseng, reed rhizome and other boiled water can be used instead of tea.
White fur is a white fur scale attached to the tongue surface, and the white fur is divided into thickness. If white fur is accompanied by aversion to cold, nasal congestion, runny nose and other symptoms, it is a wind-cold cold, which can be decocted with brown sugar 15 ~ 30g and ginger 10 ~ 15g. For example, chronic abdominal pain, loose stool, white tongue coating, and dampness are spleen and stomach deficiency. You can use 15 ~ 20g to stew ginger and 10 red dates to warm the stomach and strengthen the spleen. People with severe heat may also have white fur, but heat hurts body fluids and the fur is white and dry, so it should not be mistaken for cold syndrome.
Yellow fur is common in fever and indigestion. Because of heat syndrome, cold food should be eaten. Such as yellow and thin fur, fever, sore throat, yellow nose and other symptoms, most of which are wind-heat colds. Chrysanthemum, mint and mulberry leaves can be soaked in boiling water for 65,438+00 minutes in a thermos cup, and then often drunk to dispel wind and clear heat. Such as indigestion and gastrointestinal heat stagnation, fresh radish juice can be used to regulate qi and eliminate stagnation, or barley porridge can strengthen the spleen and promote diuresis. Avoid spicy and hot things.
Finally, I would like to remind you that tongue diagnosis is only a method of TCM syndrome differentiation, and it must be combined with inquiry, smell diagnosis and pulse diagnosis to make a correct judgment. The above dietotherapy methods are also best carried out under the guidance of a doctor.