Tongue is closely connected with human viscera through meridians. When the physiological function of viscera is abnormal, it will inevitably be reflected on the tongue. Traditional Chinese medicine divides the tongue into five internal organs according to its position: generally speaking, the tip of the tongue belongs to the heart and lungs, the edge of the tongue belongs to the liver and gallbladder, the middle of the tongue belongs to the spleen and stomach, and the root of the tongue belongs to the kidney. We can see the lesions of the five internal organs from the corresponding parts of the tongue, and we can also judge the lesions of the viscera according to the color, dryness and dullness of the tongue, as well as the shape and size of the tongue, and then refer to the tongue coating, which will be more comprehensive.
As a health care for the body, as long as we know some simple ways to see whether the tongue coating is good or bad, and can distinguish which is cold, which is hot and which is deficiency, we can cope with the common diseases of ourselves and our families.
First, look at the quality of the tongue.
Normal tongue is moist and reddish in color. Most patients with pale tongue have less blood and thin blood; The tongue is purple and dark, indicating that there is cold in the body and the meridians are blocked; The heat in the red tongue is large; The tongue color is normal, but the tip of the tongue is red. Fire liver with red tongue; Tooth marks on the tongue indicate weakness and weak digestive function of the spleen and stomach.
Second, look at the tongue coating.
There should be a faint coating on the tongue coating, which is a coating on the tongue body. Under normal circumstances, it should be light, thin, white, moist, not slippery and not dry.
1. White tongue coating: There is cold in the body, and the tongue coating will turn white whether you eat cold food or catch cold. Nowadays, most people are white-haired, which is caused by eating too much cold food or gluttony for iced food.
2. Black tongue coating: It means that the cold is heavy, which has seriously affected the function of the spleen and stomach, and the digestive ability is extremely poor.
3. Yellowing of tongue coating: Almost all Chinese medicine books think that this situation is that the human body is hot, but I think it should be combined with the tongue quality. If the tongue coating is yellow and the tongue is red, it means that there is heat in the body. It is very useful to use anti-inflammatory drugs at this time. But now, after all, there are fewer and fewer diseases treated with anti-inflammatory drugs. There are not many diseases of pure heat in the body, most of which are heat in cold and heat in deficiency. Therefore, the tongue of yellow fur or yellow greasy fur is not red, but normal or white, or just deficient heat with red tongue edge. At this time, the internal heat can be completely dissipated by massage, massage and other methods to dredge meridians, without the need to use anti-inflammatory drugs, and it is even more impossible to use traditional Chinese medicine for clearing away heat and toxic materials. We should know that although the use of these drugs will quickly eliminate the fire, it will also aggravate the cold in the body, and dredging the meridians to eliminate the fire will not aggravate the cold in the body. At the same time, use diet to eliminate colds, so that the disease will get better soon, without rebounding or repeating.
4. The tongue coating is thick, greasy and yellow, and there is no obvious fire: most foods caused by weakness of the spleen and stomach cannot be digested normally and accumulate stagnation. At the same time of diet therapy, blood and kidney are supplemented, and the massage of meridians is properly combined to help the spleen and stomach transport and digestion and absorption of food.
5. No tongue coating: more common in people who are weak after a long illness. Others have white fur when they have a cold or fever. After taking anti-inflammatory drugs, not only the white coating is gone, but also the tongue coating is gone, so they think that anti-inflammatory drugs are really effective. In fact, this is not a good thing, it only shows that your digestion and absorption function is weaker and your physique is declining. At this time, as long as you supplement qi and blood with the dietotherapy method I mentioned later, you will once again see a faint normal tongue coating on the tongue coating.
Third, the problems that should be paid attention to when looking at tongue coating
It is definitely not allowed to look at tongue coating after eating or drinking. If you have just drunk hot water, or just eaten spicy and other irritating things, your tongue will turn red; I just drank milk, and my tongue is white; After eating oranges, the color of the tongue coating turns yellow; Eating chocolate, drinking coffee and colored food will change the tongue coating. Therefore, you must watch it at least half an hour after meals, preferably several times a day, in order to make an accurate judgment and avoid mistakes.