Occasionally biting your tongue may be because you talk or eat too fast, but if you bite your tongue often, it will attract attention, because in the view of Chinese medicine, "the tongue is the seedling of the heart", and experienced Chinese medicine often judges the nature and development of the disease through the tongue picture.
"Lingshu Pulse Degree" says: "Heart qi is connected to the tongue, and the tongue can know five flavors when the heart is harmonious." Huangdi Neijing said: "The heart governs the tongue ... In other words, the tongue can directly reflect spiritual activities. From the appearance, the tongue is round, soft and red, which is very similar to the heart. The tongue has the characteristics of agility, flexibility and sensitivity, which is roughly the same as the heart.
The tongue is closely related to the heart. If the tongue stings, boils and blisters, it is usually caused by heart fire. If the tongue is not active, the taste drops, and the speech is ineffective, mostly because the mind is not open.
Tongue is not only a "wonderful opening of the heart", but also a place where kidney qi gathers. Huangdi Neijing mentioned that "the kidney roots in Yongquan and ends in Li Anquan", and Li Anquan, the mouth of sublingual salivary gland, belongs to the kidney meridian of Foot Taiyin. Tongue and palate is a bridge to strengthen the relationship between Ren and Du, which is related to kidney qi and Ren and Du.
Since the tongue can reflect the health of the heart, what will happen to people with bad hearts?
1, yellow tongue coating-heart meridian fever
If the tongue coating is yellow and the tongue is red, accompanied by symptoms such as insomnia, dreaminess, impatience and irritability, bitter taste and dry throat, it is mostly caused by internal heat in the heart meridian, which belongs to internal heat caused by heat.
2, ecchymosis on the tongue-blood stasis
If there is ecchymosis on the tongue, it may be blood stasis. For people with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, if the tongue has ecchymosis or purple darkness, it is regarded as blood stasis in traditional Chinese medicine.
If there is ecchymosis on the tongue, accompanied by shortness of breath, palpitation, even tingling in the precordial area, insomnia and dreaminess, it suggests that you may have cardiovascular disease; If accompanied by dizziness, headache and other symptoms, we should be alert to the possibility of suffering from cerebrovascular diseases.
3, red tongue-deficiency of heart yin
The healthy tongue color in Britain is pale pink. If the tongue is red, it may indicate that the heart yin is insufficient. Clinically, it is found that some patients with cardiovascular diseases are prone to the symptoms of red tongue, and patients are usually accompanied by palpitations, upset, tachycardia, premature beats and other discomfort.
In the view of Chinese medicine, this is a manifestation of deficiency of heart yin, and people with deficiency of heart yin are prone to virtual fire, thus inducing cardiovascular diseases.
4, white tongue-blood deficiency
A white tongue indicates deficiency of qi and blood. White tongue can usually be divided into two categories. One kind is pale tongue. If such people are accompanied by fatigue, arrhythmia, heart failure and other symptoms, they may suffer from anemia heart disease.
The other is that the tongue coating is white and greasy, which is related to the moisture resistance of Dachuan's middle coke. Patients usually have symptoms such as precordial discomfort and chest tightness, and may suffer from cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases such as arteriosclerosis and coronary heart disease.
Tongue is closely related to heart and kidney. Maintaining your tongue is good for health care. Long-term adherence to tongue exercise will have unexpected results.
The tongue is in the mouth and there is always saliva. In ancient medicine, saliva played a very important role. It is recognized that saliva plays an important role in human life activities and is a valuable body fluid that can affect life and health. Protecting saliva is caring for life.
Modern medical research has found that saliva contains various components in plasma, including globulin, mucin, organic acids, various minerals, more than ten kinds of activated enzymes, more than ten kinds of vitamins and various hormones needed for human growth and development, including salivary gland hormones, which can promote the division and growth of body cells and accelerate the synthesis of ribonucleic acid proteins.
Parotid gland, submandibular gland and submandibular gland are important salivary secretion organs. Under normal circumstances, we can secrete more than 1000 ml of saliva every day. If you can move your tongue regularly, it can stimulate saliva secretion, so doing tongue exercises is of great significance to your health.
The specific operation method of tongue exercise is as follows:
1. When inhaling, the tip of the tongue curls up to the upper jaw, and when exhaling, the teeth are knocked 6~8 times; When inhaling again, the tip of the tongue curls down and the top tilts down. When exhaling, knock your teeth 6~8 times, and repeat this for 4 times.
2. When inhaling, the tongue curls and pushes to the inner side of the left cheek, and when exhaling, the tongue recovers, and it is used for 6 ~ 8 times at the same time; When inhaling, the tongue curls and pushes to the inside of the right cheek, and when exhaling, the tongue recovers, and at the same time, the teeth are struck hard for 6~8 times, and this is repeated for 4 times;
3. When inhaling, the tip of the tongue is pressed against the inner side of the upper lip, and when exhaling, the tongue is restored, and the teeth are forced 6 to 8 times; When inhaling, the tip of the tongue is pressed against the inner side of the lower lip, and when exhaling, the tongue is restored, and the teeth are knocked 6-8 times, and this is repeated for 4 times.
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