Tongue is one of the important organs in the oral cavity, which is attached to the floor, mandible and hyoid bone of the oral cavity. It is an organ composed of many crisscross striated muscles. As uncle ling said: Speaking with lips, muscles are the foundation. ? Traditional Chinese medicine generally divides the whole tongue into four parts: the tip of the tongue, the middle of the tongue, the root of the tongue and the edge of the tongue (both sides of the tongue). Its main functions are to feel the taste, adjust the sound, stir the food and assist swallowing. At the same time, different parts of the tongue correspond to different viscera. The tip of the tongue belongs to the heart, reflecting the pathological changes of the heart and lungs, the middle tongue belongs to the spleen, reflecting the pathological changes of the spleen and stomach, the root of the tongue belongs to the kidney, reflecting the pathological changes of the kidney and bladder, and the edge of the tongue belongs to the liver and gallbladder, reflecting the pathological changes of the liver and gallbladder.
The normal tongue picture should be reddish, with thin white fur, soft tongue body, flexible movements and moderate size. The change of tongue coating is a reflection of visceral diseases.
Practice often? Tongue skills? It can strengthen the body, cure diseases, prolong life, and is beneficial to viscera, meridians, qi, blood and body fluids. The exercise of tongue function can be carried out by chewing, singing and conscious exercise.
Chew carefully and swallow slowly.
Chew slowly when eating, so that your tongue can move better when stirring food. Medical experts have found that the tongue can enhance the memory of the brain when stirring food. Chewing slowly and stirring your tongue are beneficial to the digestion and absorption of food and prevent gastrointestinal diseases.
Singing fitness
Singing often is beneficial to the activity of the tongue. The tongue has the function of regulating sound. Singing can increase the movement of the tongue, thus preventing and treating diseases. Research shows that singing is good for health. The main muscle group of singing practice is the upper body, which is an aerobic exercise to improve cardiovascular efficiency. Singing can make more oxygen input into the body, improve nerve sensitivity, and improve breathing to reduce the occurrence of colds.
Functional exercise
Red dragon stirs the sea: first calm down, then stir your tongue in your mouth (this is called red dragon stirs the sea), so that the saliva in your mouth will continue to multiply. When the saliva is full, swallow it slowly in three bites. Gong Zhongzhu, a famous doctor in Ming Dynasty, attached sixteen methods to delay the disease in his book Burning Snow in a Red Furnace. What is the first method? Will the tide eliminate the future trouble? . ? Water tide? Refers to body fluid, which is absorbed by sitting up in the morning, licking the palate with your tongue, and body fluid gushes like a flood. Regular swallowing of body fluids can strengthen the body and cure diseases. Gong Zhong said? When the body fluid is swallowed, it turns into painstaking efforts, which can improve eyesight in the liver, nourish the spirit in the spleen, help qi in the lung, produce essence in the kidney and naturally follow the bone. ?
Tongue stretching palate and anal contraction: Yuan Guan Zhen Zhi Yue:? When lying flat, the tongue touches the upper jaw. When looking up, Gu Dao lifts up and contracts down, that is, swallowing one bite and lying flat several times can increase the number of drowning. ? It means that before going to bed every night, the tongue reaches into the upper jaw, looks at Baihui point on the top of the head, lifts the anus, that is, swallows saliva, and then stays in bed several times. This method can treat frequent urination.
Knocking on teeth and swallowing body fluid: Leng Qian's "Essence of Aging" says that there is a disease of teeth, which is the fumigation of the spleen and stomach. Wake up every morning, knock your teeth 36 times and stir your gums with your tongue. No matter how many times, body fluids can be swallowed. Do it every three times. ? If you stick to this method, you will never have dental disease.
Hanging tongues and gathering teeth in Tianjin: Pu Qianguan, a health care practitioner in the Song Dynasty, saved a life? "TiaoTiaoMen" said:? It is often used to hang the tongue, gather clear body fluid and swallow it, moisten the five internal organs, please the skin and make people live longer. ? Chinese medicine believes that if you get one point of yin and one point of body fluid, you get one point of life. Really? Tongue dies like dried litchi? Statement. Regular practice of tongue skills is conducive to promoting fluid production, astringing body fluids and replenishing saliva, which is conducive to fitness. Insufficient body fluid often causes dry mouth, no sweat, dry skin, facial water loss, constipation, or tongue coating and tinnitus. Therefore, it can moisten the five internal organs, delight the skin, and be beneficial to health and longevity.
Through the introduction of Bian Xiao, I believe you have some understanding of the function of the tongue. The exercise of tongue function can be carried out by chewing, singing and conscious exercise. Don't be lazy, act with Bian Xiao!