Tongue color reveals physical illness

Tongue color reveals physical illness

According to traditional Chinese medicine theory, observing the tongue mainly focuses on its expression and changes in shape. Then, by mastering the changes in the tongue's spirit, color, and shape, you can diagnose the disease.

If the tongue coating is thick, white and slippery, it often indicates that there is "stasis and dampness" in the body. This phenomenon is often seen in some people with chronic bronchitis, asthma, and bronchiectasis.

If there is often a thick layer of yellow fur on the tongue, which is difficult to scrape off even with a knife, it is most likely superficial gastritis or a recurrence of gastric ulcer.

If you find that your tongue coating has become particularly thick and greasy, as if it is covered with a layer of grease, and at the same time you have a loss of taste in food, and may also have abdominal bloating and loose stools, this means that you have eaten too much greasy food in the past few days, causing gastrointestinal dysfunction, which is called acute accumulation in traditional Chinese medicine.

If the tongue is bluish purple, it is often seen in chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, malignant tumors, congenital heart disease, stomach disease, etc.

A woman was found to have a small blank space in the middle of her tongue coating and the coating had peeled off. This is called "piercing tongue". Piercing tongue is a manifestation of yin damage, which often indicates nutritional deficiency in the body. It is often accompanied by dry mouth, tongue pain, excessive saliva, etc. If there is tongue pain, it is often glossitis.

Some elderly people, especially women, have a smooth, mirror-like tongue, which is called "mirror tongue". Most of them feel dry tongue, tongue pain and fatigue, which is a sign of Yin deficiency.

Its characteristics are: the tongue is dark red.

This symptom is mostly caused by vasodilation or hyperplasia, or is related to malnutrition and vitamin deficiency. According to traditional Chinese medicine, during a high fever, a deep red color indicates heat evil. If the tongue is deep red and bright, it means the pericardium is diseased; if it is deep red and prickly, it means it is affected by heat; and if it is deep red and shiny, it means the patient is dying. Other diseases are more common in cases of yin deficiency and excessive fire.

This disease should be taken seriously during the fever period. If it continues to develop, the consequences will be very serious. Therefore, a doctor should be consulted for diagnosis and treatment, and a combination of Chinese and Western medicine should be used for treatment when necessary.

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