Letha’s Asian Health Secrets

A Normal Tongue

Tongues are not exclusively a female preoccupation: Men have them too. But women may be naturally attuned to subtle changes in their body and emotions. Tongues are of special interest to cooks, people who eat to remain healthy and beautiful and, of course, to alternative medicine. You can learn interesting things about a person by looking at their tongue. It indicates a cohesive picture of life choices. A normal tongue is pink, moist, and not too fat or thin. The coating is thin, moist, and white not thick, dry and cheese-like or colored yellow to indicate acidity or brown or black to indicate extreme inflammation. Few people have normal tongues for long. The tongue’s shape and color change as symptoms and diets change for better or worse. Emotions, nervous exhaustion, or overuse of stimulants may show up as a shaky tongue.   

A Red Tongue

This red tongue with a discolored bulging tip shows “stagnant blood circulation” in the chest.

If you were invited to dinner by someone whose tongue looked red with a thick yellow coating, you could most likely expect them to eat hot spices, sugary sweets, or have an after dinner smoke. Someone with a red tongue not caused by hot spices might have a hormone imbalance, a temper, and/or fever or dehydration symptoms such as headache, allergies, irregularity, or diabetes. Hot spices obviously make inflammatory problems worse. Life style shows on the tongue. Should you check a person’s tongue before dinner and a movie? Probably not. But you might think about it before kissing. Tongues change, habits may not.

A Pale Tongue

A pale tongue shows weakened energy and digestion. Watch them take a nap after dinner. You might enjoy vacations together in the sun, eating lots of salad. Raw foods are great for detoxifying the body and staying slim but too much may leave your sex life a limp bean sprout. People who are overweight with a pale, bloated tongue may have chronic fatigue, heart failure, or be stuck in moody reflections of the past. Be prepared to hold their hand and listen. The pale tongue above may be seen with anemia, severe malnutrition or chronic kidney/adrenal deficiency.

Why Tongue Diagnosis?

The tongue is an internal organ that traditional Asian doctors observe for diagnosis. Its shape, color, markings and mobility can indicate the depth of a health problem – whether or not it is superficial affecting muscles and skin or deep affecting internal organs, vitality, blood production, metabolism, and mood. Tongue diagnosis is an essential part of the integrated system of traditional Chinese medicine. A so-called deep acute or chronic disease has passed through the meridian system beyond the body’s defenses to affect organs, fluids, and survival. Easier to use than pulse diagnosis, observing the tongue offers immediate feedback. You can tell if a health/beauty problem is getting better or worse, depending on your immunity among other things, and whether the foods and herbs you are consuming are working for wellness or making your sicker.

Blood circulates throughout the body and many blood vessels pass through the tongue. That’s why its appearance, especially the coating, changes rapidly depending on diet and digestion and body temperature. Chinese herbal doctors observe your tongue to check your vitality (Qi), circulation, and internal moisture balance – how well blood, fluids, and hormones are currently nourishing internal organs and affection metabolism.

What to do About It

Another Normal Tongue

Change your habits. Measure your progress with tongue diagnosis.

• If  its too red and dry, eat greener and cooler foods.
• If its too pale and wet, eat warmer foods.
• If the coating is thick and greasy, have barley soup fixed with shiitake mushrooms and parsley. Barley helps clear phlegm and bloating.
• If bright red without any coating (from fever), antibiotics may be necessary
• If mauve, circulation is challenged. Avoid fried, fat foods and sweets.

If you have a very pale tongue, you may also feel weak and chilled more often. You may hate cold weather. You may have depression, shortness of breath or body aches or other discomforts that feel worse in cold weather. Eat some raw ginger or use ginger and mint in your green tea. Use warming spices in cooking such as sage, clove, a pinch of nutmeg, and cardamom. Dress warmly and avoid getting wet and then going to bed in a draft. You may wake up aching.

If you have a red, dry tongue or if you have a thick soy cheese or yellow coating on it, you may be eating too many hot things, fried or greasy foods and spices. You may have stomach cramps and indigestion. A red dry tongue can also correspond to chronic thirst and hunger, fevers, itchy rashes, headaches or some other hot, burning symptoms depending on where your excess acid and inflammation are lodged in the body. You may feel like yelling and hitting people. Try eating steamed kale with olive oil and lemon juice instead. For hot flashes, ideally a temporary problem, add some Coptis sinensis or skullcap herb capsules to your life.

Don’t panic. Once I looked at a student’s tongue during one of my walking tours of Chinatown herb markets. It was bright GREEN. She had just eaten a candy.

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你的舌头
发布时间 通过 Letha 关于 2009年5月23日 在 食品的健康与美容 。
标签： 腹胀 ， 腹痛 ， 饮食 ， 发烧 ， 头痛 ， 潮热 ， 兴奋剂 ， 舌头 ， 弱点 。

正常舌

舌头是不完全的女性关注：男装有他们。 但是，妇女可以自然适应微妙变化在他们的身体和感情。 舌头都特别关心的厨师，谁吃的人保持健康和美丽，当然，以替代医学。 您可以了解有趣的一个人看自己的舌头。 它表明一个有凝聚力的图片的人生选择。 正常的舌头是粉红色，湿润，而不是过于胖是瘦。 涂层薄，潮湿，白不厚，干燥和奶酪样或黄色的彩色显示酸度或棕色或黑色表明极端炎症。 少数人有正常的舌头长。 舌头的形状和颜色变化的症状和饮食的变化是好还是坏。 情绪，紧张疲惫，或过度使用兴奋剂可能显示为摇摇欲坠的舌头。

红舌

这红色的舌头，以变色胀提示显示“停滞的血液循环”的胸部。

如果你被邀请去吃饭的人的舌头望着红色与黄色的厚涂层，可以预料，它们最有可能吃热香料，含糖甜食，或晚餐后有烟雾。 有人用红色的舌头而造成的热香料可能有激素不平衡，脾气，和/或发烧或脱水症状，如头痛，过敏，不规范，或糖尿病。 热香料显然使炎症问题恶化。 生活方式显示的舌头。 如果您检查一个人的舌头之前，晚餐和一场电影？ 也许不能。 但是，您可能会想它面前亲吻。 舌头的变化，习惯可能不会。

一个苍白的舌

一个苍白的舌头显示削弱能源和消化。 看着他们打盹儿晚饭后。 您可能享有假期一起在阳光下，摄入大量的沙拉。 生的食物是伟大的排毒和保持身体苗条，但太多可能离开你的性生活，其中包括印尼豆芽。 人谁是超重的脸色苍白，肿胀的舌头可能有慢性疲劳，心力衰竭，或停留在穆迪思考过去。 准备举行他们的手，听。 苍白的舌头上面可以看出贫血，严重营养不良或慢性肾/肾上腺缺乏。

为什么舌诊？

舌头是一个内部机构，传统的亚洲医生观察诊断。 其形状，颜色，标志和流动可以显示的深度是一个健康问题-它到底是不是肤浅的影响肌肉和皮肤或内部器官的影响深，充满活力，血液生产，代谢和情绪。 舌诊是一个必不可少的部分集成系统中医学。 所谓深急性或慢性疾病已通过经络系统超出了人体的防御系统影响机关，液体，和生存。 易于使用脉诊，观察舌头提供即时反馈。 你可以告诉如果健康/美容问题越来越好还是坏，这取决于您的豁免除其他事项外，是否食物和草药你是消费正在为您的健康，或在食物中。

血液在体内循环，许多血管通过舌头。 这就是为什么它的出现，特别是涂料，变化迅速取决于饮食和消化和体温。 中草药医生观察自己的舌头，以检查您的活力（旗） ，流通，和内部水分平衡-如何血液，体液，和荷尔蒙目前养阴内部器官和爱戴代谢。

如何对待它

另一个正常舌

更改您的习惯。 衡量你的进展，舌诊。

如果它太红，干，吃绿，凉的食物。
如果它过于苍白，潮湿，食用温暖的食物。
如果涂层厚腻，有大麦汤内固定香菇和香菜。 大麦有助于明确痰和腹胀。
如果鲜红无任何涂层（发烧） ，抗生素可能有必要
如果淡紫色，流通所面临的挑战。 避免油炸，脂肪食物和甜食。
如果你有一个很苍白的舌头，你也可以觉得虚弱和冰鲜更经常。 您可能会仇恨的寒冷天气。 您可能已经抑郁症，呼吸急促或身体疼痛或其他不适感觉更糟在寒冷的天气。 吃些生姜或用生姜，薄荷中的绿茶。 利用气候变暖的烹饪调味品，如鼠尾草，丁香，一小撮肉豆蔻和豆蔻。 穿暖，避免弄湿，然后将草案中增加了床。 您可能会唤醒酸痛。

如果你有一个红色的，干燥的舌头，或如果你有一本厚厚大豆奶酪或黄色涂层，你可能会吃热的东西太多，油炸或油腻的食物和调味品。 您可能已经胃痉挛和消化不良。 一个红色的干舌头也可以对应于慢性口渴和饥饿，发烧，发痒的皮疹，头痛或其他一些热点，燃烧的症状取决于所在超过酸和炎症是提出在体内。 你可能会觉得像大声击中人。 尝试吃蒸甘蓝用橄榄油和柠檬汁代替。 对于潮热，最好暂时发生问题，添加一些黄连黄芩药材冬虫夏草或胶囊为您的生活。

不要惊慌。 当我看着学生的舌头在我的一位徒步旅行的唐人街药草市场。 这是明亮的绿色。 她刚吃了糖果。