The tongue is also an organ with taste, and there are many small protrusions on the surface of the tongue. These small protrusions are like nipples, which are called "tongue nipples" in medicine. On each tongue nipple, there is something like a bud, called a taste bud. Taste buds are important organs for people to taste different tastes.
However, the importance of the tongue goes far beyond this. Tongue diagnosis is of great significance in the clinical diagnosis of traditional Chinese medicine, and the manifestations of diseases in the body can be seen from the tongue. So the tongue can also reveal the secrets of your body.
Today, according to the basic characteristics and tongue picture characteristics of common constitution types, I will introduce the main points of tongue diagnosis of 9 common constitutions.
A peaceful person has good natural endowment, proper nursed back to health, moderate posture, ruddy complexion, full of energy and vigorous viscera functions.
The tongue coating is thin and white and the tongue is red.
The specific manifestations are: the tongue is reddish and bright, the tongue is moist, the tongue body is moderate in size, soft and elastic, old and tender, fat and thin, and there is no morphological abnormality; Tongue coating particles are even, the color is white and moist, and it is thinly spread on the tongue surface. Moderate wet and dry, non-sticky, non-greasy and indelible.
People with qi deficiency have insufficient qi, mainly manifested as fatigue, shortness of breath and low viscera function.
The tongue is tender, reddish in color, or pale and tender, or tender with teeth marks, or light and fat.
People with yang deficiency lose temperature due to yang deficiency, which is mainly manifested as deficiency cold such as cold form and cold limbs.
The tongue is fat, pale white or purple in color, tender in quality, or with teeth marks on the fat side of light tongue, or with thin and moist tongue coating.
People with yin deficiency are mainly manifested as internal heat due to deficiency of body fluid and essence and blood.
Tongue images are characterized by red tongue with little or no coating, shiny tongue with no coating on the surface.
People with phlegm-dampness constitution often condense phlegm-dampness due to accumulated water in the body, which is mainly manifested as turbidity.
The tongue picture is characterized by fat body and white or thick tongue coating.
People with damp-heat quality mainly show the connotation of damp-heat.
The tongue picture is red and yellow and greasy.
The human body with blood stasis has the tendency of poor blood circulation or the pathological basis of blood stasis resistance, which is manifested as blood stasis.
The tongue is lavender or cyan, purple with ecchymosis, ecchymosis or varicose veins under the tongue.
Qi stagnation constitution is mostly formed by long-term emotional stagnation and qi stagnation, and its main characteristics are introversion instability, melancholy fragility, sensitivity and paranoia.
Characteristics of tongue picture Under normal circumstances, the tongue picture may not change obviously or the tongue coating is slightly thick. When the abdominal cavity is stuffy for a long time, the tongue coating will be white, greasy and dry.
Intrinsic constitution is a special constitution caused by congenital deficiency, heredity and other factors, including congenital and hereditary physical defects, diseases and allergic reactions.
Tongue picture characteristics Tongue pictures can have different manifestations due to different specific diseases. The tongue picture of allergic constitution is obviously characterized by map tongue and flower peeling, and the severity of peeling is often aggravated with the aggravation of allergic symptoms.
If there are some changes in our tongue, we must remember to receive examination and treatment as soon as possible, especially if there is a lot of tongue coating on it. You should also actively observe at ordinary times and remember to brush your tongue every morning, because this can avoid some problems in your mouth.