When I was in the hospital, patients often asked me, doctor, am I deficient in qi and blood? Do you have moisture in your body? Today I will teach you the self-diagnosis of diseases-tongue diagnosis.
A good-looking tongue is a healthy tongue-the color is reddish and moist, and the tongue coating is thin, white and even. When your tongue sticks out, you can't feel too dry, and of course you can't get wet.
Let's first look at the corresponding distribution on the tongue:
The tip of the tongue belongs to the heart, reflecting the pathological changes of the heart and lungs; Tongue belongs to spleen, reflecting the pathological changes of spleen and stomach; Tongue root belongs to kidney, reflecting the pathological changes of kidney and bladder; The edge of the tongue belongs to the liver and gallbladder, reflecting the pathological changes of the liver and gallbladder. Read the tongue to know health.
There are red spots on the tongue-excess heat internal knot.
If there is a red spot or tingling on the tongue, it means excessive internal heat. There are red spots and tingling on the tip of the tongue, in the middle of the tongue and on both sides of the tongue, which respectively represent excessive heart fire, excessive gastrointestinal heat and excessive liver and gallbladder fire.
Cleft tongue-deficiency of essence and blood
Generally, there is no tongue coating in the crevices, which is a manifestation of insufficient blood and essence. The tongue coating is white and cracked, which is insufficient blood and essence; The tongue is crimson, dry and cracked, which is mostly caused by excessive heat.
Tooth marks on the tongue-Yang deficiency
White tongue body and white tongue coating indicate deficiency of spleen and kidney yang, and there is water and phlegm in the body. The tongue quality of this tongue image is very soft, indicating that the body is yang deficiency and the constitution is declining.
Pale white tongue-sweating in the body
The tongue is tender and tender, which is caused by yang deficiency; Weak tongue quality is caused by deficiency of qi and blood. A pale white tongue belongs to the tongue picture of deficiency syndrome and cold syndrome of the body.
Red tongue-heat pathogen
A red thorn on the tip of the tongue indicates inflammation of the heart; The color of the tongue is red and the tongue coating is yellow and dry, indicating that there is excess heat inside; Red tongue with little or no coating is internal heat due to yin deficiency. Heat syndrome may mainly be excessive accumulation of heat in the body, and observe whether there are red spots on the tongue surface.
Crimson tongue-excess of heat and excess of evil
The tongue is crimson in color, dry, prickly or cracked, belonging to internal heat; The tongue is crimson without coating and smooth, which is due to deficiency of stomach and kidney yin. This tongue image is a manifestation of heat toxin entering the blood, which usually consumes body fluid. The darker the color, the stronger the heat pathogen and the more serious the illness.
Purple tongue-poor blood circulation
The blue tongue is caused by poor blood circulation. The tongue is purple, which may be due to excessive heat accumulation in the body. This tongue picture may appear in cold syndrome, heat syndrome or blood stasis syndrome, which is mainly caused by poor blood circulation.
Fat tongue-deficiency and internal cold
Pay attention to the color, coating and red spots on the tongue. Yellow tongue coating is mostly due to excess heat of heart and spleen; Those with swollen tongue and dark purple tongue mostly belong to blood stasis blocking collaterals.