Tongue health care

Tongue is an important organ for people to feel the taste and assist in eating, and it is also an important organ for human language. Traditional Chinese medicine often observes the health of human body through the condition of tongue. When the tongue is ulcerated, blistered and cracked, or the tongue coating is too thick, too thin, yellow and black, it shows that there are problems in human health, which should be paid attention to and improved in daily life.

What should I do if my tongue is hot

Usually, if you eat too fast or too hot, your tongue will burn easily, which is manifested as numbness of your tongue. Like acupuncture, the pain of eating your tongue will be aggravated. Then what should I do if my tongue burns?

If it is only food burn, you can eat some vitamins C2 and B2 to achieve the therapeutic effect. Be careful not to eat irritating, spicy and spicy food until your tongue is cured.

If it is a liquid burn, such as drinking boiled water or soup, small red particles will appear on the burned tongue surface, and in severe cases, it will swell or blister. Generally, no special treatment is needed, and the self-repair ability of the oral cavity is extremely strong. You can spray watermelon frost or something. But if the symptoms are serious, it is recommended to go to the hospital.

Because the self-repair function of the oral cavity is relatively strong, so the general scald does not need special treatment, just pay attention to the usual diet to prevent the scald from getting worse. When you have just burned, you should put some cold things, preferably ice cubes, as soon as possible to avoid bubble infection. Cold things can relieve pain, and gargling with cold water can also relieve pain.

Blister of tongue

Frequent blisters on the tongue are superficial ulcers on the oral mucosa, which can be round or oval in size, ranging from rice grains to soybeans. The ulcer surface is sunken and the surrounding area is congested, which may cause pain due to irritating food. In addition to physical discomfort, excessive pressure may also lead to blistering of the tongue.

1, mental stress, mental tension, and oral ulcer induced by excessive fatigue. At this time, people's body is in a state of fatigue, lack of sleep, and disorder of life and rest, which causes the body to sound an alarm.

2, getting angry can also cause blisters on the tongue. At present, food is hard to resist the temptation, and we often don't pay attention to our diet. Spicy and cold will be mixed, and eating for a long time will lead to excessive internal heat and blistering of the tongue.

3. Lack of trace elements and vitamins. People who lack iron and B vitamins are prone to oral mucosa damage and ulceration. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that this disease is mostly caused by lung and kidney yin deficiency and fire deficiency, so it is advisable to nourish yin and clear heat, and lead the fire back to its source.

How is the tongue blackening?

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the blackening of tongue coating is caused by hot polarization fire. Some people with gastrointestinal problems are vulnerable to cold and dampness, and the tongue coating will become thick and greasy, white at first, and gradually turn yellow or black. Patients with black tongue coating will find that the tongue coating in the middle of the tongue is always black. Tongue coating is a thin, white and moist covering on the back of normal tongue, which is called tongue coating. From exfoliated keratinocytes. Saliva, bacteria, food scraps and oozing white blood cells. Some foods, such as sour plum, black sesame paste, etc. Or drugs, such as compound licorice tablets, iron agents, etc. It is also easy to blacken the tongue coating. This is only a temporary phenomenon, don't worry.

The tongue coating is black and sticky. If you only see this abnormal tongue coating, the tip of the tongue is normal and reddish, and there is no other obvious discomfort, sometimes it belongs to the phenomenon of "staining". Patients may eat some colored food, or take some drugs, which will lead to black moss and black stool; When taking antibiotics, sometimes there will be black moss. The above situation is not morbid, so don't be nervous. However, patients with severe stomach diseases should be vigilant when they observe black tongue coating. If the tip of the tongue is dark red or even blue, it means that the condition is getting worse and you should go to the hospital in time.

There is a crack in the tongue.

A cracked tongue is a normal tongue picture. Although the tongue has deep furrows, its color is normal, which does not affect the tongue forehead activity and taste. Patients with deep wrinkles will have bacteria and food residues stuck in them, and sometimes they may feel pain. When they encounter irritating, acidic and hot food, the pain will be more obvious.

According to modern medicine, the superficial fissure of the tongue surface is mainly caused by the atrophy of the tongue mucosa, which makes the original longitudinal and transverse stripes of the tongue muscle surface; Deep cleft tongue is a serious atrophic lesion of tongue, which makes the lingual muscle epithelial layer lose its normal structure, some lingual papillae flatten and fuse, and some atrophic and fractured to form cracks.

Cleft tongue often coexists with atrophic tongue. Some chronic wasting diseases, malnutrition diseases and chronic glossitis caused by vitamin B deficiency often cause tongue pain and dry mouth. In addition, some long-term map tongues can be transformed into cracked tongues later.

Tooth marks on the tongue

There are teeth marks on the tongue, and teeth marks can be seen on the edge of the tongue body, which is called tooth-marked tongue (hereinafter referred to as tooth-marked tongue). This is a sign of weakness and heavy humidity, not a serious illness. Toothed tongue is a sub-health state of modern people. If neglected, it will cause some diseases in severe cases. In addition, the tongue is relatively fat, and when it is oppressed by teeth, it will also produce tooth marks.

People with broken teeth and tongue often have the problem that the stool is shapeless, soft, stuck to the toilet and can't be pulled cleanly, which is also the manifestation of moisture externalization. The tongue is light and moist, which is the embodiment of spleen deficiency and cold and dampness. Spleen and stomach need conditioning all year round, so we should pay attention to it in time.

Most of the reasons for the formation of the tongue are spleen deficiency, which can not transport water and dampness. Moisture obstructs the tongue, leading to hypertrophy of the tongue, making the teeth press the tongue and forming tooth marks.

White tongue

Thick white hairs on the tongue coating may be the cause of excessive internal heat. Generally, white tongue is accompanied by bad breath, and in severe cases, bad breath. If the tongue coating is white for a long time, it is recommended to go to stomatology. Of course, it is not excluded that the tongue is white in other cases.

1, the tongue is the expression of qi in the stomach. People without diseases have thin tongue coating. White tongue coating is common in patients with water retention or phlegm. That's because patients with pleural effusion, ascites, chronic nephritis and asthma have damp turbidity or phlegm in their bodies, and their tongue coating is thick and white.

2. Various chronic inflammatory infections. For example, the tongue coating of patients with chronic pelvic inflammatory disease, chronic pyelonephritis, tuberculous meningitis and osteoarticular tuberculosis is slightly thicker than that of normal people, or thin, white and greasy.

3. Patients with mild illness, initial symptoms or disease recovery period will also have white fur, suggesting early symptoms such as upper respiratory tract infection, acute bronchitis and early pneumonia.

When we have a certain understanding of tongue coating whitening, we should also pay attention to it in our life.

Tongue numbness

1, qi and blood are not smooth. A large number of patients not only have numbness of the tongue, but also have purple tongue. Experts remind that when these symptoms appear, you will have blood stasis and qi and blood will be blocked. Under normal circumstances, the tongue is thin and white, and the tongue coating is reddish. However, if the tongue turns purple and numb because of congestion, it may be that the blood flow is slow and the blood viscosity increases.

2, yin and cold. Not only numbness of tongue coating, but also symptoms such as deep crimson and purple tongue, dryness and insufficient body fluid, which are excessive heat toxicity. If the tongue is lavender and moist, it is yin cold. In addition to the cause of congestion, the tongue will turn blue, and patients with hepatobiliary diseases and heart diseases will also have these symptoms.

3. Insufficient blood supply to the brain. If patients have symptoms such as insufficient blood supply to the brain, most of them will have symptoms such as numbness and blue tongue, which is caused by slow blood flow and increased blood viscosity. It is suggested that such patients should check whether their blood lipid, blood sugar, blood pressure and blood viscosity are rising as soon as possible when they have numbness of tongue, and once they are found, they should take medicine to reduce blood lipid and blood pressure as soon as possible.

4. Drug problem. If you take a lot of certain drugs, it will also lead to numbness of the tongue, such as gentamicin and streptomycin, which will cause numbness of the tongue and lips.

Little red dot on the tongue.

1. There are many small protrusions on the surface of lingual dorsal mucosa, which are called lingual papillae. Tongue papillae can be divided into filiform papillae (mainly distributed on the back of the tongue, most common on the tip of the tongue), fungiform papillae (few in number, scattered between filiform papillae, located at the tip of the tongue and the lateral edge of the tongue) and contour papillae (the largest and least in number, arranged in a row along the front of the boundary groove). There are taste buds on the groove wall of the surrounding contour) and lobulated nipples (located at the back of the lateral margin of the tongue).

2. Tongue quality: refers to the tongue body, mainly observing its color, shape and state. Normal tongue is reddish in color, fine and moist, fat, thin, old and tender, and flexible in activities, indicating sufficient qi and blood. Can be seen in healthy people, but also can be seen with initial exogenous diseases or mild internal injuries.

3, there is a red pimple on the tongue and heel, which is the kidney getting angry. White tongue coating is due to heavy stomach cold and poor digestive function.

There is a pimple at the base of the tongue.

Under normal circumstances, people's tongue roots are pink with small pimples, which are taste buds and feel sour, sweet, bitter and spicy. You can't do it without them. The "red pimple" at the base of the tongue is called contour nipple. The contour nipple 10 or more is located in front of the lingual sulcus. The body is large, the top is flat, and the mucosa around the nipple is sunken to form an annular groove, and there are many taste buds on both sides of the groove.

If the acne is very big, but there are no symptoms, or sometimes you feel slightly unwell, it may be tongue lymphoid tissue, also known as tongue tonsil, which does not need treatment. At ordinary times, you should supplement the right amount of vitamins in time to keep your mouth clean. If the acne is very big, painful or bleeding, even redness, swelling, heat, pain or fever, you should go to the hospital in time.

Yellowing of tongue

Chinese medicine believes that the tongue can reflect the health of human body to some extent. Under normal circumstances, the color of the tongue should be reddish, and the tongue is soft and elastic. If the tongue turns yellow, according to different manifestations, it is generally caused by the following reasons:

1, pale tongue with thin white coating.

Most of them are cold syndrome, which can be seen at the beginning of a cold. You can choose a warmer diet, such as red dates, glutinous rice porridge, etc., and soft foods and soup foods are appropriate. Non-staple food is light and warm beef soup, mutton soup, egg drop soup, carrots, onions, brown sugar and so on. Vinegar and ginger are used as flavoring agents. Fruits can be apples, oranges, etc. Eat less cold food, such as cold salad, cucumber, wax gourd, mung bean sprouts, crabs, snails and duck eggs. Avoid cold drinks.

2, the tongue coating is white and greasy, or white and thick.

Most of them are cold and dampness, so we should choose foods that warm the stomach and strengthen the spleen, dispel cold and damp, and the varieties are the same as above. Use less sweet and greasy food, otherwise it will lead to bloating and loss of appetite.

3. The tongue coating is yellowish or greasy.

It is caused by damp-heat in the spleen and stomach or gastrointestinal stagnation, which can be seen in infection, fever or digestive dysfunction, often accompanied by symptoms such as thirst, irritability and dry stool. Diet should choose foods that clear away heat and promote diuresis, such as white radish, tomato, towel gourd, lotus root starch, mung bean or coix seed porridge, and fruits can choose hawthorn and pear.

4. The tongue coating is thin or smooth without coating, or the tongue coating falls off partially.

Mostly due to gastrointestinal damp-heat or yin deficiency and excessive fire, it is seen in parasitic diseases or chronic wasting diseases. You can choose lily soup, Sydney, watermelon and other foods with the functions of nourishing yin, reducing fire, promoting fluid production and relieving cough, and avoid spicy foods such as mutton, garlic and onions.

the tongue ulcer

Children's tongue ulcers affect eating and their growth and development are also affected. What are the causes of tongue ulcer in children?

1, get angry: Chinese medicine believes that the tongue has the closest relationship with the heart, and tongue ulcers are usually caused by internal fire or heart fire poison.

2. Nutritional deficiency: Children lacking some trace elements, such as zinc, iron, folic acid, vitamin B 12, or malnutrition, will lead to decreased immune function and increase the possibility of recurrent oral ulcers. Some people eat too much, which can also lead to nutritional imbalance and cause tongue ulcers.

3, digestive system diseases and dysfunction: If the child suffers from digestive system diseases, oral ulcers are prone to occur, and digestive system diseases mainly affect the immune system, leading to illness of the child.

4. Autoimmunity: In the study of tongue ulcer, it is found that the coordination function between immune cells and non-immune cells in children with tongue ulcer is disordered, and the antibody titer will also increase when the ulcer increases.

5. Virus infection: Some scholars believe that the onset of tongue ulcer may be caused by herpes virus infection, and taking antiviral drugs after the onset of the disease can obviously slow down and alleviate the condition. However, in clinical practice, most children failed to control the recurrence of tongue ulcer after using antiviral drugs alone, and the cure effect was not obvious.

6, mental factors: Some children are nervous, such as being reprimanded by their parents or stimulated by some things, there will be emotional tension, mood swings, poor sleep and so on. , causing tongue ulcers.

7. Other factors: If the child bites the tongue, if it does not heal normally, the affected area will slowly develop into a tongue ulcer.