1, healthy tongue
The tip of the tongue is red and coated with yellow fur. If it is accompanied by redness, dry throat, like to drink cold drinks, oral ulcers, and irritability in the heart, then your symptoms are the manifestations of yin deficiency and flourishing fire in traditional Chinese medicine.
Spicy and greasy food should be avoided. Ophiopogon japonicus, South China and Boat-fruited Sterculia can be used as tea drinks, and honeysuckle can be added to those with severe sore throat. You can also use the pricking collaterals on your back or the tip of your ear to clear the fire. If you still have breath, eat more digestible foods, such as vegetables and fruits, and it is best not to drink or smoke.
The tongue is pale with white fur.
If this happens, and you feel cold, sore, no sweat, stuffy nose, runny nose, sore throat, itchy cough, it is "wind-cold cold", as long as you sweat to drive away the cold.
The tongue coating is black and sticky.
Take antibiotics, sometimes there will be black moss, not morbid, don't be nervous. However, patients with severe stomach diseases should also be vigilant when observing black moss. If the tip of the tongue is crimson or even blue, you need to go to the hospital.
There is a crack in the tongue.
If there is no tongue coating on the tongue, there are many "cracks" on the tongue surface. If there is no discomfort, it is physiological and does not need treatment. For example, after a serious illness, there is a cleft tongue, red tongue without coating, and discomfort, which belongs to yin deficiency and needs medical treatment.
Map tongue
Some places have thin moss, while others are smooth and without moss, and irregular "map-like" fragments appear, which is called "map tongue". If there is no discomfort, it is just a physiological phenomenon and does not need treatment. If you suffer from stomach diseases or other chronic diseases for a long time, you will have a "map tongue", which is mostly a manifestation of yin deficiency. While treating the primary disease, you can drink American ginseng tea, 9 grams a day, brewed with boiling water, and drink frequently to promote self-healing.
Tooth marks on the edge of tongue
The tongue body is fat, the tongue coating is thin and white, and there are teeth marks on the edge of the tongue, which may be due to the relatively insufficient transport function of the spleen and stomach, and the digestion and absorption of food are prone to obstacles. If accompanied by symptoms such as whitish, chills, cold limbs, mental fatigue, soreness in the waist and limp legs, loose stool, frequent occurrence, edema of lower limbs, it may belong to spleen and kidney yang deficiency. First of all, pay attention to keep warm. You should cook chicken soup and bone soup on weekdays, and it is better to add yam, medlar and astragalus to the soup.
2. How should the tongue be cleaned?
Don't use too much force when brushing the tongue coating, because there are taste buds on the tongue, and improper force may lead to injury. In the use of tools, many toothbrushes on the market now have tongue coating brush plates attached to the back, or you can buy a stainless steel special cleaner for tongue coating, which has antibacterial effect.
Follow the following steps to do cleaning step by step: (2-3 times a week, depending on your own situation)
1. First put a mouthful of warm water in your mouth and spit it out, so that you can better remove the tongue coating.
2. Use a tongue coating cleaner to clean the tongue, regularly from the base of the tongue to the tip of the tongue and from left to right, to ensure that every detail is not missed.
3. Start brushing your teeth, and the cleaning ingredients of toothpaste will also be brought to your tongue. At this time, you can stay for 90 seconds to help remove tongue coating.
4. When 90 seconds have passed, your teeth have been brushed. Just rinse your mouth. People with thick tongue coating can pat it gently with a tongue coating cleaner. )