Doctor, why do people always look at the tongue and eyes?

Why should TCM look at the tongue when seeing a doctor?

Anyone who has seen a TCM practitioner knows that a doctor always observes the patient's tongue carefully. What exactly does the tongue have to do with disease? Many people are puzzled.

Tongue examination, also known as tongue diagnosis, is one of the important contents of the consultation. The viscera are connected with the tongue through the meridians, and the essence of the viscera can be camped on the tongue, and the lesions of the viscera can also be reflected from the changes in the tongue. Therefore, looking at the tongue can diagnose visceral lesions.

The parts of the tongue related to the viscera are divided as follows: the tip of the tongue can reflect cardiopulmonary lesions; The middle of the tongue reflects the lesions of the spleen and stomach; The base of the tongue reflects a lesion of the kidneys; The marginal part of the tongue reflects hepatobiliary lesions. The main purpose of looking at the tongue is to observe the changes in the texture and coating of the tongue.

The normal tongue is soft, free-moving, and reddish in color. If there is an abnormality, it is pathological. Such as:

Pale white tongue indicates a lack of qi and blood, and yang deficiency and blood deficiency syndrome are more common; The red tongue indicates heat, which is more common in the heat syndrome or yin deficiency and internal heat; The red tip of the tongue mostly indicates that the heart is hot; The tongue (dark red tongue) indicates evil heat, penetrates deep into the blood, and is more common in the extreme stage of febrile venereal disease; If it is a long-term sick patient, most of them are yin deficiency and fire; Some have tooth marks on the tongue, mostly due to spleen deficiency; There are petechiae or purple dark on the tongue, which mostly indicates blood stasis syndrome, such as many patients with cardiovascular diseases have purple spots and ecchymosis on the tongue, and the method of activating blood and removing blood stasis is commonly used.

Haven't you heard of looking, hearing and asking?

The doctor chooses to look at the tongue, mainly through the tongue, to see the condition of your five organs. The tongue can show the central lungs, liver, stomach, kidneys and other conditions of the human body. By looking at your tongue, your doctor can understand your current symptoms, which will be more helpful to you.

1. The water is wet and heavy.

2. Bruising. If the tongue is like the side of the tongue, there are black ecchymoses on the tip of the tongue, and the whole tongue is dark in color and purple, which is considered to be caused by poor blood flow in the body, trauma, anger, qi deficiency, and cold. For symptoms such as bruising, it is recommended to choose Panax notoginseng and American ginseng, and mix powder with warm water.

3. Blood deficiency. If there is no blood in the muscles of the tongue, it is pale white through the mucous membrane, and the overall tongue color is pale white, mainly due to insufficient fluid in the body, staying up late, eating spicy and too hot food, and getting seriously ill. You need to pay attention to your diet, don't eat overheated food, and avoid staying up late.

4. Yin deficiency. If the tongue is red, no lichen or thin lichen, this is too much cold medicine, drinking cold drinks, weak physique, excessive exposure to the cold environment, **yin deficiency, it is recommended to choose angelica, ginger, mutton, etc. to make soup together to eat.

5. Yang deficiency. Yang deficiency is manifested as hypertrophy of the tongue, pale white, tooth marks, people with yang deficiency are mainly more thoughtful, caused by great pressure, it is recommended to choose everything to maintain a normal heart, timely adjustment of their seven feelings, this is the meaning of the longevity of the benevolent.

By looking at the tongue, we can understand the current situation of the five major organs of the body, which is also a first place for doctors to see patients.

Because through the color and thickness of the tongue coating, it can be seen that some diseases exist, so we must pay attention to rest and exercise more to ensure that we have a healthy body.

Because the tongue is the main organ in the mouth, it is connected to the internal organs of the human body, and the tongue coating is the best indicator of a person's physical health and the conditions that appear.

Because there are reflex areas of the five internal organs on the tongue, if you do not pass all the tests, looking at the tongue is the most intuitive way to understand the physical condition and viscera situation, for example, the tip of the tongue is the reflex area of the heart, and the general symptoms can be judged from the color of the tongue coating and the whole tongue.

Why do doctors look at your tongue? It turns out that so many health secrets are hidden.

Because many diseases will have corresponding manifestations on the tongue, Chinese medicine pays attention to looking, smelling, asking, and judging the symptoms by observing the performance of the tongue, so most of the time it is necessary to look at the tongue.

As an important organ of the human body, the tongue is composed of many muscles, and Chinese medicine can feel the changes in the body through the changes in the tongue coating.

Doctor, my tongue is also very white.

Traditional Chinese medicine pays attention to looking, smelling, inquiring, and seeing, and looking at the tongue is a kind of consultation, and Chinese medicine can see the condition of the body through the tongue.

The tongue is a major organ in the mouth, which not only distinguishes the taste of food, but also connects with the internal organs of the human body through the meridians, so if the human body is sick, it will be reflected on the tongue. For example, the tongue of a healthy person is pale red, and the surface of the tongue turns red, indicating blood heat, and the tongue surface turns white, indicating blood deficiency, and the surface of the tongue turns blue, indicating blood stasis. In addition, there is a layer of tongue coating on the surface of the tongue, and the color, thickness, dryness and wetness of the tongue coating also indicate the physical condition of the person.

For example, a thick tongue coating indicates indigestion, a yellow tongue coating indicates inflammation or fever, and a dark tongue coating indicates a serious condition. It can be seen from this that the tongue can reflect a person's health condition, therefore, the doctor looks at the patient's tongue.

Why do doctors look at your tongue? It turns out that so many health secrets are hidden.

Since the tongue coating is produced by stomach qi, the five internal organs are inherent to the stomach, and the changes in the tongue coating can reflect the cold, heat, deficiency, and abundance of the viscera, as well as the nature and depth of the viscera. The detection of tongue coating consists of two parts: lichen color and lichen matter.

Therefore, observing the color of the tongue does help in a better analysis of the health condition, which is also one of the methods often used by many doctors. Observe the color of the tongue, the pale tongue. The so-called pale white tongue refers to the fact that the color of the tongue becomes lighter and slightly pale compared to the normal pink color.

This color indicates yang deficiency. The tongue is pale white, indicating that the human body is deficient in qi and blood, weak physique, spleen and stomach function is not very good, often accompanied by indigestion problems, irregular stools, and does not form. These people are also usually afraid of cold and warmth.

A red tongue means that the color of the tongue body is redder and darker than the normal pink. It reflects the presence of heat in the human body, i.e., too much internal heat. There are many causes of excessive internal heat, such as eating too many foods and supplements, which cannot be digested and absorbed effectively, or irritability and anxiety, which can lead to excessive internal heat.

People with yin deficiency constitution will also have red tongue, but the tongue surface will be cracked and there will be no tongue coating. If only the tip of the tongue is red, it is a sign that the heart is burning, and it may have been in a bad mood lately and has more trouble. If the sides of the tongue are red, it means that the liver is very hot.

Most of these people are short-tempered and often easily agitated.

The shape of the tongue, a closer look at the shape of the tongue can also reveal some physical problems:If the surface of the tongue is rough, the texture is particularly pronounced, and the tongue is relatively small, it may be a sign of excessive internal heat or an upper respiratory tract infection. If the surface texture of the tongue is relatively fine and the texture is not obvious, but the tongue is relatively fat, bulky and looks "delicate", it is likely that the spleen and stomach function will be reduced, and the digestive function will be reduced.

If the tongue is thin and thin, small in size, and light in color, it may be due to a lack of qi and blood and excessive physical tension.

It is also important to note that the tongue coating should be observed about 1 hour after eating. Because diet and some medications may alter the appearance of the tongue, if observed immediately after eating, the tongue coating will change from thick to thin due to the friction and self-cleaning effect of oral chewing; Drinking plenty of water will make the tongue coating smooth; Eating spicy foods can also make the tongue red; Eating sweets and other sweets can thicken the tongue coating; Long-term use of antibiotics can darken the tongue coating; Drinking milk and soy milk can make the tongue coating white; Eating oranges can turn the tongue coating yellow; Eating dark foods, such as chocolate and black sesame paste, can darken the tongue coating. Therefore, the observation time should be reasonable to avoid any deviations.

Healthy people have a thin tongue coating, white color, and moderate humidity. But people with a bad stomach or indigestion have a thick tongue coating. When you have a cold, you usually have a bad appetite and a thick tongue coating.

The tongue of a healthy person is red, and its surface is still moist. But for patients with long-term fever or diarrhea, the tongue can be chapped. People with scarlet fever have a sticky tongue coating for the first few days.

After a few days, the tongue coating will fall off and the millet grains on the tongue will swell. Malnutrition or excessive physical exertion can shrink the millet grains on the tongue, making the tongue appear smooth. In people with anemia, the color of the tongue looks a little white.

So "sticking out the tongue" can help doctors understand the patient's symptoms.

The method of diagnosis using tongue images is called "tongue diagnosis" and originated in traditional Chinese medicine. A healthy tongue is reddish in color, moderately moist, and the entire tongue can be gently pressed. When you have a fever, the moisture on your tongue loses and breaks; When your condition worsens, the color will turn white; When you have a bad stomach, the metabolic function of water is also weakened, and the white tongue coating increases and covers the entire tongue.

In Western medicine, the tongue is mainly used as a reference, while in Chinese medicine, the tongue is used to judge the condition.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the tongue and pulse can accurately reflect the nature of the disease, such as the appearance and sensation of the face, which often have the illusion of disease, while the tongue and pulse can more accurately reflect the disease. When doctors look at the tongue, they look at the body (size, shape, color), tongue coating (thickness, color, distribution), and sublingual (zigzag angry sublingual veins). I don't know what the disease is, but they can judge the prognosis of the disease and the state of the whole body, ** effect, etc.

Because it can be seen from the patient's tongue what disease the patient has, the right medicine can be prescribed.

Because the reaction of the tongue can be seen as a relative symptom, the tongue will be looked at first.

Because your physical condition can be reflected from your tongue. It's still relatively accurate.

This is because your tongue will be the most direct reflection of your physical condition.

Why do doctors look at your tongue? It turns out that so many health secrets are hidden.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the tongue and pulse, like the image, can accurately reflect the essence of the disease, and some other aspects such as facial complexion and sensation often have the illusion of disease, while the tongue and pulse reflect the disease more accurately.

When doctors look at the tongue, they will look at the body of the tongue (size, shape, color), tongue coating (thickness and color distribution), and sublingual (infralingual veins tortuous and distended).

You can't tell what kind of disease it is by looking at the tongue, but you can judge the disease and the state of the whole body, the prognosis of the disease, the effect of **, and so on.

From the tongue can be seen a lot of diseases.

Looking at the tip of the tongue can reflect cardiopulmonary lesions; The middle of the tongue reflects the lesions of the spleen and stomach; The base of the tongue reflects a lesion of the kidneys; The marginal part of the tongue reflects hepatobiliary lesions.

Chinese traditional Chinese medicine is exquisite. Looking, smelling, and seeing. One of them depends on the tongue. Some patients can know whether their spleen and stomach are out of harmony due to the thickness of their tongue coating or the color of their tongue coating, which is also a basis for judgment.

The tongue is a part that can reflect the condition of the person's body, and the doctor looks at the patient's tongue to determine what the disease is and prescribe the right medicine.

This is because many diseases can be seen from the tongue, so the doctor will look at the patient's tongue when he sees a doctor.

Why do doctors look at your tongue? It turns out that so many health secrets are hidden.

The tongue is closely related to the human viscera, and observing the changes of the tongue can understand the cold, heat, deficiency and reality of visceral lesions, and can measure the severity of the disease.

Changes in the color of the tongue coating are closely related to changes in disease.

Traditional Chinese medicine looks at the tongue, mainly to observe the changes in the tongue coating and tongue quality respectively. To observe the tongue coating, one is to look at the thickness, thinness, dryness, slippery, greasy, and stickiness of the moss, and the qi is to observe the different changes of the moss yellow, white, black, gray, etc. Then, according to the changes in the texture and color of the moss, it is judged whether the disease is on the surface or in the inside, and whether the disease is cold or hot.

The tongue coating of a normal person is a thin layer of white moss, and if you look closely, you can see a subtle hair-like structure, just like a layer of tender grass that has just been unearthed. The coating of the tongue grows all the time, but it constantly falls off automatically due to eating, etc. As a result, the tongue coating always retains its normal thickness and structure.

And because there is an appropriate amount of saliva in the mouth, the surface of the tongue coating is moist. These are all manifestations of the tongue coating of a healthy person. If the tongue coating grows more and falls off less, and the tongue coating becomes thicker, it is sick.