YOUR TONGUE: WINDOW TO HEALTH
I n Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), a person’s tongue
is thought to reflect one’s overall health. The tongue is one
of the first elements of the body that is examined, and its
appearance reflects the health and proper function of various
organs, such as the liver, heart, kidneys, bladder, and intestines.
Malfunctioning of a particular organ is believed to affect a
person’s ability to focus and think clearly, to sleep well at
night, to have high energy levels, or to have digestive issues
such as constipation, gas, bloating, pain, or hang on to weight
in the body.
For example, deep cracks with a bright red tongue may
indicate a person is suffering with menopause or hormone
imbalance, insomnia, ringing in the ears or night sweats; a
pale tongue with little or no coating is related with fatigue,
Various aspects of the tongue will be observed, such as its heart palpitations, poor memory, indicating a possible blood
thickness,
colour, –
shape,
coating,
and possible
fissures
deficiency brought on by poor diet and liver overload.
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or cracks. The colour of the tongue (whether pale, bright
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When the tongue is examined and a cause determined, the
red, brighter edges or tip, or even purple) is examined to
TCM practitioner will recommend certain diet and lifestyle
determine chronic conditions; the coating will determine
changes, depending on improvements needed for better health,
acute conditions; the fissures or cracks relate in the same way
and soon after changes on the tongue will reflect a person’s
that a dry desert would: The dryer and deeper the cracks, the
improved health.
more chronic a condition, caused by dehydration or long-
Forms of medicine, such as TCM, have been around for
term adrenal stress. Based on the location of these cracks,
a TCM practitioner can pin-point the struggling organ or centuries and have been able to address the root cause of an
illness, not just mask the symptoms with temporary relief.•
health issue that needs to be addressed.
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*Wingfield, A., Tun, P. A., & McCoy, S. L. (2005). Hearing Loss in Older Adulthood: What It Is and How It Interacts With Cognitive Performance. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 14(3), 144–148. † Study participants must be over 50 years of age and have never worn hearing aids. No fees and no purchase necessary. 1. Cruickshanks, K. L., Wiley, T. L., Tweed, T. S., Klein, B. E.
K., Klein, R, Mares-Perlman, J. A., & Nondahl, D. M. (1998). Prevalence of Hearing Loss in Older Adults in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin: The Epidemiology of Hearing Loss Study. Am. J. Epidemiol. 148 (9), 879-886. 2. National Institutes of Health. (2010).