Everyone can quickly conduct a full-body check on themselves every day, and it’s free! How to do it? Just stick out your tongue in front of the mirror every morning before brushing your teeth and take a good look at it. Isn’t that super simple? Are you particularly curious about how to gaze at … Read more
Many people have experienced this: when visiting a hospital, doctors often ask us to stick out our tongues. This is because tongue diagnosis is an important method in TCM observation. The five internal organs have corresponding reflection areas on the tongue, and any pathological changes in the internal organs will be directly reflected on our … Read more
Many of you may have visited a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practitioner, right? The TCM doctor first checks your pulse and then asks you to stick out your tongue for examination. Have you ever wondered why these TCM practitioners ask you to show your tongue? If you want to know more about this, read this … Read more
Tongue diagnosis is an important aspect of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) for diagnosing diseases. The depth and breadth of observing the tongue body and coating surpasses the current understanding of tongue diagnosis in Western medicine. Through tongue diagnosis, TCM can understand the balance of the body’s organs, discern the depth of pathogenic factors, assess the … Read more
Traditional Chinese Medicine Tongue Diagnosis The tongue is a mirror of the body’s health, closely linked to the internal organs and meridians. Changes in the five zang and six fu organs can be reflected on the tongue, hence it is referred to as the “external sign of the internal organs.” Tongue diagnosis is a technique … Read more
Many people have experienced this: when visiting a hospital, doctors often ask us to stick out our tongues. This is because tongue diagnosis (舌诊, shé zhěn) is an important method in TCM observation (望诊, wàng zhěn). The five internal organs have corresponding reflection areas on the tongue, and any pathological changes in the internal organs … Read more
Tongue Appearance 1: Thick White CoatingIf the tongue coating is thick and white, it indicates a significant presence of phlegm-dampness in the body.A white tongue coating suggests the presence of cold in the body, whether from consuming cold foods or exposure to cold environments. Nowadays, many people have a white coating due to eating refrigerated … Read more
The tongue is an important organ of the human body, responsible for distinguishing flavors, regulating sound, and assisting in swallowing. Additionally, it serves as a barometer of overall health. In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), “observing the tongue coating” is a crucial part of the diagnostic system. By examining changes in the tongue coating, practitioners can … Read more
Tongue Appearance 1: Thick White CoatingIf the tongue coating is thick and white, it indicates a significant presence of phlegm-dampness in the body.A white tongue coating suggests the presence of cold in the body, whether from consuming cold foods or exposure to cold environments. Nowadays, many people have a white coating due to eating refrigerated … Read more
The tongue is the sprout of the heart, an external manifestation of the spleen, and the coating is produced by Stomach Qi . Tongue diagnosis primarily examines the quality and coating of the tongue, including its shape, color, moisture, and dryness, to determine the nature of diseases, the severity of the condition, the abundance or … Read more