What to do if your tongue turns purple

Purple tongue is a health problem that many people have. This problem is most likely caused by people's blood stasis constitution. Blood stasis constitution is not a healthy constitution. When this problem occurs, you need to take certain methods to regulate your body in time. Below, we will introduce to you in detail the manifestations of blood stasis constitution and related knowledge such as conditioning methods!

1. What is blood stasis constitution?

1. Long-term bad mood can lead to the appearance of blood stasis constitution. Negative emotions such as depression, anger, tension, sadness, etc. will not only interfere with body functions, but long-term depression will also lead to changes in physical constitution.

2. Living in a cold place for a long time will lead to the appearance of blood stasis constitution. After the cold air invades the human body, it will cause blood stasis, which is called cold blood stasis.

3. Elderly and weak people are more likely to develop blood stasis constitution, especially those with spleen and stomach deficiency or kidney yang deficiency, who are prone to poor blood circulation and blood stasis.

4. Patients who have been ill for a long time and have not recovered are prone to poor blood circulation and blood stasis. This is because long-term illness causes the loss of vital energy, which leads to the inability of qi to retain blood. If the blood cannot dissipate outside the vessels, blood stasis will eventually form.

2. Manifestations of Blood Stasis Constitution

1. The skin is dull, rough, brown, pigmented, or has purple spots.

2. The lips are dull and the tongue is bluish purple or has bruises.

3. Blood stasis constitution can also be detected by taking the pulse, which is often thin and wiry.

4. The area around the eyes is dark and blue, which is different from the dark circles caused by staying up late. The person looks haggard and lifeless.

5. The nose area feels dark and stagnant.

6. Hair loss is easy, hair has no luster, and is prone to split ends and breakage.

7. The skin is dry and dehydrated, prone to peeling, wrinkles and fine lines.

8. If there are symptoms of vomiting blood, women are likely to suffer from dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, or excessive blood clots in menstrual blood, or purple or dark menstrual blood.

9. Feeling irritable, easily angered, suffering from insomnia and forgetfulness.

10. Prone to diseases such as bleeding, scab, stroke, and chest pain.

3. How to regulate blood stasis constitution

1. The key to regulating blood stasis constitution is to promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. You should eat more blood-activating foods, such as peach kernel, safflower and four-substance soup.

2. Patients with blood stasis constitution should do more exercises that are beneficial to the heart and blood vessels, and pay attention to adjusting their own qi and blood.

3. Maintain an optimistic and cheerful mood so that the medicine can work to the maximum extent; similarly, if you are always depressed, even if you take the medicine, it will not have any effect.

4. In addition to taking some blood-activating and blood-stasis-removing medicines, you should also develop healthy eating habits, especially drinking more water, so as to replenish the body with enough water; vegetables and fruits can replenish the body with enough other nutrients and trace elements, which are beneficial to the body without any harm.

5. Pay more attention to rest, combine work and rest, and strengthen physical exercise and aerobic exercise. Don't stay up late, and don't let your physical strength be severely overdrawn, otherwise the blood circulation cannot be guaranteed.

6. It should be noted that although alcohol can promote blood circulation, it can damage the liver, so patients with blood stasis constitution should not drink alcohol.