Tongue root cyst

If a cyst grows at the root of the tongue, it is closely related to the spleen. Some small red dots will appear at the cyst site, which are caused by the infiltration of cell tissue fluid. When the disease occurs, it can cause dizziness, shortness of breath, chest tightness, especially after getting up in the morning. The mouth will often bleed and the cells will be torn. You must go to the hospital for removal in time, otherwise the cyst will grow larger and larger, and even affect the normal growth of the tonsils.

The swelling under the tongue is like a bag, gradually increasing in size, with a smooth surface, light yellow color, softness when pressed, and a sense of fluctuation. It is generally painless. If the swelling is severe, there will be a feeling of distension and pain, and the movement of the tongue will be affected, which will hinder speaking and eating. If it is invaded by evil heat, it will be light red and swollen and hard. The nodule may occasionally rupture on its own, or be pricked with the tip of a knife, then yellowish-white mucus like egg white will flow out. The nodule may temporarily shrink or disappear, but will soon swell again.

Systemic symptoms can be divided into:

(1) Liver Qi stagnation, Qi stagnation and blood stasis: Symptoms include bitter taste in the mouth and dry throat, dizziness, chest tightness, belching, abdominal distension and pain, flank pain, tinnitus, red tongue with petechiae on the sides of the tongue, yellow tongue coating, and stringy or fine pulse.

(2) Heat in the lung meridian and stagnation of phlegm and dampness: Common symptoms include headache, fatigue, chest and flank fullness, shortness of breath, or itchy throat, cough, sputum, white or slightly yellow and greasy tongue coating, and slow or stringy pulse.

(3) The spleen fails to function properly, and dampness and turbidity flow into the body: Symptoms include heavy head, fatigue in the limbs, cough, large amount of thin white sputum, poor appetite, abdominal distension, fat tongue, and greasy white coating. If there is also heat, the tongue will be red, with a greasy yellow coating, and yellow urine.

(1) Stagnation of liver qi and disorder of qi secretion lead to obstruction of qi flow. Over time, this leads to qi stagnation and blood stasis, which block the blood vessels and eventually form a mass. Liver depression and qi stagnation often affect the spleen and stomach, causing the spleen to fail to function properly, dampness and turbidity to accumulate, resulting in the formation of qi, blood, phlegm and turbidity. As the "Surgery Authentic" says: "The liver and spleen qi are reversed, resulting in obstruction of the meridians and accumulation of nodules."

(2) The lung meridian is exposed to heat, lung yin is damaged, qi is unfavorable, and the function of descending is lost, resulting in the retention of fluid and the generation of phlegm. The circulation of nutrient and defensive qi and blood is blocked, and the phlegm stagnates in the meridians for a long time and gradually accumulates into a tumor.

(3) Overeating, overwork and fatigue damage the spleen, causing it to lose its healthy function and lose its ability to transport and transform water and dampness. Over time, this accumulates into phlegm, which blocks the flow of qi. When combined with external pathogenic heat or internal heat, the fire and phlegm and dampness flow through the meridians and condense into a mass.