Organs corresponding to the tongue

If we feel unwell and go to the hospital for a check-up, the doctor will often ask the patient to stick out his tongue for examination. In fact, our tongue corresponds to the organs of our body. The doctor can understand which organs in our body are abnormal through the changes in our tongue. If the tip of the tongue is very red, it means that our heart fire is relatively strong. If our tongue coating is very thick, it means that our gastrointestinal digestive function is disordered.

Specific manifestations of "fire" on the tongue

1. The tongue turns completely red - stomach fire

If the stomach fire is strong, the entire tongue will turn red (if the tongue coating is yellow and red, the red color will be covered by the yellow color). At the same time, there are complications such as bad breath, toothache, hunger, swollen gums, stomach pain, fever, thirst, etc.

How to reduce internal heat: moxibustion or massage the Neiting acupoint, and drink Kuding tea.

2. Red tip of tongue - Heart fire

If the heart fire is strong, the tip of the tongue will become abnormally red, and at the same time, there will be dry mouth, insomnia, dry stool, irritability, hot hands and feet, yellow and hot urine, and mouth and tongue ulcers.

How to reduce internal heat: moxibustion or massage of Daling acupoint, and drink lotus seed heart tea.

3. Red sides of tongue - Liver fire

If the liver fire is strong, the sides of the tongue will be abnormally red, and accompanied by insomnia, thin yellow tongue coating, impatience and irritability, tinnitus and deafness, dry and hard stools, early and heavy menstruation, dizziness, itchy and painful nipples, etc.

How to reduce internal heat: moxibustion or massage Taichong acupoint, drink chrysanthemum tea.

4. Red tongue with little coating - Kidney fire

If the kidney fire is strong and the kidney yin is lacking, the tongue will not only be red but also have very little tongue coating. At the same time, there are concurrent symptoms such as tinnitus, dry mouth, hair loss and tooth shaking, back pain and weak knees. If there are also symptoms such as hot hands and feet, night sweats, and irritability, they are generally symptoms of yin deficiency and hyperactivity of fire.

How to reduce internal heat: moxibustion or massage of Zhaohai acupoint, and chrysanthemum honey tea.

5. Redness of the front half of the tongue - lung fire

If the lung fire is strong, the front half of the tongue will be abnormally red. At the same time, there are complications such as cough, dry throat and nose pain, sticky and yellow sputum, boils on the face, poor sleep, dry cough without sputum, etc.

How to reduce internal heat: moxibustion or massage of the thenar acupoint, and drink honeysuckle tea.