The tip of the tongue hurts and turns red

In fact, many symptoms of diseases in the human body can be reflected in areas that can be observed by the naked eye, and the tongue is a very important sensory organ in the human body. People can infer whether there is any disease problem inside the body by observing the color of their tongue. Some people find that their tongue is not only painful, but also red on both sides of the tongue tip. Which disease in the body could cause this?

The sides of the tongue are red, indicating liver fire

If you not only have dry mouth but also a bitter taste in the mouth and red eyes, these are all manifestations of excessive liver fire. When there is liver fire, the tongue will turn red, but the redness will be more obvious on the sides. Clinically, taking Longdan Xiegan Pills can clear liver fire. In addition, you can also drink medicinal tea, such as brewing water with kuding tea, chrysanthemum and vitex rotundus. If your face becomes red and your blood pressure rises, you can use Prunella Vulgaris and Uncaria Rhynchophylla to make tea, which can help lower your blood pressure.

Red tip of tongue, heart fire

Generally speaking, a red tongue that is darker than normal is a common symptom of illness, and it indicates that there is heat in the body. The main manifestation of heart fire is a red tip of the tongue, as well as dry mouth, irritability, mouth ulcers, poor sleep, yellow urine, and dry stools. If the heart fire is strong but the symptoms are mild, Daochi San is often used clinically; if the symptoms are severe, Xiexin Decoction can be used, which contains Coptis chinensis, Scutellaria baicalensis, Phellodendron chinense, and Rhubarb. These Chinese medicines have the effect of purging fire.

Red tongue and cough, lung fire

The redness is in the front half of the tongue and is accompanied by cough, dry nose, dry mouth, dry throat, etc., which is generally caused by lung fire. Xiebai San is mainly used to clear lung fire. In addition, because the lungs and large intestine are exterior and interior to each other, many patients with lung heat have constipation. Therefore, during treatment, it is necessary to clear the lung heat and relieve the abdominal gas. You can cut 15 grams of Imperata root, 15 grams of Phragmites root, and 50 grams of white radish into pieces and make soup, which is a very good heat-clearing dish.

Red tongue with yellow fur and bad breath, stomach fire

When the stomach is hot, the entire tongue will be redder. Sometimes the tongue is red with yellow coating, and the yellow will cover the red color, so special attention should be paid. People with excessive stomach fire usually show symptoms such as stomach pain, bad breath, bitter taste in the mouth, and a constant desire to drink water, especially cold water. At this time, it is recommended to try medicine to clear stomach heat. If in addition to stomach pain, there is a feeling of being neither hungry nor bloated, no desire to eat, and dry mouth, it is usually caused by insufficient stomach yin. You can use reed root, dendrobium, adenophora, etc. to nourish stomach yin.

Red tongue with little coating may indicate kidney fire

The above situations all belong to syndrome of excess heat, often with a red tongue and yellow coating. If the tongue is red with little or no coating, it is a syndrome of deficiency-heat. If the tongue is red with little coating and the redness of the tongue is not so obvious, you can use Liuwei Dihuang Pills. Liuwei Dihuang Pills are mainly used to tonify kidney yin. It has three tonifying and three purging effects and is relatively mild. If the degree of tongue redness is more obvious than the former, and is accompanied by hot flashes, night sweats, and the hands always want to be placed on the glass plate, Zhibai Dihuang Pills should be used in this case.

A white tongue is usually caused by spleen deficiency

The normal color of the tongue is light red. The abnormal "pale tongue" symptom manifests as a pale tongue with very little blood. Clinically, a pale tongue indicates qi deficiency and blood deficiency, the most common of which is caused by spleen deficiency. People with weak spleen always feel weak and tired, do not want to eat, have a bloated feeling in the stomach, and have soft and unformed stools. For this situation, you can choose Sijunzi Decoction, Xiangsha Yangwei Pills, etc. If in addition to spleen deficiency, there are also symptoms of insufficient Qi in the middle, mainly manifested by occasional heaviness in the abdomen and frequent loose stools, you can choose Buzhong Yiqi Pills.