Chinese medicine sees the tongue?

In traditional Chinese medicine, we can judge whether patients have cold syndrome or heat syndrome by observing the color, size, thickness, elasticity and sublingual collaterals of the tongue.

1. Tongue color: The tongue of healthy people is reddish. If the color is too light and white, it means that there is cold or insufficient blood in the body; If the color is red, it means that there is heat in the body; If it is dark purple, it means there is blood stasis in the body.

2. The size of the tongue: the tongue is fat, mostly related to water and phlegm; Pale tongue is the manifestation of deficiency of qi and blood, while pale tongue and red dryness are the manifestations of yin deficiency and internal heat.

3. Thickness of tongue coating: Normal tongue coating is pale pink, thin and even. If the tongue coating is wet and sticky, it is a sign of heavy moisture. If the tongue coating is yellowish brown, it means that the internal heat is heavy.

4. Flexibility: When the body has problems, the tongue will become very dull and slurred speech will occur.

5. Sublingual vein: The hypoglossal vein is invisible or weakly visible in normal people. If the hypoglossal veins are very obvious, it means that there is congestion in the body and the blood circulation is not smooth.

Specific how to treat, not only look at the tongue, but also need to combine comprehensive judgment such as pulse diagnosis.