Tongue identification relies primarily on the tongue texture as well as the tongue coating, which needs to be combined with the proper way of looking at the tongue.
Tongue quality includes:
Tongue Shen: Tongue Shen is mainly manifested in the glory and moisture and spirit of the tongue. The key is to identify the glory and dryness.
Tongue color: generally can be divided into light white, light red, red, reddish, purple, green several kinds. In addition to light red is the normal tongue color, the rest are the main disease of the color, need to identify.
Tongue shape: refers to the shape of the tongue, including old and young, fat and thin, cracks, teeth marks and other abnormal changes.
Tongue posture: refers to the state of the tongue when it is in motion. Normal tongue posture is the tongue body movement, stretching freely, the rest are the color of the main disease.
Tongue moss includes:
Moss quality; refers to the shape and quality of the tongue moss. Including the thickness of the tongue moss, moist and dry, brown sticky, putrid and greasy and other changes.
Moss color: that is, the color of the tongue moss. Generally divided into white, yellow, gray, black four categories and concurrent color changes, due to the moss color and the nature of the disease and evil related. Observe the color of the moss can understand the nature of the disease.
Look at the tongue way method:
Stretching the tongue posture: open the mouth to fully expose the tongue, stretching the tongue to naturally relax and spread, the tip of the tongue naturally hanging down.
Sequence: Generally look at the tongue moss first, and then look at the tongue texture, according to the order of tongue tip, tongue edge, tongue center and tongue root.
Light: sufficient and soft natural light, avoid strong colored objects, so as not to produce false impression of the tongue color.
Diet: Diet also has a great impact on the tongue, often causing changes in the shape and color of the tongue.
Clinical tongue identification requires a certain clinical basis and experience, combined with the four diagnostics, do not generalize, do not diagnose on your own to avoid misdiagnosis and delay.