Tooth-marked tongue suggests seeing a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) internist or a spleen and stomach doctor.
Tooth-marked tongue refers to the traces of teeth on the edge of the tongue, which belongs to the category of tongue diagnosis in Chinese medicine. Tooth marks are mostly caused by the tongue body being fat and compressed by the edge of the teeth. If the tongue body is pale white and wet, it is cold-damp congestion and dampness; if the tongue body is pale red and there are tooth marks, it is mostly spleen deficiency or qi deficiency.
Dampness is often accompanied by heavy head and body, limbs, head and face edema, skin taut and bright, cough and phlegm, phlegm sticky, abdominal distension, diarrhea, etc. The treatment is suitable for dampness, dampness method.
Spleen deficiency or qi deficiency is often accompanied by shortness of breath, colorless, low voice, timid, fear of cold, hands and feet not warm, do not think of food, indigestion, diarrhea, etc., the treatment is recommended to replenish qi to strengthen the method of the spleen.
Chinese medicine says that “what is inside must be outside”, tongue, tongue coating and other abnormalities often reflect the dysfunction of internal organs, it is recommended to consult a doctor in a timely manner, standardized diagnosis and treatment, do not blindly deal with their own.