Chinese medicine believes that the tongue and internal organs connected through the meridians, the five organs have heat can be caused by the tongue on fire, the treatment should be based on the identification of the five organs and give different Chinese medicine or prescription drugs.
1. Excessive fire in the lungs: the throat is the gateway to the tongue, and the tongue is connected to it. If the fire in the lungs is uploaded through the throat, resulting in the redness of the front part of the tongue, accompanied by symptoms such as dry mouth and nose, coughing, sore throat, etc., scutellaria baicalensis can be given to soak water to drink, and severe symptoms can be given to diarrhea white powder to clear the lungs and remove the fire.
2. heart fire inflammation: tongue is the seedling of heart, if heart fire inflammation through the meridian, cause tongue tip red, also have thirst face red, mouth and tongue sores, irritable insomnia, urine short yellow symptoms, can be given to gardenia soak water to drink, the symptom is serious, can be given to guide the chi powder to clear the heart to lower the fire.
3. Liver and gallbladder fire: Liver pulse complex tongue this, if the liver fire follows the pulse upward reversal, causes the tongue body both sides to be red and swollen, also accompanied by dizziness and distension pain, impatience and irritability, dry mouth and bitter mouth and so on the symptom, may be given to chrysanthemum soak to drink, the symptom is serious may be given to the dragon gallbladder diarrhea liver soup in order to clear and diarrhea the liver and gallbladder fire and heat.
4. Spleen and Stomach Fire: Spleen pulse is connected to the tongue, if the fire of spleen and stomach is uploaded, it will lead to red tongue, yellow and thick tongue coating, accompanied by bad taste in the mouth, elimination of gluten and good hunger (eating a lot of food is also easy to be hungry), constipation, etc., it can be given to Huanglian soak in water to drink, and if the symptom is serious, it can be given to Qinggongshen to clear the fire of the spleen and stomach.
5. Kidney fire inflammation: Kidney meridian runs through the throat and connects to the tongue, kidney fire inflammation leads to swelling and pain at the base of the tongue, accompanied by tinnitus and deafness, lumbar and knee pain and weakness (feeling of lumbar and knee pain and weakness) and other symptoms, can be given to cypress in water, and if the symptoms are serious, can be given to Zhi Bai Di Huang Wan to clear heat and nourish yin.
All of the above medicines should be used under the guidance of a medical professional, and should not be taken on one’s own.