Have you looked at your tongue lately?

Wonder why the doctor always tell you to stick your tongue out? Your doctor looks for abnormalities in its texture, color and motility (the way you move your tongue) that may indicate a problem. Eastern medical philosophy has always been using this method to diagnose general conditions within the human body. The Chinese, for instance, developed a method of analyzing the tongue after noticing that the colorings and texture showed on people's tongues matched conditions they were experiencing elsewhere in their bodies. For example, someone with a poor circulation and suffering from varicose veins would show a purple tongue with black spots. By analyzing your own tongue you can learn a lot about your body. Maybe you heard that when people are doing the Master Cleanse, their tongues turn black or get a thick white coat on it... your body uses the tongue to get rid of all your waste products.

How does the perfect tongue look like? 

Ideally your tongue should be pink, smooth, not too thick or too thin and has a light coating of saliva. There should be NO indentations, discolorations, spots, marks or sensitive points. The texture should be smooth and fleshy and it should also be able to move freely.

Most people get a yellow or white "gross coating" on its surface on a daily basis. Your job is to brush and scrape your tongue at least twice a day. Most importantly in the morning, since your body's waste needs to be removed from your tongue after a night of sleeping. If you are not doing it already, well, then its time to get started. Do you know that NOT brushing or flossing your teeth is a cause for many cancers. Think about it -- your tongue is detoxing and you swallow it back down again.. that is just awful and unacceptable to keep a healthy body.


Tongue diagnoses
Here are different descriptions of your tongue and what they can cause.

 

Tongue description: 

Thin white coating, teeth marks down the sides, pale pink tongue with a few red spots = fatigue, poor appetite, spontaneous sweating, shortness of breath, over-thinking and worrying

Tongue description:
Thin yellow coating, red surface = feel hot, sweat easily, thirsty, constipated, irritable, bad tempered, skin problems.

Tongue description: 
White greasy coating, swollen tongue = bloated, fullness in chest and abdomen, feel heavy and lethargic

Tongue description: 

Purple surface with black spots = cold limbs, varicose veins, painful legs, headaches, chest pain, liver spots, lack of skin lustre

Tongue description: 

Normal with red tip = stressed, tendency to be depressed and upset, unstable emotional state, prone to pre-menstrual tension

Tongue description: 

Red surface with yellow greasy coating = skin problems, urinary infections, clammy skin, angry and uncomfortable

Tongue description: 

Pale pink swollen surface, thick white coating = feels cold easily, always needs warmth, pale complexion, back pain, tendency to panic, emotionally low, potentially impotent, infertile

Tongue description: 

Red surface with cracks, little or no coating = prone to hot flushes, sweats at night, insomnia, irritable, ringing in ears, irregular menstrual cycle

Tongue description: 

Pale surface, little or no coating = dizziness, fatigue, palpitations (abnormal heartbeats, too fast or too slow), poor memory, insomnia, irregular periods


Make sure you check your tongue regularly. It is the key to perfect health. Scrape, floss and brush every day, several times a day. The most important thing for you is to look at your nutrition and everything you put in your mouth. It does not matter if you work out 7 times a week, you will not reach your ultimate YOU if you never watch what you are eating.

When you are a part of BeachFit Moms, you are also a part of the BeachFit Moms Food Log, track what goes in your mouth and you get weekly advice and coaching in how to eat. When you eat properly none of the descriptions above will be you, you will have perfectly normal looking and functioning tongue.