Tooth tongue: Tooth tongue is seen at the edge of the tongue body.
Main diseases and research: Tooth-marked tongue is mostly caused by the hypertrophy of tongue body, which makes the tooth margin oppressed, so it often appears with fat tongue, belonging to spleen deficiency leading to deficiency syndrome. If the tongue is light and moist, it will be full of cold and dampness due to spleen deficiency.
The reason why the tip of the tongue has teeth: it is mostly due to spleen deficiency, which can not transport water and dampness, and the dampness is blocked by the tongue, so it is fat and big, and it is squeezed by the dentition to form scars. Therefore, tooth marks often appear with fat and tender tongue coating. On the one hand, due to tongue edema, it belongs to yang deficiency and spleen dampness, on the other hand, it belongs to spleen deficiency and qi deficiency.
Toothed tongue is the main disease:
-pale and moist with tooth marks, which is cold and wet;
-reddish with tooth marks, belonging to spleen deficiency or qi deficiency;
-The mouth is red and swollen, and there are teeth marks on the edge, which are mostly caused by damp heat and phlegm;
In short, it can be divided into qi deficiency and yang deficiency:
(1) Qi-deficiency type: weak temper, with main symptoms: tongue quality, thin and white fur, fat and tender tongue body, teeth marks on the edge of tongue, pale or wilting face, short breath, lazy speech, heavy head and swollen body, fatigue, spontaneous sweating, loss of diet, abdominal distension after eating, nausea and vomiting, loose stool, and weak pulse. Treatment principle: tonify the middle energizer and replenish qi.
(2) Yang deficiency type: dominant: white tongue, moist tongue surface, or watery tongue surface, round tongue body, fat and tender tongue body with teeth marks on the edge. Pale or dull complexion, mental fatigue, thirst, anorexia, abdominal pain, warm Fang Shu, cold stomach, cold limbs, loose stool, or edema and deep pulse. Treatment principle: Warming the heart and tonifying yang.
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