In ancient costume plays, doctors always ask patients to stick out their tongue when they see a doctor. It can be seen that in traditional Chinese medicine theory, the tongue is an important voucher to judge whether a person is healthy or not. The color and shape of the tongue will reveal the health status of the body owner. The more common situation is the blackening of the tongue. Today, Xiaobian will talk to you about the blackening of the tongue and comprehensively answer the problem that puzzles many people.
First of all, we need to understand that the blackening of the tongue is actually the blackening of the tongue coating, which is thin but evenly distributed small particles on the tongue surface. Most people's tongue is black because they get angry, that is, people often say that the 'anger' in the body is too heavy, which is often accompanied by symptoms of elevated body temperature. Some patients with gastrointestinal diseases are prone to blackening of the tongue, and blackening of the tongue will also occur when the condition of some patients with major diseases worsens. Generally speaking, the blackening degree of the tongue in this case is very serious, and we should actively seek medical treatment.
In addition to getting angry or suffering from major diseases, when a person's mental state is highly tense for a long time, his tongue will be blackened. If it is a group that often stays up late and has no guarantee of sleep, it will also have a blackened tongue. In addition, it is common for 'smokers' who often smoke to have their tongue blackened. Therefore, we should keep a relaxed and pleasant mood, ensure good sleep quality and try not to smoke, so as to avoid the blackening of the tongue to a great extent.
Another kind of black tongue is very simple. After eating some black food or drugs, the tongue will also be 'dyed' black, such as black sesame paste, coke and compound licorice tablets. However, there is no need to worry about this situation. As long as you rinse your mouth with some water, it will soon disappear. It can be seen that we should pay attention to the first two situations. We can't think that the blackening of the tongue is just a small problem, so we ignore the early warning issued by the body.