Part 2: Coating
A mirror is your best friend!
Some people are vain and love looking at
themselves in a mirror. (Of course, that doesn’t apply to any of us.) People spend a fair amount of time fine-tuning their skin, eyebrows, makeup, or
hair in the mirror. Here is one thing you can do in a mirror that will serve
your health.
Look at your tongue. It’s easy. Stick out
your tongue and look at it. What do you see? Does it change through the day? If
it consistently shows abnormalities, get it checked out.
In December, we started sharing insights from
ancient Chinese Medicine to help us learn what the tongue can show us about our
health. This time we will show tongues that pertain to the coating.
Tongues can have various types of coatings
that reflect the effectiveness of our digestion. Our tongue can have…
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a normal coating…
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| a patchy coating… |
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| the lack of a coating… |
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a dark brown coating…
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a thick coating…
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If the digestion is not working as well as it should, the tongue will have an abnormal coating. There are many and rather complex reasons our tongue coatings can be abnormal. The key is to get yourself checked by an acupuncturist if the coating is not normal. In the early stages of change in the tongue, it is usually easy to fix.
Health preserved is worth
more than money saved. Our quality of life is a precious commodity. Without
health, our life is a deep trial. Stay healthy, stay happy, stay strong. Watch
your tongue to gauge the integrity of your digestion.
-Dr. Olson
-Dr. Olson
