Ayurvedic Tongue Analysis – Part 2

Tongue analysis can be a valuable tool as a massage therapist or for anyone in the healing industry.

Benefits of Tongue Diagnosis:

• The greatest advantage is its value in self-diagnosis and monitoring one’s state of health on a daily basis.

• The beauty of Tongue Diagnosis is in it’s simplicity and immediacy.

• Determines one’s unique inherited constitution.

• Assesses a person’s current health condition.

• Determines one’s unique inherited constitution.

• Used as an early detector for disorders in the body.

• Informs the practitioner about the underlying cause of disease.

• Is an accurate way of determining what is happening in the digestive system: liver, stomach, spleen, small and large intestines.

• Reveals the stage and progression of a particular illness.

• Shows the quality of the individual’s energy production.

• Reflects the quality of the circulation of prana, blood, bodily fluids and essence.

• Reveals the quality and balance of the five elements as revealed within the organs and overall body chemistry.

• Determines the acid-alkaline pH balance.

• Mirrors the condition of the bodily fluids, function of the organs, strengths and depth of the pathogenic factors in the body.

• Assists in determining the cause of illness.

• Reveals the emotional aspects relative to the constitution.

• Pathological processes for disorders that war full of contradictions are quickly clarified.

(Ayurvedic Tongue Diagnosis by Walter “Shantree” Kacera, D.N., Ph.D)

Ancient indigenous cultures all practiced daily tongue scraping to remove toxins and increase their immunity. Using a tongue scraper has been shown to be more effective than a toothbrush, dental floss or mouthwash and it doesn’t make one gag or dry the mouth in the way alcoholic mouth rinses can. This doesn’t mean you should throw away your floss and toothbrush, but brushing your tongue with a toothbrush isn’t nearly as effective as using a tongue scraper.

The medical community once thought halitosis was attributed more to tooth decay or stomach problems but they now concur that bad breath is primarily caused by harmful tongue bacteria that isn’t removed by brushing, flossing, or gargling alone. Bad breath is produced by toxic volatile sulphur compounds (vsc’s) which the Journal of the American Dental Association (Sept., 2000) advises one remove with a tongue scraper.

Continue to Part 3 to learn what tongue coatings and colors mean in Ayurvedic Tongue Analysis