12 Health Problems You Can Identify Using Only Your Tongue

IBS Tongue

The IBS tongue is wet, pale, and smooth, due to the reduced stomach acid in the stomach, in an attempt to protect the intestinal wall from further irritation.

Spinal Or CNS Stress Tongue

Chronic stress in the central nervous system and spinal stress due to injury leads to a deep crack running down the center of the tongue.

Malabsorption Tongue

A clear sign of malabsorption is a tongue with visible teeth marks on the sides, discolored on the surface.

Ama Tongue

In the traditional Ayurvedic medicine, Ama refers to the accumulation of improperly digested food that in turn clogs the intestinal tract.

This causes the accumulation of a thick coating on the tongue, and if this buildup is on the tongue’s back, it indicates toxic deposits in the large intestine.

Movie Star Tongue

This is the state of a red, moist, and smooth tongue. The tongue becomes red due to the excessive amounts of acid in the body, moist due to the high mucus levels released to protect the stomach lining, and smooth, as a result of the retracted taste buds.

Wet Tongue

A wet tongue can be a result of the excessive levels of Kapha (phlegm) caused by undigested proteins, such as gluten or casein, chronic stress, or severely irritated stomach lining, or intestinal wall.

Stress Tongue

In the case of stress, the tongue becomes dry and has numerous small cracks on the surface.

Therefore, next time you are feeling off balance, just look at your tongue, and you will easily diagnose the cause of it!