What is your tongue telling you?

Hmmm... what craziness could this post be about... I am sure you are all wondering.  Well some fun facts that the tongue can tell us about the state of health within our bodies.  It is an important indicator of health.  The tongue like the feet, hands, ears and eyes can give you an assessment of the organs of the body.  The very tip correlates to the heart, just behind that is the lungs, the right side shows us what is going on in the gallbladder, and the left side the liver.  The very center is representative of the condition of the stomach and spleen, and the back is the kidneys, intestines, bladder, and womb.

Crack down the middle of your tongue?  This is and indication of a weak stomach and digestion.  More often than not people with this are depleted of nutrients.  Can be bloated after eating and lack energy during mid day.  What do we do about this?  Well for starters a digestive enzyme with your meals is great.  Learn how to combine foods.  Stop the soda, and don't drink with your meals.  Foods that are nourishing for the stomach are artichokes, avocados, carrots, millet sprouts, parsnips, rice, squash, sweet potatoes, tofu, turnips, yams, herbal teas (fennel, peppermint, licorice)  Great oils for this are: basil, clary sage,  fennel, grapefruit, ginger, peppermint, lemon, lemongrass, marjoram, orange, oregano, rosemary, wintergreen, digestzen.

Teethmarks around the sides of the tongue? If this is the case for you, you might have intestinal or spleen problems, and probalby are suffering from nutritional deficiency.  If it is your spleen, you probably put up with gas and bloating.  Try some of these foods to nourish the spleen:  Yellow squash, mung beans, kidney beans, alfalfa, lychees, barley, millet, beets, oats, carrots, parsley, celery, parsnips, chicken, pumpkin, fennel, root veggies, fish, sweet potatoes, turnips, yams, foods high in chlorophyll such as leafy greens, algae, kale and chard.  A few herbs and spices to try: garlic, black pepper, ginger, cayenne pepper, ginseng, cinnamon, horseradish, dill, pau d'arco, astragalus. Essential oils for this are: basil, marjoram, ginger, rosemary, and lemon. One other thing you can do is the spleen thump... on both sides just below your sternum and then to the outside of your ribs, tap on both sides, this hits the meridian that runs through the spleen, and will help stimulate the spleen.

There is much more on this, and I will continue with this post throughout the week.