Post by Master Kim on Dec 9, 2014 18:54:43 GMT -5
Tongue disease - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongue_disease
Tongue diseases can be congenital or acquired, and are multiple in number. Glossitis is a general term for tongue inflammation, which can have various etiologies, e.g. infection. Considered according to a surgical sieve, some example conditions which can involve the tongue are discussed below.
Congenital
Examples of congenital disorders which affect the tongue include:
![Ankyloglossia]()
Ankyloglossia
Acquired
Vascular, Infective, Traumatic, Autoimmune, Inflammatory, Neurological, Neoplastic, Degenerative, Environmental, Idiopathic.....
Median rhomboid glossitis
Oral cancer on the side of the tongue
Geographic tongue (benign migratory glossitis)
Tongue diseases can be congenital or acquired, and are multiple in number. Glossitis is a general term for tongue inflammation, which can have various etiologies, e.g. infection. Considered according to a surgical sieve, some example conditions which can involve the tongue are discussed below.
Congenital
Examples of congenital disorders which affect the tongue include:
- Ankyloglossia (tongue tie) - where the lingual frenum tethers the tongue to the floor of the mouth. If it interferes with oral hygiene and feeding, frenectomy may be indicated.
- Hypoglossia - congenitally short tongue
- Macroglossia - an abnormally large tongue, seen in some disorders such as Down syndrome (although macroglossia can be an acquired condition as well).
- Choristomata - For example, osseous choristoma of the tongue, a very rare condition characterized by a nodule on the dorsum of the tongue containing mature lamellar bone without osteoblastic or osteoclastic activity. Cartilagenous (chondroid), and glial choristomas may also very rarely occur on the tongue.
Ankyloglossia
Acquired
Vascular, Infective, Traumatic, Autoimmune, Inflammatory, Neurological, Neoplastic, Degenerative, Environmental, Idiopathic.....
Median rhomboid glossitis
Oral cancer on the side of the tongue
Geographic tongue (benign migratory glossitis)
Tongue areas as they correspond to internal organs in Chinese Medicine.
Tongue Diagnosis in Chinese Medicine - www.sacredlotus.com/go/diagnosis-chinese-medicine/get/tongue-diagnosis-chinese-medicine
Put Out Your Tongue! The Role of Clinical Insight in the Study of the History of Medicine - www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3143871/
Only things about oriental medicine will be discussed hereinafter.
Noticed a strange thing yet?
The above tongue diagnosis maps are not identical.
Which one is accurate one?
Bottom one?
OK.
How accurate is the bottom one?
100 %?
I believe that they have been drawn by the people thinking (not knowing) followings.
- Just like every organ has its own five element acupuncture points, tongue might resemble the organ.
That is true.
So does an ear and so can an eyeball.
And, so does a hand, which is the starting point of Korean Hand Therapy (AKA KHT), which was invented in 1970s. - It is impossible to find out what area of tongue has relationship with certain organ by stimulating tongue.
Thus, they would have to make maps by observing people's symptoms and assuming that suspected responsible organ would be related to tongue's appearance. They would have not been able to stimulate organs to find which areas were affected. - Most importantly, many people don't remember if tongue is directly related to heart and small intestine.
Furthermore, spleen has a branch Bonghan Duct connected to tongue.
Bonghan Duct - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primo-vascular_system
Bonghan Channels in Acupuncture - acupuncturetoday.com/mpacms/at/article.php?id=31918
Considering current trends of disease, Ascetic Saahm's formula #1, fostering large intestine with below addition would work just fine.
Subdue SP2 and HT8
Depending on other symptoms of patient, you just have to treat them as well at the same time.
Healthier organs would treat symptoms on tongue.
