How is your health reflected in your tongue?
Remember growing up as a kid, going through a phase of sticking out your tongue–At friends, at parents when they turned their back, at siblings.
Maybe you even put your thumbs in your ears and waved your fingers around saying, “Nah-nah-nuh-boo-boo!” and then stuck your tongue out … and then went running away from your older brother, sister or babysitter.
Shoot, sometimes you might STILL feel like sticking out your tongue… at your boss, at your significant other, at your email.
Along the way in life most of us learned to suppress that urge (thank goodness).
I bet you’ve had Dr. Ana tell you, “Let me see your tongue. Stick it out. …..Farther. Hmmm. Mmm. Yes, that looks about right.”
A large part of confirming a Chinese Medicine diagnosis is based on the appearance of your tongue. On the chart you can see the state of your own health, and confirm your idea of how you’re feeling, by looking at your tongue.
So… here’s your chance… Stand in front of a mirror and stick out your tongue! Then compare it to the chart and see if it matches how you’re feeling.*
Though this is not meant for diagnosis or treatment purposes, if you don’t like what you see, it’s more than likely that you need an acupuncture treatment to improve your health.
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