Cleft tongue
Introduction
Introduction Tongue crack, name of the disease. See "Jing Yue Quan Shu· Miscellaneous Cards": "Heart heat is cracked and sores." This disease is caused by inflammation of the heart. Symptoms of tongue rupture and painful dry mouth. Expelling the heart and clearing the fire. Add and subtract with Huanglian Jiedu Decoction, Zhichi San, etc. It is caused by the pain of Yin and Jin, causing dry mouth and throat, and the tongue is cracked and sputum. You can choose Ganluyin, Yangyin Qingfei Decoction or Liuwei Dihuang Decoction. See the sore on the tongue. The tongue is called the cracked tongue in the stomatology department. It is characterized by the formation of deep grooves on the back of the tongue. The grooves are arranged in the direction of the veins, and some are like the brain lines, so they have the tongue and the tongue. Generally no symptoms, the number of normal nipple fissures in the deep back of the tongue is not necessarily the same. It is easy to store dirt in the fissure and cause congestion and edema. Mild discomfort or sting in irritating food. The reason why the tongue cracked patient is distressed is that the tongue is not easy to clean, which leads to infection discomfort.
Cause
Cause
First, the heat is full of stagnation and stagnation, and the qi is smoldering. Fiery intrusion, heart fire on the heart, and the heart is open to the tongue, the tongue is the seedling of the heart. The heart fire follows the inflammatory tongue. The blood of the sarcolemma is heated by the heat and swells. Or because of the simple taste of spicy and fat, heat and fire, stomach fire rises, the stomach is burnt and the tongue is chapped.
Second, the yin deficiency fire and long-term disease disorders, atrioventricular irregularities or emotional internal injuries caused by liver and kidney yin deficiency. Because the liver and kidney Yin fluids are mutually dependent. If the liver is yin, it will be hidden in the kidney. If the kidney is overcast, it will be nourishing the liver and water. Therefore, there is a saying that "the liver and kidney are homologous." This liver yin deficiency can be under the kidney yin, so that the kidney yin deficiency, kidney yin deficiency can not be on the liver and liver, causing liver yin deficiency, and because of the foot Shaoyin kidney through the tongue, foot sputum Yin liver meridian tongue. Therefore, Yin Huowang caused the tongue to be yin and numb, the essence was not honored, and the tongue appeared cracked.
Third, the spleen is not transported due to unbalanced diet, overworked or other acute and chronic diseases. Injury to the temper, resulting in insufficient temper. The digestion is slow and the delivery is subtle. The spleen is the foundation of the day after tomorrow, the source of qi and blood biochemistry, lack of temper. Both qi and blood deficiency, can not support the temperature of the tongue, so that the body fluid can not reach, so that the tongue is dry and cracked.
Examine
an examination
Related inspection
Oral endoscope
Tongue pain, dry mouth and bitterness. Upset, poor stomach, or bothering tinnitus. Dizziness, weak waist and knees, red or dry tongue, loose stools, yellow urine, fine pulse.
Diagnosis
Differential diagnosis
1. Riboflavin deficiency disease: mainly characterized by angular keratitis, glossitis and scrotal inflammation, but severe tongue can form a fissure, such as a cerebral striate.
2. Tobacco acid deficiency disease (pellagra): There is melanin deposition on the exposed skin of the tongue and the back of the hand. Red tongue, baldness, edema, then shrink, crack, can form irregular deep cracks.
3. Psoriasis: Tongue cracking can also be a sign of psoriasis. This type of tongue crack is the same as the change of psoriasis on the slice, that is, the epithelial nail is elongated, and the connective tissue nipple is high and close to the surface, so it is easy to bleed.
4. Allergic glossitis: drugs, spices, candy, toothpaste, etc. may cause glossitis. Red tongue, edema, sensitive, and can form a cracked tongue. If you can find allergens, after you stop, you can recover in about one month.
5. Acquired cracked tongue, if the cause can be found, the treatment target is relatively clear. However, some patients are difficult to find the cause in the clinical, but vitamin therapy is not effective, still need to closely observe and further research.
