Brushing the tongue-tongue diagnosis

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I've noticed a big difference between brushing my tongue and not

brushing my tongue in relation to, of course, tongue diagnosis.

 

My tongue goes from a thick white coating to hardly any. How much

does brushing your tongue effect tongue diagnosis? Did the ancients

take this into account or are we looking at tongue diagnosis from a

modern view incorrectly?

 

Attilio

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Hi Attilio

 

I asked this question to one of my chinese teachers and to a chinese

doctor.

 

They both said that brushing or scraping your tongue should not be

done when a patient comes to visit the doctor (whether it shouldn't

be done at all I'm not sure). Indeed because it changes the way the

surface of the tongue looks and proper diagnosis isn't possible.

 

Alwin

 

Chinese Medicine , " Attilio

DAlberto " <attiliodalberto> wrote:

> I've noticed a big difference between brushing my tongue and not

> brushing my tongue in relation to, of course, tongue diagnosis.

>

> My tongue goes from a thick white coating to hardly any. How much

> does brushing your tongue effect tongue diagnosis? Did the ancients

> take this into account or are we looking at tongue diagnosis from a

> modern view incorrectly?

>

> Attilio