The shape, color and texture of your tongue can offer valuable insights into your wellbeing, experts say
Once, at a party, a woman said she could tell everything she needed to know about my friend by looking at her tongue. My friend dutifully opened her mouth, and after a few moments of careful examination, the woman declared that my friend needed to take control of her life.
Arguably a more impressive trick would have been to find someone who wouldn’t consider this good advice. But the idea that our tongues hold clues to our wellbeing spans millennia and continents, explains Dr Yanfang Ren, professor at the University of Rochester Institute for Oral Health. In traditional Chinese medicine, for example, different sections of the tongue are associated with different organs.
Continue reading… The shape, color and texture of your tongue can offer valuable insights into your wellbeing, experts sayOnce, at a party, a woman said she could tell everything she needed to know about my friend by looking at her tongue. My friend dutifully opened her mouth, and after a few moments of careful examination, the woman declared that my friend needed to take control of her life.Arguably a more impressive trick would have been to find someone who wouldn’t consider this good advice. But the idea that our tongues hold clues to our wellbeing spans millennia and continents, explains Dr Yanfang Ren, professor at the University of Rochester Institute for Oral Health. In traditional Chinese medicine, for example, different sections of the tongue are associated with different organs. Continue reading… Well actually, Health & wellbeing, Life and style
