What causes purple spots on tongue?

When treating diseases, Chinese medicine emphasizes observation, auscultation, questioning and palpation. Observation means looking at the patient's complexion, tongue coating, and spirit. Among these, looking at the tongue coating is the most helpful for diagnosis and treatment. The tongue coating will have different manifestations depending on the patient's physical condition. For example, purple spots on the tongue are likely caused by liver depression and kidney deficiency. This article provides you with a detailed analysis of what causes purple spots on the tongue.

Tongue coating: light red, red spots, purple spots, thin white greasy tongue coating

Appearance: The tongue is pale pink and fat, with red spots and large purple spots on the edges and tips. The tongue coating is white, greasy and moist.

Main diseases: Warmth and heat entering the blood; heat toxicity invading the heart; dampness and heat accumulating in the blood.

Case: Blood stasis, dampness, heat and blood stasis

Purple spots on the tongue means that the tongue is purple and can be divided into cold and hot. Purple and dry tongue with little fluid indicates excessive heat damaging body fluid, and stagnation of qi and blood. Pale purple or bluish-purple moist skin is mostly caused by cold and blood stasis. Guidance: It is recommended to clearly identify the type during face-to-face consultation with a Chinese medicine practitioner. Keep your mind happy, combine work and rest, and be careful about eating raw, cold and cool foods.

Abnormal tongue patterns that we can take care of ourselves in daily life

Thick tongue coating and bad breath If a person has a thick tongue coating and bad breath all year round, it usually means that there is some minor problem with the stomach. If you don’t feel any other discomfort, you can start by adjusting your diet and daily life. Maintain a regular life, be in a good mood, eat easily digestible food, eat more vegetables and fruits, eat less fatty and fried food, and it is best not to drink alcohol or smoke. After a period of treatment, abnormal tongue coating and bad breath are expected to heal themselves.

The tongue coating is black and sticky. If only this abnormal tongue coating is seen and the tip of the tongue is normal light red, and there is no other obvious discomfort, it is sometimes considered a "staining" phenomenon. The person may have eaten certain foods with coloring or taken certain medications. For example, taking "Livuzol De Le" may cause black tongue coating and black stools; taking antibiotics may sometimes also cause black tongue coating. The above situation is not pathological, so there is no need to be nervous. However, patients with severe stomach problems should be alert if they observe black tongue coating. If the tip of the tongue is dark red or even bluish or purple, it means that the condition is getting worse and they should go to the hospital promptly.

Red tongue, thick tongue coating, constipation. Some people do not have a bowel movement for several days, have bad breath, thick tongue coating, red tips of the tongue, and yellow urine. These are caused by excessive fire. There is excessive heat in the stomach, and turbid air goes up against the flow and fumigates the mouth and tongue, resulting in bad breath, yellow tongue coating, heat damaging body fluids, and loss of moisture in the intestines, resulting in dry and hard stools. At this time, you can take Chinese medicine such as rhubarb, coptis chinensis, scutellaria baicalensis, gardenia, etc. to clear away heat and reduce fire. In terms of diet, you need to avoid alcohol and spicy and hot foods such as peppers, mutton, etc. Eat more vegetables, fruits and light foods, and drink plenty of water.

After knowing what purple spots on the tongue are, if you only have this symptom of purple spots on your tongue, it is generally not recommended that you take Chinese medicine for treatment. You just need to pay more attention to your lifestyle habits in daily life and use diet therapy to treat it. You can eat more kidney-tonifying and blood-activating foods, such as beef, red dates, etc.