How does Chinese medicine treat cleft tongue?

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There are cracks on the tongue, which are transverse, longitudinal, herringbone and well shaped《 Qian Jin Fang. Heart pulse theory says: heart is solid, internal heat, mouth open tongue break, so Sun Simiao called it tongue break. Cleft tongue is generally heat syndrome. Common in the late stage of warm heat disease, evil heat for a long time, heat toxin burning body fluid, Yin fluid injury, or long-term treatment, viscera loss, Yin fluid consumption injury, or body Yin deficiency, eating warm and dry things by mistake, leading to Yin injury. Exogenous febrile disease is characterized by exuberance of pathogenic heat, internal transmission of pathogenic heat to Yangming, accumulation of Qi in the stomach and intestines, transformation of dryness into excess, body fluid damage and cleft tongue. So how to treat cleft tongue? I'd like to share my views with you.

How does Chinese medicine treat cleft tongue?

First of all: Yang Ming solid heat: cracked tongue, yellow and dry fur, body heat, sweating, hot and irritable, thirsty, like drinking, constipation, abdominal distension, even delirium, touch the bed with clothes, pulse flood or heavy. Rhubarb 15g, Magnolia officinalis 15g, Fructus aurantii 15g, mirabilite 10g, Radix Rehmanniae 20g, Radix Ophiopogonis 15g, Radix Scrophulariae 25g. Take it three times a day.

Secondly: Yin deficiency: cracked tongue, no moss, red tongue, little body fluid, dry mouth, emaciation, five heart trouble and heat, or bleeding spots, pulse count. Water buffalo horn 15g, raw land 25g, peony bark 15g, red peony each 15g, Ophiopogon japonicus 25g, Scrophularia ningpoensis 30g, Glehnia littoralis 25g. Take it three times a day.

Finally: related prescriptions; In fact, most of the traditional Chinese medicine for the treatment of cleft tongue is the medicine for regulating the constitution, such as Astragalus membranaceus, Pseudostellaria heterophylla and Polygonatum. Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, Poria cocos, Dioscorea opposita, lentils for invigorating spleen and appetizing; Radix Glehniae, Dendrobium, Radix Ophiopogonis for nourishing yin and clearing heat. Among the many drugs, astragalus, yam, Mahonia leaf and Agrimonia pilosa have a commendable effect on repairing cleft tongue.

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At the same time, we should pay attention to diet and daily life. We should have enough water, fruits and vegetables every day, go less to public places, reduce the incidence of cold, and eat more protein rich foods, such as milk, eggs, fish, lean pork, etc., which contain more zinc, which is also helpful for the improvement of cleft tongue.