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Allison
I became Obsessed with Finding all the Pieces of the Puzzle
Even after I gave the information to Allison, I just couldn’t rest. As I found more and more pieces of the geographic tongue puzzle, the project expanded and seemed to take on a life of its own.
My report eventually became a book that covers many different tongue problems, because as I looked at them, I began to see how they all fit together like the pieces of a giant jigsaw puzzle.
As I explored the many various tongue problems I found many common denominators and that is why I tell people,
“You really need to read the whole book to understand the secret, and get the big picture on how it relates to health in general.â€
Did you know Your Tongue is like a “Health Meter†for your Body?
One of the mysteries I uncovered while doing my research was that your tongue is actually kind of like a health meter for the body. It seems obvious to me that a healthy body would have a healthy tongue and a weakened body has a sick tongue.
For thousands of years doctors have been asking patients to stick out their tongue and using the signs and conditions they observe to help determine the overall state of the body, but… modern medicine has forgotten most of the reasons doctors over the ages have asked you to stick out your tongue. Now when a Doctor says, “Open wideâ€, he is usually not even looking at your tongue at all, but looking down your throat for signs of “strep’ instead!
If “Your Eyes are the Window to your Soulâ€â€¦
Your Tongue is “the Window to your Digestive Systemâ€
Here’s a fact for you, that you may not have thought about: your tongue is actually the first organ of your digestive system. Your tongue moves the food around so your teeth can chop it up into more easily digested chunks and mixes it with saliva. Plus your tongue is the strongest muscle in your body. Being the first organ of the digestive system and being visible from the outside without fancy scopes and machinery, it is in the unique position of giving us a look at the state of your digestive system.
As I said, the tongue is sort of like the health meter or “gas gauge†for your body. When your body needs something it starts a chain reaction that results in the tongue showing the symptoms. The symptoms could be a white coating, or cracks, or even bald patches with white rings (as in Geographic Tongue). Think of your tongue like a “Gas Gauge†indicating when your body is low on something.
I can’t be out of Gas, the Gauge must be broken
Can you imagine… a crazy lunatic looking down at his gas gauge and it is reading almost empty. At this point he gets extremely upset and starts yelling and screaming and says, “There must be something wrong… I just put Gas in the car 600 miles ago! That gauge is always saying empty!†Or perhaps he says, “I must need a new gas gauge, I shouldn’t need to put gas in it again this week!†or maybe “It isn’t fairâ€.
No, that’s ridiculous, you understand that a logical person, would realize that the gauge isn’t the problem, you just need to go to the station and get more gas.
Right? You know that the gauge is there for your protection, so you won’t run out of gas and your first response is that the gauge is right and you just need more gas. Only after a lot of evidence to the contrary would you consider doubting the gas gauge.
The same is true for your tongue, once you know the secret of reading it, you can know what you need to do to return your whole body to health. I’m sure you can see that just like it is no use blaming the gas gauge for an empty tank…
You shouldn’t blame your tongue for alerting you to a problem with your body!
As a matter of fact, You’re going to become as excited as I am when you discover how paying attention to your tongue can actually point you in the direction of optimal overall physical health.
Searching for Love in all the Wrong Places
Do you remember the old Waylon Jennings song