Tongue coating and smell

integral · Post by **integral** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:20 am

I visited a Chinese medicine store from time to time to get some herbs there. Its owners determine health conditions by looking at the tongue coating. They say that everyone should have a tongue coating (there's a purpose for it, etc), and I never had it. They thought it was due to some liver problem in me. They laughed when I told them that I clean my tongue every morning.

Well, the main moments of this story are:

1. White tongue coating is common and is probably not a sign of a disease.
2. There was rotten egg (though not too strong) smell from both of their mouths. LOL

wnaysha · Post by **wnaysha** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 4:23 pm

hi integral,

OMG! That is exactly what I wanted to do yesterday, I wanted to open a new topic on tongue coating, n actually open a poll about it, cz I read an article about how chinese ppl can tell ur health problems by looking at ur tongue.

never_bn_kissed · Post by **never_bn_kissed** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 3:04 am

i'm very interested in tongue coating. if i dont clean and scrape my tongue at least twice a day, i get this horribly thick white coating over the whole surface, and my sense of smell gets very poor

what's weird is i can't directly smell my own bb when breathing, but when i wake up in the morning or go back into my room, i can smell it very strongly on my pillow, because i think its really concentrated in my saliva.

popaloo · Post by **popaloo** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 2:05 pm

Hi there, i clean my tounge in the morning and at night. I get a yellow coating from the middle, right to the back of my tounge.
I have constant post nasal drip which is what i blame for the bacteria on my tounge.
At the moment i am seeing a homeopath to try the natural way of getting some relief. Its not making a difference at present mind and i have been going for over six months. She has this tounge chart with pictures of various coatings on tounges and like you say wnaysha it is supposedly a diagnosis of various conditions in the body. Mine corresponds to liver problems which might be well founded as i was a binge drinker for many years

wnaysha · Post by **wnaysha** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 3:10 pm

hi popaloo,

I stopped eating dairy products for a week and my tongue coating went away-my bb reduced--my stomach discomfort/bloating was also reduced, and last night I had a lil bit of cream cheese, n my tongue coating/bloating came back, so i went n bought 2 gallons of soy milk to completely eliminate all dairy products from my diet.

integral · Post by **integral** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 3:07 pm

wnaysha, do you mean that if you eat whatever that contains milk as a minor ingredient can cause the ****ing coating to become thicker?

popaloo · Post by **popaloo** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 5:43 pm

I agree with the tounge coating being more pronounced when dairy is consumed but i also get this when i take soya milk

I think it must be the protein content, i dunno.
I have tried cutting dairy out of my diet (and it is so difficult!, i didnt realise all the foods that contained milk or milk based products), but it didnt seem to make my breath any better.
I have just ordered a neti-pot to see if it can help with the post nasal drip.

klif · Post by **klif** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 6:10 pm

I don't know for sure, but i think that lack of saliva is connected with liver

Bilirubin? Does it means anything to you? Mine is high, and also i have yellow eyes...this is liver guilt. Liver can't find strength to get solve out the bilirubin. High bilirubin itself is not dangerous but maybe it's somehow related with BB

integral · Post by **integral** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 9:19 pm

popaloo, do you mean most grocery items contain milk in them?

wnaysha · Post by **wnaysha** » Fri May 01, 2009 3:56 am

yes integral,

in my case, most of the tongue coating was because of dairy products, I am not coating free now, but it has reduced tremendously.

and yes it is related to liver for some reason, my GI dr told me my bb could be bcz of bile, so i'm still doing more research on irritable bowel syndrome, bile reflux, serotonin, and spasms.

integral · Post by **integral** » Fri May 01, 2009 4:06 am

wnaysha, it's good that you know where the root cause is. However, your bb mustn't be fecal, must it?

wnaysha · Post by **wnaysha** » Fri May 01, 2009 4:15 am

amm, yes, kind of, it is fecal I think.

i found this site for ibs sufferers, and most of the sufferers had bb, I will share it with everyone when my exams r over.

integral · Post by **integral** » Fri May 01, 2009 4:22 am

I heard that bb connected with liver is very distinct.

wnaysha · Post by **wnaysha** » Fri May 01, 2009 4:54 am

I will explain the connection in detail, but, when my exams are over, lol.

I have so much to share integral, but I want work on it a little more, to make it a better source of info for everyone.