"Teeth marks on the edge of the tongue is a sign of Qi deficiency - the Chinese medicine term for life vitality," the 38-year-old founder of Kun Health claims. She says the common symptoms include ...

“An indigo- or violet-colored tongue indicates vascular and gastrointestinal issues or asthma.” Al-Naji says his proposed imaging system mimics the traditional Chinese medicine practice of ...

Tongue reading may seem like new age woo woo to the uninitiated, but it’s one of the main tenets for diagnosis within Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), a practice going back about 3,000 years.

it has actually been used in traditional Chinese medicine since around 1115. Understanding the value of a good tongue analysis, researchers from from Middle Technical University (MTU) in Iraq and ...

How did he know all this without examining me? He didn’t even look at my tongue, which is typical of a traditional Chinese medicine, or TCM, “tongue and pulse consultation,” I learned from a ...

When it comes to diagnosing ailments, traditional Chinese medicine and other practices often turn to the tongue for clues. Based on its color, shape, and thickness, the muscle can reveal a number ...

More information: Mengyao Duan et al, Feasibility of tongue image detection for coronary artery disease: based on deep learning, Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine (2024). DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2024 ...

This branch of alternative medicine is now so well accepted that it is being introduced in some Swiss hospitals. In some ...