Sat, May-10-03, 09:24
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 185/180/165
BF:
Progress: 25%
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Thanks for all the replies to my yellow tongue querry. I had a physical and full blood panel before starting the Adkins Diet. It showed no health problems beyond the chronicly elevated cholesterol.
I study TCM (traditional chinese medicine) and am aware that a tongue coating can be a sign of yin excess or yang deficiency. If it's yellow it suggests false yang excess. The tongue reflects the state of the heart, in some cases. Last week I took a blow to the chest that bruised a rib but it's on the right side, nowhere near the heart.
In my case it's not a coating, really. I can't brush it away with my toothbrush. Regardless, it seems to be going away. Today the yellow is a stripe along the midline of the tongue, no longer an entirely yellow tongue.
I think it's related to something I've eaten, but I can't think what that could be. Certainly nothing new or different recently. The only new thing is the bruised rib and perhaps the ibuprofen I'm taking for the bruise.
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