16/04/2026
“Can you just stick your tongue out for me?” 😛
It’s the question (aside from 💩 talk)that makes my clients recoil a little.
BUT…the insights from a simple tongue analysis can be profound and enable me to really SEE what is going on in your body.
In my practice I lean on Ayurvedic readings more than TCM and use my analysis to weave into your Nutrition & Naturopathic plan, traditional Indian medicinal herbs, spices and remedies to restore balance and harmony within the body on an energetic and elemental level.
I even use it on myself! This past week I had been feeling beyond tired, my energy levels on the floor. I took a look at my tongue which looked a little enlarged, scalloped edges, a slightly bluish colour with a deeper middle indentation. I had spleen Qi deficiency and Yin deficiency. There is a dampness and lack of digestive fire that I desperately needed to address to begin to restore balance again. The healthiest diet doesn’t matter if you haven’t the environment to extract nutrients from foods.
I am starting with boiled Coriander whole seeds in water with ginger first thing each morning and will start to implement avoiding cold foods again, opting for rice porridge in coconut milk with mixed spice in the mornings for breakfast, more Tri-doshic curries, trying to make the largest meal of the day in the middle of the day when digestive fire is strongest...
This is alongside the lifestyle adjustments to address..
Even as a Nutritionist, perimenopausal crappy sleep, motherhood, chronic low grade stress and busy schedules can tip things out of balance.
Tongue reading is a powerful tool in my practice. It needn’t always be about expensive Functional Testing to find the answers.
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