Tongue coating

[freddy]

OK, I'm just completing day nine of my first MC and thought I'd share a pic of my tongue when I started (hopefully it'll show up):



As you can see, the white fuzz was awful when I started. It's still there, though much reduced after doing nine days. One of my employees continued going for another 5 days beyond the 10 and saw no further changes, with some whiteness continuing to show. I'm not really worried about my tongue turning completely pink my first time around; I set out to do ten days and that'll be that. Maybe more next time (I plan to do this every six months), but I'm pretty happy with my results thus far. For me, I'm just satisfied with the incredible sense of accomplishment I've gotten from making it to the end of this and my attitude change on food and eating in general. It's almost like being reborn!

[Guest]

The last time I fasted my tounge developed sores almost like blisters. Does anyone know what that's about. Also when I fast I have very lucid dreams and I don't mind it at all. There very interesting. Is this common?

[heidichu]

What if the coated tongue is just from the acidity of the lemons all damn day in our mouth!??????

....and we are ALL just "falling for it" that: OH IT's GOTTA BE TOXINS escaping!?
:/

Does anyone have some kind of proof or ANYTHING more descriptive of WHY our tongue does this????

[heidichu]

omg u all:
look:
from what peter put up from a website:
http://beyondwellbeing.com/herbs/tongue-diagnosis.shtml

"A dirty white coating is the same as a light yellow coating. This indicates some low-grade heat in either your entire body such as a low grade fever or in your digestive system in particular. This could also be something as meaningless as having just drunk some tea or coffee. Or it could indicate some stagnation in your digestion such as what happens when you eat to much.

It could also indicate that your cold is becoming a flu or that you are developing a fever or that you like yellow colored candy."



Okay so of course we have low-grade heat in our body, cause we're fasting. and look it even says IN OUR DIgestive system.. Yea... we aren't digesting ~is why our tongues are like this. lol. i dont know guys. I am quitting on day 10!!!! i dont care if my tongue's not pink yet anymore!

what do you guys thinK!??

[karan]

Hi all,
I have had a white tongue coating since the past 3 years. It could have started due to chronic indigestion / IBS. When I showed it to my general physician last year he said it was nothing, and so did the gastroentrologist who told me to forget that I had a coated tongue. They refused to look at it holistically, saying the tongue has nothing to do with the rest of the body. Online the most common diagnosis for white coated tongue was candida yeast overgrowth in the body which I am not very sure about and there were several sites which had a saliva test. I also have a dry mouth which makes it worse. I have tried brushing but the coating does not go away, maybe temporarily. My mouth feels dry and parched by the end of the day. I am trying to drink more water but i do not feel very thirsty either.

I have started considering a fast because it maybe too many toxins in the body and abdomen. I also looked at bowel cleansing and elimination diet by Dr. Bernard Jensen. I then came across the Master Cleanser which has a mention of the furry coated tongue as a part of the detox process. My tongue is coated palish white slightly away from the front, with some tiny red dots at the tip and sometimes has a crack along the middle. It is sometimes more, or less, coated. It may depend on what I ate but I am not sure.

I went to the chinese medicine website posted by Peter and it seems I have some spleen and liver problems associated with IBS. At least it looks at the tongue as a mirror of problems in the body. I am now considering doing a lemonade fast and then going to a chinese medicine practitioner or naturopath for advice.

My questions are:
1. Would an acupuncturist be able to advice on chinese medicine?
2. Are there any people in the new york or brooklyn area (or anywhere else for that matter) with similar problems for a support and healing group? I work in the corporate world and the work stress is high and one of the causes of the problems. I am 34, indian, male.
3. Are there people on the bulletin board who have had similar problems and are on the lemonade diet because of this?

Thanks, and I hope to hear from you.
Peter, any advice would be very helpful.

[kathleen42]

hi everyone. I'm on day 16. this is my second time on MC. my tounge in very coated even after 16 days. I am hungry and wonder why my tounge isn't better. i am feeling like i should stay with it until my tounge is pink again. is this correct? my husband is on it too. although he continues to chew and swallow his DIP. his tounge has not gotton too bad with coating but seems to get worse when he dosesn't take a chew. what can YOU tell him about that? thanks kathleen

[rawmom]

Hi kathleen,

Have faith -- your husband may quit. Mine had a 20-year addiction to Copenhagen Chew. He chewed on and off through the first 20 days. On his 20th day, he quit! It's been 4 months now and no more chew.

The Master Cleanse is good for breaking addictions.

As for the tongue, I came here because I'm on my 20th day today, my tongue is still pink but I think I need to eat something -- I'm getting really tired and exhausted am am not able to function quite normally.

I will say though that I have asthma and the past 3 days, I can feel it unlayering and kicking out so with that, i feel motivated to continue -- just don' t know if I should.

I have a weird craving -- Shiitake Mushrooms with sesame oil and braggs!

RAWMOM

[rawmom]

Oh Kathleen,

Wanted and forgot to say that my husband -- it took him 20 days on the cleanse to quit the chew. Then he went to 50 days! So 30 days without chewing before he broke his fast with green smoothies for 10 days. IT seemed to do the trick.

RAWMOM

[sonia_m]

Hi all,

I am new to the forum but I have been checking it out for a few days. I am so glad that I checked it today in reference to the tongue coating. I started my MC four days ago and this morning I looked at tongue and it was scarey! I started looking up explanations on the internet but then I got on the forum and realized that I was not alone. The first two days of the cleanse were fine but the third day I went nuts with hunger. I felt like a drug addict. I felt as if I was loosing my mind, Yes I must admit I fell apart and had some broth followed my some globe grapes. So I guess that means that I am having to start over today. Is that true?? Will one day really throw my diet off?

I was a bit upset with myself especially after going to the bathroom following my eating and saw that my body just released some unbelivable things from my intestines. Please somebody tell me that I will not have to start over in counting my 10 days!!

I must explain that I got back a week ago from vacation in Jamaica and had consumed quite a bit of food!! I am still feeling hungry but I am determined not to fall off again. Help!

[winterwatson]

Hello All.

I am on day 13 and this is my second cleanse this year but I have done several in the past. My tounge has never gotten completely clear on any of my past cleanses. I am motivated to continue till my tounge gets clear this time.

I am writing because my tounge is still very coated and I am discouraged. I'm wondering if my tounge will ever get clear. Would really appriciate any support about clear tounges. I know myself, I get discouraged and then I quit. I consider myself pretty healthy. Maybe I have been worse off than I realized

-Winter