Table of Contents WHAT IS THIS BOOK?..........................................................................................................................................9 WHO AM I?...............................................................................................................................................................9 MOTORCYCLING AND ELEPHANTS..........................................................................................................................10 RIDING EVERY KIND OF TRANSPORTATION KNOWN TO MAN....................................................................................11 JUNGLES, LAKES, VOLCANOES AND MAYAN RUINS..................................................................................................11 AERIAL ADVENTURES............................................................................................................................................11 THE EMERALD ISLE...............................................................................................................................................11 CROSSROADS OF THE WORLD.................................................................................................................................11 NOT ALL ADVENTURES ARE FUN!............................................................................................................................12 LIFE HAS BEEN A MAGNIFICENT ADVENTURE...........................................................................................................12 WHAT DOES ALL THIS TRAVEL HAVE TO DO WITH A BOOK ON TONGUE HEALTH?....................................................13 TIM AS A NEXIALIST...............................................................................................................................................13 WORLDWIDE HEALTH EXPERIENCES.......................................................................................................................14 INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................................................................15 THE SEARCH FOR HEALTH......................................................................................................................................15 THESE YOUNG PUNKS DIDN’T HAVE A CLUE….........................................................................................................15 I REFUSED TO ADMIT THAT I WAS DYING!................................................................................................................15 "A LITTLE THING LIKE A LIBRARIAN WASN’T GOING TO STOP ME!"..........................................................................16 VICTORY! I WAS INSIDE.........................................................................................................................................16 "DOCTORS AREN’T INTERESTED IN PROMOTING HEALTH…"...................................................................................16 IT’S B-A-A-A-CK…................................................................................................................................................17 WHAT I LEARNED..................................................................................................................................................17 DID YOU KNOW…..................................................................................................................................................17 HERE’S A QUESTION FOR YOU….............................................................................................................................17 A HIDDEN EPIDEMIC...............................................................................................................................................18 DON’T GIVE ME THAT GARBAGE. I WANT SOME HELP!.............................................................................................18 TONGUE PROBLEMS MAY INDICATE A SERIOUS CONDITION......................................................................................19 HOW CAN MY SEARCH FOR HEALTH HELP YOU?.......................................................................................................19 NO ONE CARES ABOUT YOUR HEALTH LIKE YOU DO!...............................................................................................19 IT IS UP TO YOU......................................................................................................................................................20 IT’S YOUR LIFE… YOU HAVE TO TAKE IT BACK! TAKE CONTROL, GET THE ANSWERS! YOU CAN DO IT AND THIS BOOK WILL HELP!..................................................................................................................................................20 ADDRESSING THE SYMPTOM (YOUR TONGUE) WILL NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM!.......................................................20 LET’S GET STARTED-.............................................................................................................................................21 Is there another way to look at the problem?.....................................................................................................21 I am glad that you have decided to listen...........................................................................................................21 DON’T GIVE UP-.....................................................................................................................................................21 DO YOU REALLY WANT TO GET BETTER?.................................................................................................................22 JUST DO IT!............................................................................................................................................................22 THERE IS HOPE!.....................................................................................................................................................23 Step 1: You must commit to learning.................................................................................................................23 Step 2: Embark on a journey to health...............................................................................................................23 THE ROAD TO HEALTH AND HAPPINESS… FOR YOU.................................................................................................23 Ready? Let’s find out!......................................................................................................................................23 CHAPTER 1 WHERE’S YOUR FOCUS?..............................................................................................................24 SICK CHILDREN USE THEIR IMAGINATION TO HEAL..................................................................................................24 THINK OF STRONG HEALTHY TONGUES....................................................................................................................25 WHAT DOES A HEALTHY TONGUE LOOK LIKE?.........................................................................................................25 CHAPTER 2 BASIC TONGUE STRUCTURE......................................................................................................27 TOP OF TONGUE.....................................................................................................................................................27 BOTTOM OF TONGUE..............................................................................................................................................28 MUSCLES OF THE TONGUE.....................................................................................................................................29 NERVES OF THE TONGUE........................................................................................................................................29 WHAT IS YOUR MOTIVATION?................................................................................................................................30 CHAPTER 3 WHAT CAN GO WRONG WITH A TONGUE?...........................................................................31 MEDICAL QUESTIONS:...........................................................................................................................................33 CHAPTER 4 GEOGRAPHIC TONGUE IS A SYSTEMIC PROBLEM...........................................................35 SEVERAL POSSIBLE CAUSES OF GEOGRAPHIC TONGUE............................................................................................36 SOLUTION FOUND…..............................................................................................................................................36 THEN LOST AGAIN.................................................................................................................................................37 METHODS OF ABSORBING VITAMINS.......................................................................................................................37 THE PROBLEM WITH VITAMINS..............................................................................................................................38 GEOGRAPHIC TONGUE: THE BIGGER PICTURE.........................................................................................................39 THE TONGUE IS THE "GAS GAUGE" OF THE BODY...................................................................................................39 TRYING TO ELIMINATE STRESS CAN BE STRESSFUL..................................................................................................40 OTHER WAYS TO REDUCE STRESS ARE:....................................................................................................................41 MORE WAYS TO REDUCE STRESS….........................................................................................................................41 IN ADDITION TO VITAMINS AND REDUCING STRESS WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO?...........................................................42 WHAT ABOUT TOPICAL STEROIDS?.........................................................................................................................42 ANTIHISTAMINES...................................................................................................................................................43 MINERALS.............................................................................................................................................................44 Magnesium.......................................................................................................................................................44 Lithium.............................................................................................................................................................45 Molybdenum.....................................................................................................................................................46 Calcium............................................................................................................................................................46 AMINO ACIDS........................................................................................................................................................46 CANDIDA AND GEOGRAPHIC TONGUE.....................................................................................................................46 PHYSICAL TREATMENT METHODS- BRUSHING OR SCRAPING...................................................................................47 ANTI-BACTERIAL TREATMENTS.............................................................................................................................47 Fluoride............................................................................................................................................................47 Flagyl...............................................................................................................................................................47 Black Walnut Hull Tincture.............................................................................................................................48 Cinnamon.........................................................................................................................................................48 Grapefruit Seed Extract...................................................................................................................................48 Tea Tree Oil.....................................................................................................................................................48 BE CAREFUL WITH FLUORIDE-...............................................................................................................................48 THE PROBLEM WITH TOOTHPASTE.........................................................................................................................49 THREABREATH HELPS GEOGRAPHIC TONGUE.........................................................................................................49 GEOGRAPHIC TONGUE AND FOOD ALLERGIES.........................................................................................................50 OTHER PHYSICAL TREATMENTS-.............................................................................................................................50 NEGATIVE INDICATORS..........................................................................................................................................51 Other Triggers.................................................................................................................................................51 WORKING WITH CHEMICALS.................................................................................................................................51 MERCURY POISONING...........................................................................................................................................52 SIDE ISSUES...........................................................................................................................................................52 CONCLUSION.........................................................................................................................................................52 Vitamins...........................................................................................................................................................52 Reduce Stress...................................................................................................................................................52 Eliminate Candida...........................................................................................................................................52 Fight Bacteria..................................................................................................................................................52 Avoid Triggers.................................................................................................................................................52 Proper Outlook................................................................................................................................................53 THE BASIC GEOGRAPHIC TONGUE FIGHTING SYSTEM IS THIS..................................................................................53 Step one—........................................................................................................................................................53 Step Two—.......................................................................................................................................................53 Step Three—.....................................................................................................................................................53 BEGINNING WITH STEP ONE—...............................................................................................................................53 Vitamins...........................................................................................................................................................53 65% of Americans don't get the minimum daily requirement of Zinc!...............................................................54 STEP 2....................................................................................................................................................................55 STEP 3....................................................................................................................................................................56 FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HYDROGEN PEROXIDE:..............................................................................................56 CHAPTER 5.............................................................................................................................................................57 GEOGRAPHIC TONGUE IN BABIES, TODDLERS AND CHILDREN..........................................................57 IT’S HARD TO HEAR OF ONE SO YOUNG HAVING IT...................................................................................................58 2 YEAR OLD PROBLEM..........................................................................................................................................58 PROPER NUTRITION...............................................................................................................................................58 ECZEMA AND PSORIASIS.......................................................................................................................................58 VITAMIN DOSAGES................................................................................................................................................59 SO HOW DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH WATER IS ENOUGH?.........................................................................................59 OIL SOLUBLE VITAMINS.........................................................................................................................................59 THE RIGHT DOSAGE..............................................................................................................................................59 CONCLUSION.........................................................................................................................................................59 CHAPTER 6 TONGUE FISSURES.......................................................................................................................60 THE TOXIC TRIO: ARSENIC, MERCURY AND POTASSIUM IODIDE................................................................................60 WHERE DID ALL THAT MERCURY GO? IT CAN’T JUST DISAPPEAR!............................................................................61 CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME, DOWN’S SYNDROME AND TONGUE FISSURES........................................................61 PROTEIN MALNUTRITION.......................................................................................................................................61 OTHER SIGNS OF MALABSORPTION.........................................................................................................................62 SIDE EFFECTS OF FISSURED TONGUE.......................................................................................................................62 TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE.........................................................................................................................62 OTHER INDICATORS...............................................................................................................................................63 WATER: ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTES..........................................................................................................................63 DIABETES AND DEHYDRATION...............................................................................................................................64 OTHER SIGNS OF DEHYDRATION.............................................................................................................................64 VITAMIN AND MINERAL DEFICIENCIES...................................................................................................................65 THE UNDERLYING CAUSE OF ALL HEALTH PROBLEMS..............................................................................................65 THE "FRANKENLOUPE".........................................................................................................................................66 PROPER ELIMINATION OF NATURAL FOOD................................................................................................................66 SUMMARY.............................................................................................................................................................66 CHAPTER 7 BLACK TONGUE AND BLACK HAIRY TONGUE....................................................................67 IN A PATIENT’S OWN WORDS:.................................................................................................................................67 CHARACTERISTICS.................................................................................................................................................67 OTHER FACTORS....................................................................................................................................................68 CHAPTER 8 HAIRY LEUKOPLAKIA..................................................................................................................69 THE VIRUS CONNECTION........................................................................................................................................69 TERRAIN AGAIN.....................................................................................................................................................69 NATURAL TREATMENTS.........................................................................................................................................70 CHAPTER 9 CANDIDA.........................................................................................................................................71 SUGAR, CORTISONE AND ANTIBIOTICS!...................................................................................................................72 IS IT SERIOUS?........................................................................................................................................................73 WHAT DO DOCTORS SAY?......................................................................................................................................73 DYING YEAST CAN MAKE YOU SICK AS A DOG!........................................................................................................74 SIDE EFFECTS OF CANDIDA INFECTION....................................................................................................................74 WHAT DO DOCTORS PRESCRIBE?............................................................................................................................74 WHAT ARE TYPICAL "HOME REMEDIES" AND DO THEY WORK?................................................................................75 WHAT SHOULD I EAT?...........................................................................................................................................77 WHAT SHOULD I AVOID?.......................................................................................................................................77 WHAT ARE SOME OTHER RESOURCES FOR DEALING WITH CANDIDA?......................................................................78 WILL I EVER BE TOTALLY FREE OF IT?.....................................................................................................................79 HOW DOES IT RELATE TO OTHER TONGUE PROBLEMS?.............................................................................................79 CHAPTER 10 BURNING TONGUE AND BURNING MOUTH SYNDROME.................................................80 ALL IN YOUR HEAD?.............................................................................................................................................80 STRESS..................................................................................................................................................................80 MAGIC BULLET OBSESSION....................................................................................................................................81 THE BODY’S COMMUNICATION SYSTEM...................................................................................................................81 THE SECRET TO TROUBLESHOOTING.......................................................................................................................82 COMMON THREADS................................................................................................................................................82 15 COMMON COMPLAINTS RELATED TO MERCURY POISONING.................................................................................83 OTHER SIGNS TO WATCH FOR ARE:..........................................................................................................................84 GALVANIC RESPONSE............................................................................................................................................84 CAVITATIONS........................................................................................................................................................85 FINDING THE RIGHT DENTIST.................................................................................................................................86 OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BURNING MOUTH OR TONGUE............................................................................87 THE BEST NATURAL TREATMENT............................................................................................................................87 RECOMMENDED TREATMENTS FROM FELLOW SUFFERERS.......................................................................................88 RECOMMENDED TREATMENTS FROM THE BAD BREATH BIBLE...............................................................................89 BMS AND DRY MOUTH.........................................................................................................................................89 BMS AND ENZYMES..............................................................................................................................................90 BMS AND MINERALS.............................................................................................................................................91 BMS AND HERBS...................................................................................................................................................91 OTHER RESOURCES...............................................................................................................................................91 CHAPTER 11 PIGMENTED TONGUE AND REDUCED ADRENAL FUNCTION........................................92 SYMPTOMS............................................................................................................................................................92 PRIMARY ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY........................................................................................................................94 SYMPTOMS OF AN ADDISONIAN CRISIS....................................................................................................................94 DIFFICULT DIAGNOSIS...........................................................................................................................................94 ACTH stimulation test......................................................................................................................................94 CRISIS TREATMENT................................................................................................................................................94 NORMAL TREATMENT...........................................................................................................................................95 EMERGENCY PREPARATION...................................................................................................................................95 ALL OR NONE.........................................................................................................................................................95 SIDE EFFECTS.........................................................................................................................................................96 NATURAL SUPPLEMENTS.......................................................................................................................................96 FATIGUE AND ADRENAL FUNCTION.........................................................................................................................96 CHAPTER 13 TONGUE COATING.....................................................................................................................98 As far as the white coating…...........................................................................................................................98 IS THERE A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A WHITE TONGUE AND TONSIL STONES?.......................................................98 WHAT TO DO ABOUT YOUR TONGUE........................................................................................................................99 THE TONGUE IS AN INDICATOR OF OVERALL HEALTH..............................................................................................99 DO-IT-YOURSELF DIGESTIVE TEA...........................................................................................................................100 OTHER HERBS TO IMPROVE DIGESTION..................................................................................................................101 Bay (Laurus nobilis).......................................................................................................................................101 Bilberry..........................................................................................................................................................101 Caraway.........................................................................................................................................................101 Cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum)...............................................................................................................101 German Chamomile (Matricaria recutita).......................................................................................................102 Chaparral (Larrea tridentata).......................................................................................................................102 Chickweed (Stellaria media)..........................................................................................................................103 Chicory (Cichorium intybus)..........................................................................................................................103 Cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum)............................................................................................................103 Comfrey (Symphytum officinale)....................................................................................................................103 Cumin (Cuminum cyminum)..........................................................................................................................104 Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)...................................................................................................................104 Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare).........................................................................................................................105 Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum)........................................................................................................105 Gentian (Gentiana lutea)...............................................................................................................................105 Turmeric.........................................................................................................................................................106 MINERAL DEFICIENCIES.......................................................................................................................................106 TONGUE COATING ACCORDING TO TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE....................................................................106 CHAPTER 13 TONGUE SPLITTING & PIERCING.........................................................................................108 CHAPTER 14 VITAMIN DEFICIENCIES CAN CAUSE TONGUE AND MOUTH PROBLEMS.............110 Vitamin deficiencies can cause tongue problems.............................................................................................110 HOW VITAMINS WORK.........................................................................................................................................111 SPECIFIC VITAMIN DEFICIENCY SYMPTOMS............................................................................................................112 Vitamin A.......................................................................................................................................................112 B-Complex containing the "B-Vitamins"........................................................................................................112 Vitamin B1 (thiamine).....................................................................................................................................112 Vitamin B2 (riboflavin)...................................................................................................................................112 Vitamin B3 (niacin).........................................................................................................................................113 Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic acid)..........................................................................................................................113 Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine).................................................................................................................................113 Vitamin B8 (biotin).........................................................................................................................................113 Folic acid.......................................................................................................................................................114 Vitamin B12.....................................................................................................................................................114 Paraaminobenzoic Acid (PABA)......................................................................................................................115 Vitamin C.......................................................................................................................................................115 Vitamin D.......................................................................................................................................................115 Vitamin E.......................................................................................................................................................115 Vitamin K.......................................................................................................................................................115 Inositol...........................................................................................................................................................115 MULTIVITAMIN....................................................................................................................................................115 Essential fatty acids.......................................................................................................................................116 SYMPTOMS AND THEIR POSSIBLE CAUSES:.............................................................................................................116 Bad Breath.....................................................................................................................................................116 Burning, sore tongue......................................................................................................................................116 Cracked lips and corners of the mouth............................................................................................................116 Edema or tooth-marks on tongue.....................................................................................................................116 Enlarged (beefy) tongue or tongue too small...................................................................................................116 Furrowed (cracked) tongue............................................................................................................................116 Receding or bleeding gums (gingivitis)............................................................................................................116 Mouth ulcers, canker sores............................................................................................................................116 Papillae prominent or erased.........................................................................................................................117 Purplish or magenta tongue or lips, or purplish-blue veins under the tongue.................................................117 Scallops around edges of Tongue....................................................................................................................117 Tongue red at tip or edges; whole tongue scarlet red, sore.............................................................................117 Tongue shiny, smooth.....................................................................................................................................117 Tongue strawberry-red tip/sides, beefy............................................................................................................117 White-coated tongue......................................................................................................................................117 White patches on tongue................................................................................................................................117 Yellowish-brown-coated tongue.......................................................................................................................117 TABLE OF VITAMIN SOURCES AND DEFICIENCY SYMPTOMS...................................................................................118 CHAPTER 15 THE OFTEN OVERLOOKED MINERAL DEFICIENCY......................................................125 MINERAL FUNCTIONS AND DEFICIENCY SYMPTOMS...............................................................................................125 Antimony........................................................................................................................................................125 Bismuth..........................................................................................................................................................125 Boron.............................................................................................................................................................125 Calcium..........................................................................................................................................................125 Cesium............................................................................................................................................................126 Chromium......................................................................................................................................................126 Cobalt.............................................................................................................................................................126 Copper............................................................................................................................................................127 Europium........................................................................................................................................................128 Fluoride..........................................................................................................................................................128 Germanium....................................................................................................................................................128 Gold...............................................................................................................................................................128 Iodine.............................................................................................................................................................128 Lanthium........................................................................................................................................................129 Lithium...........................................................................................................................................................129 Magnesium.....................................................................................................................................................130 Manganese.....................................................................................................................................................130 Molybdenium..................................................................................................................................................131 Nickel.............................................................................................................................................................131 Phosphorus....................................................................................................................................................131 Potassium.......................................................................................................................................................131 Praseodymium................................................................................................................................................132 Samarium.......................................................................................................................................................132 Selenium.........................................................................................................................................................132 Silica..............................................................................................................................................................133 Strontium........................................................................................................................................................133 Sulfur..............................................................................................................................................................133 Thulium..........................................................................................................................................................134 Vanadium.......................................................................................................................................................134 Yttrium............................................................................................................................................................134 Zinc................................................................................................................................................................134 CHAPTER 16 THE VIGOR SYSTEM FOR A HEALTHY TONGUE.............................................................136 VITAMINS (AND MINERALS).................................................................................................................................136 IMAGINE A HEALTHY TONGUE..............................................................................................................................137 GASTRO-INTESTINAL HEALTH..............................................................................................................................138 ORAL HYGIENE....................................................................................................................................................138 RESTORE GOOD BACTERIA...................................................................................................................................138 INDEX....................................................................................................................................................................140 Copyright ©2005 HealthyTongueSecrets.com All Rights Reserved Disclaimer Resources Sitemap The statements made herein have not been evaluated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. 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