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

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