My National Geographic Tongue

Further to previous post, I have been attending the Accupuncturist for 2 weeks now. She's concentrated firstly on my neck and shoulders, as I have chronic pain from an old injury, plus from sitting at desk on my computer for hours on end at work. She applies about 7 needles in various places: top of head; back of neck; a couple in my shoulder; a few in my leg; and a few in my arm. Then she applies cupping: small fishbowl shaped glass cups into which she throws a lighted liquid infused piece of gauze, and places on your skin. The heat causes a vacuum and the skin is suctioned into the bowl. After four treatments, I have found that my pain and neck mobility is much better. I have one more treatment to go.

Then, she'll move on to the "body tune-up" treatments. She doesn't like that I look so tired all the time, and she really doesn't like the look of my tongue, which she's determined is geographic, ie. not uniform with different coloured areas, like a map, like this:

This is my geographic tongue. LOL

Apparently, people with geographic tongues, are more predisposed to develop cancer/tumours than people without geographic tongues. Great, this is just what I need to hear in my present frame of mind.

My tune up will provide me with much energy, and help me get over my tiredness, which will be reflected in an improvement in tongue geography. Then again, so would not working so much; and not having to stay home and care take most of the time.

But since the latter is not an option, guess I'll give the accupuncture tune up a try. After the treatment, she promises I will be so energized, and my tired haggard look will disappear, along with tongue circles.

Will keep you posted .