Tongue Scraper
The tongue scraper (or Tongue Cleaner) has been relied upon for thousands of years as an essential part of a healthy daily regimen. Cleaning your tongue with a tongue scraper is fundamental for oral hygiene and overall digestive wellbeing.
Tongue Scraper Benefits:
- Clears toxins & bacteria from the tongue
- Helps remove coating on the tongue that leads to bad breath
- Supports healthy digestion
- Helps eliminate ama (undigested food particles) from the tongue
- Gently stimulates the internal organs
- Promotes overall oral & digestive health
- Increases your awareness of your state of health
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Banyan Botanicals’ specially designed Tongue Cleaner is made in the USA with premium quality stainless steel. Stainless steel tongue cleaners are balancing for all body-types – Vata, Pitta and Kapha.
Tongue Scraper Instructions
Each morning, after brushing and flossing your teeth, use a stainless steel tongue scraper (plastic tongue scrapers are not recommended as they can carry bacteria). Facing a mirror, extend your tongue and take a moment to inspect the coating & color. Then, gently scrape from the back of your tongue forward until you have scraped the whole surface – 7 to 10 times. Remember, be gentle – you are not removing your taste buds, but cleaning off the accumulated coating.
Your Tongue as a Health Radar
Tongue diagnosis is an ancient art of both Ayurvedic and Chinese medicine, where the tongue is known as a mirror for the internal organs. While other tissues and systems of the body change slowly, the surface of your tongue changes rapidly. Each morning, during your oral hygiene practice, look into the mirror and inspect your tongue to improve your awareness of your health.
When your digestion is compromised or overburdened, ama (undigested food particles) builds in the system. Because your tongue is a key mechanical and biological element of digestion, the ama in your digestive tract shows up as a coating on your tongue. More coating means that that there is more build up of ama (undigested food particles) in your digestive tract. You can also note the color – brownish coating indicates excess vata (air & space); yellowish coating indicates excess pitta (fire & water); and a whitish coating indicates excess kapha (water & earth) in the digestive tract.
The taste of your food signals to your brain and body which enzymes to excrete for digestion and assimilation. Living with a coating of ama on your tongue reduces your sense of taste, and thus diminishes your overall digestive power. With a tongue scraper you can recover your digestive health by starting at the beginning of your digestive tract – your mouth!
About Banyan Botanicals
Banyan Botanicals was established in 1996 as your ethical, knowledgeable source for Ayurvedic herbs and products – like our tongue scraper.  To support both the planet and your health, we are committed to using herbs and products that are pure, USDA certified organic, sustainably sourced and fairly traded.
