Why clean the tongue?
Recommended in the Kama Sutra and Ayurveda for 5000 years.
Cleaning the tongue is just a basic part of Oral hygiene that the West has over looked. 
If you look at it for a moment it makes total sense 
that you would daily clean this part of your anatomy. 

Finally, more and more it is recommended by western Dentists as the figure this out.
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Detox
The body also uses the tongue as one of its detoxification paths, 
something you can attest to the morning after you eat a pint of ice cream. 
If you use a silver tongue cleaner you can easily remove this 'gunk'. 
daily tongue diagnosis
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Decrease bad breath and infections
80% of bad breath starts in the mouth, mainly on the tongue.
The tongue harbors countless bacteria that can colonize to make sore throats, or worse. 
Because of this the tongue is one of the main sources of bad breath 
and other infections in the mouth and throat. 
Use of our Silver tongue cleaner helps remove this bacteria and the phlegm that they live in. 
Brushing the tongue to get rid of them does not work 
because it tends to just move them around or embed them in your brush.
Popular shows like 20/20 and the Today Show have recommended cleaning the Tongue
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Increases your Attractiveness
According to ayurveda the #1 an-aphrodisiac (socia-sexual turn-off) is bad breath
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Increase your sense of taste
You will also be able to taste your food with more acuity and enjoyment 
as you peel off layers of bacteria and phlegm form your taste buds.
(Ref: Hyde R, et al Tongue brushing, dentriface, and age effects on Taste and Smell.  J Dent Res, 1975, 54:1236
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Activate your digestion
Rubbing the tongue with a tongue cleaner activates digestion, 
so you will digest your food better when you clean your tongue. 
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Decrease Plaque and Oral Debris
The tongue is the main source of Plaque and oral debris, so clean it!
(Ref: Gilmore EL, et al, Effect of Tongue Cleaning on Plaque Bacteria: Oral Surgery, 1973, 36:201-204)
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Why Silver?
Silver is the most prevalant material prescribed in Ayurveda to clean the tongue.
It has a cooling effect on the mind and nervous system and helps to 'control' the tongue.
This was the choice of Ancient Chinese Royalty and European Nobles
Disease organisms cannot live in the presence of even minute traces of Silver. 
Silver minimizes the growth of plaque in the mouth.
There is also subtle electromagnetic event that happens when you connect your two hands with your tongue via the silver, but this is a bit esoteric for now.
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 Non-toxic and anti-biotic
It is non-toxic to humans but toxic to fungi, bacteria, protozoa, parasites. 
Silver removes bacteria better than other materials.
It is good  for preventing sore throats, influenza, etc. 
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Energetic balancing
Also, there is an electronic component in connecting your tongue and two hands with Silver. 
This is more esoteric, but a good reason, nonetheless. 
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Beautiful
It is good to surround your self with beauty and these Silver Tongue cleaners 
are works of Art handmade by a Jeweler.
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Daily Diagnostics and Tongue Cleaning The tongue is a great place to discern the state of the Agni, the digestive fire.  So when you scrape your tongue in the morning you can  monitor your agni.  If the tongue is coated, agni is too low relative to the diet.  If not, agni is suitable, usually. Then you can adjust your diet and pracices that day to take care of your agni.  A balanced agni is one of the key secrets to health. As you lighten your diet and increase your agni, your tongue should clear.  Also, different areas of the tongue represent different organs.  The front part of the tongue represents the upper part of the body, the back, the lower part!