Trips to the doctor usually include a common request. "Stick out your tongue and say ahhh." The muscular mass in the center of your mouth isn''t the focus of the inquiry. Is your throat red? Are your glands swollen? That''s what most docs are looking at. But some health practitioners – particularly those who employ practices of ancient medicine – say it''s a mistake to overlook the human tongue and the insights it offers into ailments affecting digestion, the heart, even breathing. "The tongue doesn''t necessarily tell us what disease the body is dealing with. It tells us about the underlying conditions of the body," says Will Morris, an oriental medicine doctor, acupuncturist and expert in the ancient practice of tongue diagnosis. For more information logon to: http://www2.tbo.com/news/health-4-you/2011/nov/09/how-healthy-are-you-your-tongue-might-say-it-all-ar-301601/