What Your Tongue Says About Your Health (Lyme, Mold, Candida, & More)

The Dr. Josh Axe Show

Dr. Josh Axe

Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Christianity

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🗓️ 7 August 2025

⏱️ 80 minutes

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If you’ve been told your labs are “normal” but you know something is wrong, this episode is for you. Dr. Josh Axe sits down with ancient medicine expert and practitioner Dr. Chris Motley to uncover how stealth infections like Lyme, mold, EBV, and parasites may be secretly driving thyroid issues, fatigue, and autoimmune flare-ups. They explore why so many women are dismissed in traditional medicine, how Chinese medicine views the thyroid, and the herbs that truly support lasting healing. In this episode, you’ll learn: Signs you may have hidden infections like mold or parasites Why chronic infections trigger thyroid and autoimmune issues How to tell if your “normal” labs are missing something critical Top nutrients thyroid patients are missing The most overlooked causes of Hashimoto’s and hormone imbalances Herbs that clear viruses, support immunity, and heal terrain #DrJoshAxe #DrMotley #LymesDisease #EBV #Parasites #Mold #Autoimmune __________ The Dr. Bill Rawls' interview will be airing soon! Make sure to subscribe and hit the notification bell so you don’t miss out… Subscribe to the YouTube channel. ___________ Follow Dr. Josh Axe Instagram X Facebook TikTok Website Follow Dr. Chris Motley Instagram X Facebook _________ Staying healthy in today's world is an upstream battle. Subscribe to Wellness Weekly, your 5-minute dose of sound health advice to help you grow physically, mentally, and spiritually. Every Wednesday, you'll get: Holistic health news & life-hacks from a biblical world view Powerful free resources including classes, Q&As, and guides from Dr. Axe The latest episodes of The Dr. Josh Axe Show Submit your questions via voice memo to be featured on the show → speakpipe.com/drjoshaxe _________ Ads: At MyBloodwork.com, you can uncover what’s really going on in your body with advanced biomarker testing for hormones, thyroid, and metabolism. You’ll also get a 1-hour consultation with a Senior Health Advisor to help you take action. Get my free class on how to navigate autoimmue disease → draxethyroidclass.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:14.7	I walked through the nest of ticks.
0:16.9	When I got out and went up to the house, I literally thought there was dirt on my legs.
0:20.6	It looked like dirt all over my legs. I started trying to, you know, buff it off.
0:24.6	And it was ticks. It was seed ticks.
0:26.6	And now you're back to 100%.
0:27.6	100%.
0:28.6	One of the ways that I know you and I diagnose people is via tongue diagnosis.
0:32.6	Yes.
0:33.6	So the ancient way of diagnosing people in Chinese medicine was to look at their tongue.
0:39.4	When somebody has candida, how does that present on the tongue?
0:42.8	The back of the tongue and the grooves in the back tongue usually mean bladder kidney.
0:46.0	So that means you have yeast in the bladder kidney.
0:47.8	If it's towards the middle and it goes maybe towards the tip, that's more of your large
0:51.1	intestine.
0:52.1	So if you have a white coating and you can see it's
0:54.6	like yellow or an opaque white, you definitely have yeast. The average doctor visit today is seven
0:59.3	minutes. There is no way a doctor could see somebody one time for seven minutes and put together
1:04.8	an entire protocol to help them completely heal. That's where our entire medical system is so
1:10.0	broken today because it's all about money and it's all about how quickly we can get people through.
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