| Question |
Answer |
| pale tongue body color (cam) |
deficiency type: cold syndrome caused by yang qi deficiency/ qi and blood deficiency (tongue body) (cam) |
| red tongue body color (cam) |
heat syndrome: interior excess or deficiency (tongue body) (cam) |
| deep red tongue color (cam) |
extreme heat: exogenous- invasioin of the ying and blood levels by pathogenic heat, endogenous- yin deficiency leading to fire (tongue body) (cam) |
| purple tongue colors (cam) |
blue purple, deep blue-purple dry and lusterless, pale purple and moist, purplish spots on the tongue surface (tongue body) (cam) |
| blue purple tongue color (cam) |
blood stasis due to Cold or Heat (tongue body) (cam) |
| deep blue-purple, dry and lusterless (cam) |
blood stasis due to Heat (tongue body) (cam) |
| pale purple, moist (cam) |
blood stasis due to cold (tongue body) (cam) |
| purplish spots on the tongue surface (cam) |
blood stasis (tongue body) (cam) |
| 3 swollen tongue combinations (cam) |
1.swollen and delicate in quality, pale in color, teethmarks 2.swollen and deep red in color, occupying the entire space of the mouth 3.swollen and blue purplish, dark (tongue body) (cam) |
| swollen and delicate in quality, pale in color, teethmarks (cam) |
SP or KD yang xu producing harmful water (tongue body) (cam) |
| swollen and deep red in color, occupying the entire space of the mouth (cam) |
excessive heat in HT or SP (tongue body) (cam) |
| swollen and blue purplish, dark (cam) |
toxicosis (tongue body) (cam) |
| 2 thin types of tongue (cam) |
1.thin pale, 2.thin and deep red, dry (cam) |
| thin and pale tongue (cam) |
qi and blood deficiency (tongue body) (cam) |
| thin and deep red, dry (cam) |
fire due to yin xu (tongue body) (cam) |
| 3 cracked types of tongue (cam) |
1. cracked and deep red, 2.cracked and pale, 3.cracked and normal (tongue body) (cam) |
| cracked and deep red tongue (cam) |
excess heat (tongue body) (cam) |
| cracked and pale (tongue body) (cam) |
blood xu (tongue body) (cam) |
| cracked and normal (tongue body) (cam) |
not deep and remain there all the time unchanged (tongue body) (cam) |
| thorny + red tongue body (cam) |
internal accumulation of pathogenic heat (the more sever the pathogenic Heat is the more enlarged and profuse the thorns will be) (tongue body) (cam) |
| deviated tongue (cam) |
wind-stroke (or early threatening sign of w-s) (tongue body) (cam) |
| 2 types of rigid tongue (cam) |
1.rigid and exogenous, 2.rigid and endogenous (tongue body) (cam) |
| rigid and exogenous (tongue body) (cam) |
invasion of the PC by Heat, Retention of turbid phlegm in the interior, Excessive pathogenic Heat consuming body fluids (tongue body) (cam) |
| rigid and endogenous (tongue body) (cam) |
wind-stroke or early signs of wind-stroke (tongue body) (cam) |
| 3 types of flaccid tongue (cam) |
1.flaccid, 2.flaccid and pale, 3.flaccid and deep red (tongue body) (cam) |
| flaccid tongue (cam) |
extreme qi and blood deficiency or consumption of yin fluids (tongue body) (cam) |
| flaccid and pale tongue (cam) |
qi and blood deficiency (tongue body) (cam) |
| flaccid and deep red tongue (cam) |
yin collapse (tongue body) (cam) |
| 4 possible tongue coating qualities (cam) |
1.thick/thin, 2.moist/dry, 3.sticky/granular, 4.peeled (tongue coat) (cam) |
| thin coating (cam) |
superficial portion/ deficiency of anti-pathogenic qi/ normal (tongue coat) (cam) |
| thick coating (cam) |
deeper progression/ retention of damp, food, phlegm (tongue coat) (cam) |
| dry coating (cam) |
consumption of body fluids, excess heat, or yin deficient heat (tongue coat) (cam) |
| excessive moisture, saliva dribbles (slippery) in coating (cam) |
harmful water and damp, xu yang qi (tongue coat) (cam) |
| sticky (hard to scrub/greasy) coating (cam) |
retention of damp, phlegm, or food (tongue coat) (cam) |
| granular (coarse & soybean curds, easily scrubbed, pasty) (cam) |
excessive yang heat brings turbid S qi upward, also retention of phlegm or food (tongue coat) (cam) |
| partially peeled coating (geographic) (cam) |
consumption of S qi and yin (tongue coat) (cam) |
| entirely peeled coating (mirror, glossy) (cam) |
exhaustion of S yin, severe damage of S qi (tongue coat) (cam) |
| 4 possible tongue coating colors (cam) |
1.white(thin or thick), 2.yellow(light, deep, burnt), 3.grey(yellowish and dry, whitish and moist), 4.black(yellowish and dry (possibly with thorns), pale and slippery) (tongue coat) (cam) |
| thin white coating (cam) |
exterior cold or normal (tongue coat) (cam) |
| thick white coating (cam) |
interior cold (tongue coat) (cam) |
| yellow coating general (cam) |
interior heat: the deeper yellow the coating is the more severe pathogenic heat is, LIGHT YELLOW: mild heat, DEEP YELLOW: severe heat, BURNT YELLOW: accumulation of heat (cam) |
| light yellow coating (cam) |
mild heat (tongue coat) (cam) |
| deep yellow coating (cam) |
severe heat (tongue coat) (cam) |
| burnt yellow coating (cam) |
accumulation of heat (tongue coat) (cam) |
| grey coating (cam) |
interior heat, cold or damp (can develop to black) (tongue coat) (cam) |
| grey yellowish and dry coating (cam) |
interior excessive heat (tongue coat) (cam) |
| grey whitish and moist coating (cam) |
retention of cold or damp (tongue coat) (cam) |
| black coating (cam) |
extreme interior condition: extreme heat or extreme cold, usually a progression of yellow or grey (tongue coat) (cam) |
| black yellowish and dry coating, possibly with thorns (cam) |
extreme heat (tongue coat) (cam) |
| black pale and slippery (cam) |
excessive cold due to yang deficiency (tongue coat) (cam) |
| medicines that effect the tongue |
antibiotics, corticosteroids, bronchodilators, diuretics, anti-inflammatories, anti-neoplastics (cytotoxic drugs) |
| antibiotics effect on tongue: |
peeled in patches (tend to injure S yin) |
| corticosteroids effect on tongue: |
red and swollen (after about a month of administration) |
| bronchodialators effect on tongue: |
tongue tip to become red (after prolonged and continued use) |
| diuretics effect on tongue: |
peeled (reflecting yin deficiency) |
| anti-inflammatories effect on tongue: |
red points, make the tongue body thinner, peeled (after prolonged use) |
| anti-neoplastics (cytotoxic drugs) effect on tongue: |
very thick brown or even black and dry coating |
| 6 possible general tongue body colors |
1.normal, 2.pale, 3.red, 4.deep red(scarlet), 5.purple (reddish/bluish), 6.blue |
| normal pale tongue-body indicates that |
sufficient fluids from S are reaching the tongue |
| normal red tongue-body indicates that there is a |
normal supply of blood from H |
| pale+slightly dry tongue body indicates |
blood deficiency (tongue) |
| pale+wet tongue body indicates |
yang xu (young children's tongues are naturally paler and wetter than those of adults) |
| pale+bright, shiny tongue body |
qi and blood deficiency particularly of SP/S (tongue) |
| red with coat |
heat in the nutritive(ying) or blood(xue) levels (tongue) |
| red without coat |
yin deficiency with heat (tongue) |
| red and wet |
heat with damp retention (tongue) |
| red and dry |
deficient heat and body fluid exhaustion (tongue) |
| red and shiny |
S/K yin deficiency (tongue) |
| red with red points or spots |
heat with blood stasis (tongue) |
| red with prickles |
heat in the nutritive(ying) level or UJ or LJ (tongue) |
| red with purple spots in center |
blood stasis and heat in S (tongue) |
| red and peeled |
heat from S/K yin deficiency (tongue) |
| red and purple |
heat and blood stasis (tongue) |
| red and purple distended |
extreme heat with blood stasis and toxin from alcohol injuring H (tongue) |
| deep(scarlet) and dark red |
L or H yin deficiency (tongue) |
| deep(scarlet) and dark red with a dry center |
S fire blazing, S yin deficiency with heat (ying stage heat) (tongue) |
| purple-reddish (tongue) |
blood stasis from internal heat (tongue) |
| purple-reddish, distended (tongue) |
extreme heat with blood stasis and toxin from alcohol injuring in H (tongue) |
| purple-bluish (tongue) |
blood stasis from internal cold (tongue) |
| purple-bluish, moist (tongue) |
blood stasis from internal Liv/K, cold stiffening tendons/bones (tongue) |
| Blue (tongue body) |
severe internal cold with blood stasis (tongue) |
| blue without coat |
severe internal cold with stasis and exhaustion of blood (tongue) |
| blue central surface |
SP yang deficiency with phlegm retention in the chest (tongue) |
| blue in pregnancy |
danger of imminent miscarriage (tongue) |
| blue distended veins on underside of tongue |
deficiency, qi stagnation, or blood stasis (if dark) (tongue) |
| 17 possible tongue shapes |
1.normal, 2.thin, 3.swollen, 4.stiff, 5.flaccid, 6.long, 7.short, 8.cracked, 9.loose, 10.deviated, 11.numb, 12.moving, 13.quivering, 14.rolled, 15.tooth marked, 16.ulcerated, 17.sore-covered (tongue) |
| normal shape (tongue) |
soft, supple, extended easily, form tapers off toward tip, no cracks, not too thin/swollen, no quivers (tongue) |
| thin, shrunken, and red (tongue) |
yin deficiency (tongue) |
| thin, shrunken, and pale (tongue) |
blood deficiency (tongue) |
| swollen whole tongue |
SP/K yang deficiency with damp, SP/S d-h, H/S heat (red), alcoholic toxic (red), toxin (tongue) |
| swollen edges (tongue) |
SP qi/yang deficiency (tongue) |
| swollen sides (tongue) |
ascendent lv yang or lv fire (tongue) |
| swollen tip (tongue) |
H fire blazing (red color) or H qi deficiency (normal color) (tongue) |
| swollen between tip and center (tongue) |
L qi deficiency with phlegm retention (tongue) |
| swollen along central crack (tongue) |
H fire (red color) or H qi deficiency (normal color) (tongue) |
| swollen half of the tongue (tongue) |
weakness of the channels (tongue) |
| localized swelling on one side (tongue) |
deficiency or qi stagnation in chest (tongue) |
| half surface swollen (tongue) |
L qi deficiency (tongue) |
| hammer shaped (tongue) (swollen) |
S, SP, K deficiency (tongue) |
| stiff (shi) (tongue) |
blazing H fire (tongue) |
| stiff, red or dark red (tongue) |
exterior heat invading P (tongue) |
| stiff & red (tongue) |
heat injuring body fluids (tongue) |
| stiff and normal colored (tongue) |
internal wind (tongue) |
| flaccid (xu) and pale (tongue) |
exhausted qi and blood (tongue) |
| flaccid and red (tongue) |
extreme heat injuring fluids (tongue) |
| flaccid, limp, and deep red (tongue) |
K yin deficiency with H (tongue) |
| long (tongue) |
blazing H fire, H phlegm-fire (tongue) |
| short & pale (tongue) |
SP yang deficiency, internal cold (tongue) |
| short and red (tongue) |
H stirring Liv wind (tongue) |
| short and red body with coat (tongue) |
body fluids insufficiency due to excess heat (tongue) |
| short and red body without coat (tongue) |
deficiency heat (tongue) |
| short and pale with slippery coat (tongue) |
SP yang deficiency with damp and phlegm (tongue) |
| horizontal cracks (tongue) |
yin deficiency (tongue) |
| cracked like ice floes (tongue) |
yin deficiency from old age (tongue) |
| irregular cracks (tongue) |
S yin deficiency (tongue) |
| vertical cracks in center (tongue) |
SP qi deficiency (tongue) |
| long vertical cracks reaching the tip (tongue) |
H, emotional disorders (tongue) |
| transverse cracks behind the tip (tongue) |
prior L dz, present L yin def (tongue) |
| deep central + small cracks (tongue) |
K yin def. with heat (tongue) |
| loose and red body (tongue) |
interior excess heat (tongue) |
| loose and red body, slippery coat (tongue) |
phlegm-fire clouding H (tongue) |
| loose and pale body (tongue) |
H qi deficiency (tongue) |
| deviated and normal color (tongue) |
exterior wind invading channels (tongue) |
| deviated and red or normal color (tongue) |
interior Liv wind (tongue) |
| deviated and pale body (tongue) |
H qi deficiency (tongue) |
| numb and pale body (tongue) |
H blood deficiency (tongue) |
| numb and red or normal color (tongue) |
Liv wind (tongue) |
| numb and slippery coat (tongue) |
wind-phlegm (tongue) |
| moving and red body (tongue) |
H fire and internal wind (tongue) |
| moving and red and dry body (tongue) |
SP heat with body fluids exhaustion (tongue) |
| quivering and pale body (tongue) |
SP qi deficiency (tongue) |
| quivering and red body (tongue) |
extreme heat generating internal wind (tongue) |
| quivering and pale body (tongue) |
H and SP collapse (tongue) |
| quivering and pale and thin (tongue) |
yang collapse (tongue) |
| tip rolled over (tongue) |
excess heat (tongue) |
| tip rolled down (tongue) |
deficiency heat (tongue) |
| tooth marked (tongue) |
sp qi deficiency (tongue) |
| ulcerated and red body (tongue) |
H fire blazing, SP and K heat (tongue) |
| ulcerated and red and peeled (tongue) |
H heat, from K yin deficiency (tongue) |
| sore-covered and red body (tongue) |
heat toxin in H (tongue) |
| sore-covered and red and peeled (tongue) |
deficiency heat (tongue) |
| normal moisture of tongue coating (tongue-coating quality) |
slightly moist (tongue coating-quality) |
| wet coat puddled with moisture/wet/glossy (tongue coating-quality) |
excess fluids or fluids stagnation (tongue coating-quality) |
| wet and white coating (tongue coating-quality) |
yang deficiency with damp retention (tongue coating-quality) |
| wet and white and thin coating (tongue coating-quality) |
exterior wind-cold (tongue coating-quality) |
| dry coat due to heat (tongue coating-quality) |
excess heat or yin deficiency (tongue coating-quality) |
| dry coat due to yang xu (tongue coating-quality) |
yang deficiency with damp retention, mouth is dry with no thirst, absence of thirt (tongue coating-quality) |
| slippery and excessive wetness with an oily appearance (tongue coating-quality) |
yang deficiency, damp-cold internal or external origin (tongue coating-quality) |
| slippery and white (tongue coating-quality) |
pathogen is beginning to go into the interior (tongue coating-quality) |
| slippery and greasy (tongue coating-quality) |
damp-phlegm (tongue coating-quality) |
| slippery and greasy and thick (tongue coating-quality) |
damp-phlegm retention and cold (tongue coating-quality) |
| slimy/greasy and thicker in the center than on the edges and cannot be scrapped off (rooted) (tongue coating-quality) |
qi cannot transform fluids and then accumulates to form phlegm (or d-h or d-c), caused by yang deficiency (tongue coating-quality) |
| moldy and thick and patchy (crumbly like cottage cheese) and can be scrapped off (no root) (tongue coating-quality) |
S heat, S yin deficiency (tongue coating-quality) |
| peeled and geographic (tongue coating-quality) |
S yin deficiency (tongue coating-quality) |
| "exterior" coating (coat distribution) |
the coat will be on the outside around the center or on front of the tongue (coat distribution) |
| "interior" coating (coat distribution) |
reflects the location of the factor in accordance with tongue topography (organ correspondance) (coat distribution) |
| normal thickness/color of tongue coating |
thin white coat (coat distribution) |
| thick tongue coating (coat thickness) |
pathogenic factor, a condition of excess. The thicker the coating the stronger the pathogen. (coat thickness) |
| thin tongue coating (coat thickness) |
pathogenic factor is weak, the illness is in the initial stage (coat thickness) |
| rooted coat (coat root) |
cannot be scraped off. normal coat is rooted (coat root) |
| unrooted (coat root) |
can be scraped off easliy (coat root) |
| thin white coat (coat-color/quality) |
wind, cold or damp in the exterior (or normal) (coat color/quality) |
| thin, white and slippery coat (coat-color/quality) |
exterior attack of damp-cold (coat-color/quality) |
| thin, white and dry (pale body) (coat-color/quality) |
blood deficiency (coat-color/quality) |
| thin, white and dry (normally wet) (coat-color/quality) |
yang deficiency (coat-color/quality) |
| thin, white and dry (normal body color) (coat-color/quality) |
exterior attack of w-c or w-h, L fluid injured, exterior dryness attack (coat-color/quality) |
| thick, white and wet (coat-color/quality) |
exterior attack of w-c, interior damp-cold in MJ (coat-color/quality) |
| thick, white and dry (coat-color/quality) |
dirty fluids in the interior with heat (coat-color/quality) |
| thick, white and slippery (coat-color/quality) |
damp in MJ, cold with S, food retention (coat-color/quality) |
| thick, white and greasy (coat-color/quality) |
yang deficiency with food or damp retention (coat-color/quality) |
| thick, white, greasy, and slippery (coat-color/quality) |
SP yang deficiency with damp-cold or slippery phlegm (coat-color/quality) |
| thick, white, greasy, and dry (coat-color/quality) |
damp with exhaustion of body fluids or heat (coat-color/quality) |
| rough, white and cracked (coat-color/quality) |
attack of summer-heat injuring the qi (qi level) (coat-color/quality) |
| sticky, white and greasy (coat-color/quality) |
damp or phlegm in MJ (interior), exterior attack of damp at the qi level (exterior) (coat-color/quality) |
| sticky, white and cottage cheese/tofu (coat-color/quality) |
S heat (coat-color/quality) |
| like powder, white, and slight red body on tip or sides (coat-color/quality) |
exterior heat (coat-color/quality) |
| like powder, white, and red/scarlet body (coat-color/quality) |
interior heat (coat-color/quality) |
| like powder white, and red body (coat-color/quality) |
externally contracted with damp-cold in mj (coat-color/quality) |
| like snow, white coat (coat-color/quality) |
SP yang exhaustion with damp-cold in MJ (coat-color/quality) |
| moldy white coat (coat-color/quality) |
K/S yin deficiency, damp-toxin in the interior (coat-color/quality) |
| half white and slippery (right) (coat-color/quality) |
half exterior and half-interior (coat-color/quality) |
| half white and slippery (left) (coat-color/quality) |
Liv heat (coat-color/quality) |
| yellow or pale-yellow (coat-color/quality) |
exterior attack of w-h, w-c turning to heat, d-h in chest and MJ (coat-color/quality) |
| slippery/slimy and yellow (coat-color/quality) |
damp-heat (coat-color/quality) |
| deep yellow (coat-color/quality) |
damp-heat in the S/LI (coat-color/quality) |
| yellow root, white tip (coat-color/quality) |
exterior pathogenic factor just changing into heat and penetrating to the interior (coat-color/quality) |
| bilateral yellow strips, remainder yellow (coat-color/quality) |
Liv/G heat (coat-color/quality) |
| bilateral yellow strips, remainder white (coat-color/quality) |
exterior pathogen penetrating to the interior, heat in S/LI (coat-color/quality) |
| half-yellow, half white (longitudnally) (coat-color/quality) |
Liv/G heat (coat-color/quality) |
| sticky, greasy and yellow (coat-color/quality) |
heat and phlegm (coat-color/quality) |
| yellow and dry (coat-color/quality) |
heat injured fluids (coat-color/quality) |
| grey, wet, and slippery (coat-color/quality) |
SP damp-cold (coat-color/quality) |
| grey and dry (coat-color/quality) |
excess heat (coat-color/quality) |
| black, slippery and greasy (coat-color/quality) |
damp-cold in S/LI (coat-color/quality) |
| bilateral black on white (wet) (coat-color/quality) |
cold from deficiency of MJ (coat-color/quality) |
| bilateral black on white (dry) (coat-color/quality) |
excess heat from S/SP (coat-color/quality) |
| white coating, black points (coat-color/quality) |
exterior pathogen penetrates to the interior and is transforming to heat (coat-color/quality) |
| white coating, black prickles (coat-color/quality) |
true cold and false heat, cold turned into heat (coat-color/quality) |
| black in the center + white and slippery on sides (coat-color/quality) |
SP yang deficiency with damp-cold in the interior |
| black, dry and cracked (coat-color/quality) |
exhaustion of K, yang deficiency with interior cold (coat-color/quality) |
| white in the center and yellow around (coat-color/quality) |
pathogens penetrating the interior and changing into heat (coat-color/quality) |
| yellow in center + white around (coat-color/quality) |
interior heat just starting to clear (coat-color/quality) |
| white, gray, and moist (coat-color/quality) |
damp-cold in the interior (coat-color/quality) |
| white, gray, and dirty (coat-color/quality) |
damp-cold or phlegm of long standing (coat-color/quality) |
| half-white + half gray (coat-color/quality) |
half exterior and half-interior (coat-color/quality) |
| white and black (coat-color/quality) |
SP damp (coat-color/quality) |
| yellow in center + black, slippery and greasy around (coat-color/quality) |
SP damp-heat (coat-color/quality) |
| yellow on sides + black prickles in center (coat-color/quality) |
heat in the yang brightness stage (coat-color/quality) |
| yellow, dry and black in center to tip (coat-color/quality) |
heat in S/LI (coat-color/quality) |
| white in center + gray and black around (coat-color/quality) |
SP damp (coat-color/quality) |
| yellow in center + gray around (coat-color/quality) |
damp-heat with heat-injured fluids (coat-color/quality) |
| interior 8 princ id |
tongue body color and shape altered (8 princ id) |
| exterior 8 princ id: w-c |
thin, white coating (8 princ id) |
| exterior 8 princ id: w-h |
thin, white in the initial stage, then yellow (8 princ id) |
| 1/2 int, 1/2 ext 8 princ id |
1.white and slightly slippery coating on the right side, 2.red tongue body with white coating on the tip only, 3.white coating on the tip and black/gray coating on the root (8 princ id) |
| cold 8 princ id |
1.white coating, 2.pale body (if deficiency) (8 princ id) |
| heat 8 princ id |
red body, yellow coating (8 princ id) |
| L qi xu 8 princ id |
slightly flaccid body, slightly swollen anterior (8 princ id) |
| SP qi xu 8 princ id |
tooth-marked (8 princ id) |
| S qi xu 8 princ id |
lack of coating in the center (8 princ id) |
| H qi xu 8 princ id |
pale body (8 princ id) |
| SP yang xu 8 princ id |
pale body, white and wet coating (8 princ id) |
| K yang xu 8 princ id |
pale and swollen body, white coating (8 princ id) |
| H yang xu 8 princ id |
pale body, bluish purple if severe (8 princ id) |
| SP blood xu 8 princ id |
pale body, slightly dry (8 princ id) |
| H blood xu 8 princ id |
pale body, paler tip (8 princ id) |
| Liv blood xu 8 princ id |
pale body, paler sides (8 princ id) |
| S yin xu 8 princ id |
no coating in center, dry, wide crack in center (8 princ id) |
| K yin xu 8 princ id |
red body, no coating, dry, cracks (8 princ id) |
| H yin xu 8 princ id |
red body, no coat anteriorly, redder tip (8 princ id) |
| L yin xu 8 princ id |
red body, no coat, cracks anteriorly (8 princ id) |
| excess interior heat 8 princ id |
red body, thick yellow coating (8 princ id) |
| excess interior blood stasis 8 princ id |
purple body (8 princ id) |
| excess interior phlegm 8 princ id |
thick, slippery, greasy coating (8 princ id) |
| excess exterior 8 princ id |
thick coating (8 princ id) |
| tai yang or shaoyang tongue body |
unchanged tongue body (shang han lun) |
| tai yang coating |
thin and white, possibly more around the center or in the front third (tongue coat (shang han lun)) |
| yang ming or shaoyin + heat tongue body |
red (shang han lun) |
| yang ming tongue coating |
yellow, thick and dry (shang han lun) |
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| shao yang tongue coating |
white and slippery on one side only, or white and gray or white and black (tongue coat) (shang han lun) |
| tai yin, or shaoyin + cold, or jueyin tongue body |
pale tongue body (shang han lun) |
| tai yin, or shaoyin +cold tongue coating |
white tongue coat (shang han lun) |
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| shao yin and heat tongue coating |
no tongue coating (shang han lun) |
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| jue yin tongue coating |
white and yellow (because of both heat and cold signs) (tongue coating-shang han lun) |
| wei level tongue body |
slightly red on front and/or edges (tongue body-wen bing) |
| wei level tongue coating |
thin, white tongue coating (wen bing) |
| qi level tongue body |
red or normal tongue body (wen bing) |
| qi level tongue coating |
yellow tongue coating (wen bing) |
| ying level tongue body |
deep red tongue body (wen bing) |
| ying level, or xue level tongue coating |
no coating (wen bing) |
| xue level tongue body |
deep red or reddish purple tongue body (wen bing) |
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| 3 UJ conditions in san jiao |
1.L wind heat, 2.L heat, 3.P heat (san jiao) |
| UJ L w-h body (san jiao) |
slightly red on front and/or edges tongue body (san jiao) |
| UJ L w-h, or UJ L heat tongue coating (san jiao) |
yellow coat (san jiao) |
| UJ L heat, or MJ yang-ming heat, or MJ SP damp-heat tongue body (san jiao) |
red tongue body (san jiao) |
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| UJ P heat tongue body (san jiao) |
deep red, red points tongue body (san jiao) |
| UJ P heat, or LJ K, or LJ Liv tongue coating (san jiao) |
no coating (san jiao) |
| 2 MJ conditions (san jiao) |
1.yang ming heat, 2.SP damp-heat (san jiao) |
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| MJ yang ming heat tongue coating (san jiao) |
yellow, dry tongue coating (san jiao) |
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| MJ SP damp-heat tongue coating (san jiao) |
sticky, yellow tongue coating (san jiao) |
| 2 LJ organs (san jiao) |
1.K, 2.Liv (san jiao) |
| LJ K, and Liv tongue body (san jiao) |
deep red tongue body (san jiao) |
| LJ K, and Liv tongue coating (san jiao) |
no coating (san jiao) |
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| tongue body tip and root different color |
qi or blood stagnation (tongue body color tip and root/left and right) |
| tongue body left and right different color |
qi stagnation (tongue body color tip and root/left and right) |
| whole tongue swollen, tip more so |
long-term problem, imbalance between H and K (tongue body shape imbalance) |
| tongue: only tip swollen |
overwork (tongue body shape imbalance) |
| tongue only one side swollen, with red points |
ipsilateral malnourishment of channels (tongue body shape imbalance) |
| yellow tongue coating on one side only |
G heat affecting S/ipselateral phlegm in chest (tongue coating imbalance) |
| tongue tip red and dry, root dirty and swollen |
defective transformation of body fluids (tongue moisture imbalance) |
| one side wetter (tongue moisture) |
movement of fluids in the chest, L qi problem (tongue moisture imbalance) |
| tongue spirit significance |
good or poor prognosis (tongue diagnosis) |
| tongue body color significance |
condition of yin organs, blood and ying qi, stagnation of qi and blood |
| tongue body color, or tongue coating moisture 8 principles (tongue diagnosis) |
cold/heat, yin/yang (tongue diagnosis-8 principles) |
| tongue body shape significance (tongue diagnosis) |
yin organs, qi and blood, (tongue diagnosis-significance) |
| tongue body shape, or tongue coating thickness, or tongue coating root 8 principles (tongue diagnosis) |
deficiency/excess (tongue diagnosis 8 principles) |
| tongue coating color significance (tongue diagnosis) |
heat/cold condition (tongue diagnosis-significance) |
| tongue coating color 8 principle (tongue diagnosis) |
cold/heat (tongue diagnosis 8 principles) |
| tongue coating moisture significance (tongue diagnosis) |
condition of body fluids (tongue diagnosis-significance) |
| tongue coating thickness significance (tongue diagnosis) |
strength of pathogenic factor or weakness of body's qi (tongue diagnosis-significance) |
| tongue coating distribution significance (tongue diagnosis) |
location and progression of pathogenic factor (tongue diagnosis-significance) |
| tongue coating distribution 8 principles (tongue diagnosis) |
interior/exterior (tongue diagnosis-8 principles) |
| tongue coating root significance (tongue diagnosis) |
strength of body's qi, esp. S and K qi |
Mari Kubota
on 2009-02-18
Beef Production
