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SAJ
Tongue Dx-by MAC
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| swollen btwn tip and center | L qi (-) w/ retention of phlegm |
| swollen edges | sp qi (-) |
| thin & pale | Blood (-) |
| thin & red | yin(-) |
| swollen sides | LYR or Liv Fire |
| swollen | sp &/or Ki yang (-) w/ damp; damp heat in S and Sp |
| swollen & red | Ht & S heat &/or Alcoholic Toxin |
| swollen tip, red body | ht fire blazing |
| swollen tip, normal color | HT qi (-) |
| swollen along central crack, red body | HT fire Blazing |
| swollen along central crack, normal color | HT Qi (-) |
| half swollen | weakness of the channels |
| partly swollen on side | (-) or stag of qi in chest |
| half surface swollen | L Qi (-) |
| Hammer-shaped | S, Sp, Ki (-) |
| Stiff | Blazing Ht fire or Int Wind |
| Stiff w/ Red or dark red body | Ext heat invading PC |
| Stiff w/ Red body | Heat injuring body fluids |
| Flaccid & pale body | Exhausted Qi/blood |
| Flaccid & red body | Extreme heat injuring fluids |
| Flaccid & deep red body | Ki yin (-) w/ heat |
| Long | HT fire blazing Phlegm-fire in HT |
| Short & pale body | Sp yang (-), internal cold |
| Short & red body | Heat stirring LIV wind |
| Short & red body w/ coat | Insufficiency of body fluids d/t Heat from excess |
| TWC | Ext-WC |
| TWC in the initial stage then yellow | Ext-WH |
| Tongue body color and shape altered | Interior |
| White coat on one side only or white anteriorly and gray or black posteriorly | half-interior, half exterior |
| white coat, pale body | cold |
| yellow coat, red body | Heat |
| Thick coat | Exterior Excess |
| Pale body, thick white coat, slippery | Interior excess |
| red body, thick yellow coat | Interior Heat |
| Purple Body | Stasis of blood |
| thick coat, slippery & greasy | phlegm |
| Body slight flaccid, slight swollen, anteriorly | L Qi (-) |
| Teeth-marks | SP Qi (-) |
| Lack of coating in center | S Qi (-) |
| Pale body | HT Qi (-) |
| Pale body, white coat, wet | Sp yang (-) |
| pale body, white coat, swollen | Ki Yang (-) |
| Pale body, bluish purple if severe | HT Yang (-) |
| Pale body, slightly dry | Blood (-) |
| Pale body, tip paler | HT blood (-) |
| Pale body, sides paler | LIV Blood (-) |
| No center coat, dry, wide crack in center | S yin (-) |
| Red body, no coat, dry, cracks | Ki yin (-) |
| Red body, no coat anteriorly, tip redder | HT yin (-) |
| Red body, no coat, cracks anteriorly | L yin (-) |
| Pale, wet | Yang (-) |
| Pale, bright, shiny | Qi/Blood (-), particularly of S & Sp |
| Red w/coat | heat in the nutritive or blood levels |
| Red w/out coat | yin (-) w/ heat |
| Red & wet | Heat w/ retention of dampness |
| Red & dry w/ coat | heat from excess burning of body fluids |
| Red & Dry w/out coat | (-) heat & exhaustion of body fluids |
| Red & Shiny | S &/or Ki yin (-) |
| Red & Scarlet | L or HT yin (-) |
| Red w/ red points or spots | Heat w/ blood stasis |
| Red w/ prickles | Heat in the nutritive level or in the upper or middle burner |
| red w/ purple spot in center | Blood stasis and heat in S |
| Red & Peeled | Heat from S & Ki yin (-) |
| Dark red w/ dry center | S fire blazing or S yin (-) w/heat |
| Reddish purple | Heat & Blood Stasis |
| Reddish purple & Distended | Extreme Heat w/ BS & toxin from Alcohol injuring the HT |
| Bluish Purple | BS from internal cold |
| Bluish purple & moist | BS from internal cold stiffening the tendons & bones |
| Blue | severe internal cold w BS |
| Blue w/out coat | Severe internal cold w/ stasis & exhaustion of blood |
| Blue central surface | SP yang (-) w/ retention of phlegm in chest |
| Blue in pregnant woman | Danger of imminent miscarriage |
| Distended veins on underside of tongue If veins also dark | (-) & Stag of Qi Also Blood stasis |