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Chinese Tongue Diagnosis Study Stack

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Symptom
Diagnosis
Pale, Bright, Shiny   Qi and Blood Deficiency, particularly of ST and SP  
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Red   Heat in the nutritive or blood levels (w/o coating), or yin def. w/heat (w/o coating)  
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Pale and slightly dry   Blood deficiency  
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Pale and wet   Yang Deficiency  
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Red, dry, w/coating   heat from excess burning body fluids  
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Red, dry, w/o coating   heat from def. of yin & exhaustion of body fluids  
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Red and wet   heat w/retention of dampness  
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Red and Shiny   ST &/or KD yin deficiency  
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Red w/red points or spots   Heat with blood stasis  
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Red w/prickles   Heat in the nutritive level or in the upper or middle burner  
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Red & Peeled   Heat from ST & KD yin  
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Red & Scarlet   LU yin or HT yin deficiency  
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Reddish purple & distended   Extreme heat w/blood stasis & poison from alcohol injuring the HT  
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Dark red w/a dry center   ST fire blazing or ST yin def w/heat  
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Red w/a purple spot in center   Blood stasis & heat in ST  
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Reddish Purple   Heat & Blood stasis  
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Blue   Severe internal cold w/blood stasis  
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Bluish Purple   Blood stasis from internal cold  
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Bluish purple & moist   Blood stasis from internal cold stiffening the tendons & bones  
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Blue in a pregnant woman   danger of imminent miscarriage  
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Blue central surface   SP yang def. w/ retention of phlegm in chest  
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Blue w/o coat   Severe internal cold w/stasis & exhaustion of blood  
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Distended veins on underside of tongue   Def & stagnation of Qi; blood stasis (if veins are also dark)  
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Swollen tongue   SP &/or KD Yang Def. w/dampness  
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Swollen and red   HT & ST heat, or poisoning (alcohol or otherwise)  
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Swollen edges   SP Qi Deficiency  
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Swollen between tip and center   LU Qi w/retention of phlegm  
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Swollen tip and red   HT fire blazing  
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Swollen and normal color   HT Qi Def.  
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1/2 swollen   Weakness of the channels  
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Partly swollen on side   Def. or stagnation of Qi in chest  
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Thin and pale   Def. of blood  
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Thin and red   Def. of yin  
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Swollen sides   Ascendant LV yang or LV fire  
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Swollen along central crack   HT fire blazing (red), HT Qi Def. (normal)  
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1/2 surface swollen   LU Qi def.  
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Hammer-shaped   ST, SP, KD Def.  
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Stiff and red or dark   exterior heat invading PC  
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Stiff and red   Heat injuring body fluids  
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Stiff   Blazing HT fire  
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Stiff and normal color   internal wind  
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Flaccid and pale   Exhausted Qi & blood  
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Flaccid and red   Extreme heat injuring fluids  
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Flaccid and deep red   KD yin def. w/heat  
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Loose and red   interior excess heat  
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Loose, red, w/ slippery coating   Phlegm fire clouding HT  
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Loose and pale   HT Qi Def.  
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Long   Blazing HT fire or phlegm fire in HT  
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Short and pale   SP yang def or internal cold  
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Short and red   Heat stirring LV wind  
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Short and red w/coat   Insuffiency of body fluids due to heat from excess  
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Short, red, w/o coat   Heat from def.  
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Moving and red   HT fire and internal wind  
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Moving, red and dry   SP heat w/ exhaustion of body fluids  
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Deviated and normal   Exterior wind invading channels  
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Deviated (red or normal)   Interior LV wind  
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Deviated and pale   HT Qi def.  
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Numb and pale   HT blood def  
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Numb and normal or red   LV wind  
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Numb and slippery   Wind phlegm  
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Quivering and pale   SP Qi Def.  
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Quivering and red   Extreme heat generating internal wind  
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Quivering and pale   Collapse of HT and SP Qi  
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Quivering, pale, and thin   Collapse of Yang  
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Ulcerated and red   Blazing HT fire or SP & KD heat  
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Ulcerated, red and peeled   HT heat from KD yin Def.  
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Tip rolled over   Heat from Excess  
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Tip rolled under   Heat from Def.  
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Tooth marked   SP Qi Def.  
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Sore-covered and red   Hot poison in HT channel  
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Sore-covered, red and peeled   Heat from Def  
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White or White & thin tongue coat   Wind, cold, or dampness in the exterior  
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White, thin & slippery tongue coat (TC)   Exterior attack of cold dampness  
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White, thick and slippery   Dampness in the middle burner or cold w/retention of food in ST  
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White, thin, dry TC and pale body   Blood def or yang def.  
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White, thin, dry TC   Exterior attack of wind cold or wind heat; LU fluids injured; Exterior attack of dryness  
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White, thick and wet (normal)   Exterior attack of wind cold  
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White, thick and wet (pale or normal)   Interior cold dampness in middle burner  
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White, thick and dry   Dirty fluids in the interior w/heat  
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White, thick and greasy   Yang def. w/ retention of food or dampness  
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White, thick, greasy & slippery   SP yang def w/ cold dampness or phlegm  
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White, thick, greasy and dry   Dampness w/ exhaustion of body fluids or heat  
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White, rough & cracked   Attack of summer heat injuring the Qi (Qi level)  
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White, sticky & greasy   Dampness or phlegm in the middle burner; exterior attack of dampness at the Qi level  
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White like powder, body red slightly red on tip or sides   Exterior heat  
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White like powder adn red or dark red body   Interior poison  
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White like powder and red body   Heat in the triple burner  
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White like snow   SP yang exhaustion w/cold dampness in the middle burner  
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White & moldy   KD & ST yin def or poison in the interior  
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Yellow or pale yellow TC   exterior attack of wind heat; wind cold turning to heat; damp heat in the chest & middle burner  
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Yellow and slippery TC   Damp heat  
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Dry Yellow TC   Heat-injured fluids  
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Yellow, sticky & greasy TC   Heat & phlegm  
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Right 1/2 white and slippery   Pathogenic factor half in the exterior and half in the interior  
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Left 1/2 white and slippery   Heat in the LV  
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Dirty yellow TC   Damp heat in the ST & intestines  
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Bilateral yellow strips (remainder white)   EPF penetrating to the interior; Heat in the ST and intestines  
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Bilateral yellow strips (reaminder yellow)   Heat in LV & GB  
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Yellow root, white tip   EPF just changing into heat & penetrating into the interior  
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1/2 yellow and 1/2 white (longitudinally) TC   Heat in LV and GB  
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Gray and dry TC   Heat from excess  
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Gray or gray, wet & slippery TC   Cold dampness in the SP  
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Bilateral black on white and wet TC   Cold Def. in middle burner  
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Bilateral black on7 white and dry TC   Excess heat in the ST & SP  
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White coating, black points   EPF penetrating to the interior & transforming into heat  
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Black or black, slippery & greasy   Cold dampness in the ST and intestines  
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Black in the center, white & slippery on sides   SP Yang def. w/ cold dampness in the interior  
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Black, dry & cracked   Exhaustion of KD; Yang def. w/ interior cold  
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1/2 white and slippery, 1/2 yellow and black   LV or GB heat  
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White coating, black prickles   True cold, false heat cold turned into heat  
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White & black TC   Dampness in the SP  
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White in center, yellow around   PF just penetrating the interior & changing into heat  
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Yellow in center and white around   Interior heat just starting to clear  
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Yellow in center, black, slippery, & greasy around   Damp heat in the SP  
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Yellow sides, black prickles in center   Heat in the yang brightness stage  
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Yellow, dry & black center to tip   Heat in the ST and intestines  
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Yellow in center & gray around   Damp heat w/ heat-injured fluids  
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Yellow sides, black & greasy center   Damp heat in SP & ST  
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White, gray, and moist TC   Cold dampness in the interior  
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White, gray & dirty TC   Cold dampness or phlegm of long standing  
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1/2 white, 1/2 gray   Cold 1/2 exterior, 1/2 interior  
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White in center and gray & black around   Dampness in the SP  
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Irregular cracks   ST yin Def.  
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Horizontal cracks   Yin Def  
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Transverse cracks on sides   SP Qi Def  
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Cracks like ice floes   Yin def. from old age  
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Transverse cracks behind tip   LU yin Def.  
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Very deep central crack w/ other small cracks   KD yin Def. w/ heat  
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Vertical crack in center   HT yin def. or blazing HT fire  
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