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1
Q

Tongue Body Pale

A

Deficiency Type

2
Q

Tongue Body Red

A

Heat Syndrome

3
Q

Tongue Body Deep Red

A

Extreme Heat (Exogenous or Endogenous)

4
Q

Tongue Body Purple

A

Blood Stasis (In General)

5
Q

Tongue Body Swollen and Delicate

A

SP or KD yang deficiency

6
Q

Tongue Body Swollen and Deep Red

A

Excessive Heat in HT or SP

7
Q

Tongue Body Swollen and Blue/Purplish, Dark

A

Toxicosis

8
Q

Tongue Body Thin and Pale

A

Qi and Blood Deficiency

9
Q

Tongue Body Thin and Deep Red, Dry

A

Fire due to Yin Deficiency

10
Q

Tongue Body Cracked and Deep Red

A

Excess Heat

11
Q

Tongue Body Cracked and Pale

A

Blood Deficiency

12
Q

Tongue Body Cracked (Normal)

A

not deep and remain all the time

13
Q

Tongue Body Thorny and Red

A

internal accumulation of pathogenic heat

14
Q

Tongue Body Deviated

A

Wind Stroke

15
Q

Tongue Body Rigid (exogenous)

A
  1. PC Heat
  2. Interior Turbid/Phlegm
  3. Heat consuming Body Fluids
16
Q

Tongue Body Rigid (endogenous)

A

Wind stroke or early signs of wind stroke

17
Q

Tongue Body Flaccid

A

Extreme Qi and Blood deficiency or consumption of Yin Fluids

18
Q

Tongue Body Flaccid and Pale

A

Qi and Blood Deficiency

19
Q

Tongue Body Flaccid and Deep Red

A

Yin Collapse

20
Q

Tongue Coating Thin

A

Superficial Portion or Deficiency of Wei Qi

21
Q

Tongue Coating Thick

A

Deeper Progression or Retention of Damp/Food

22
Q

Tongue Coating Dry

A

Excess Heat, Consumption of Body Fluids, Yin Deficient Heat

23
Q

Tongue Coating Moist

A

Normal. If in excess then harmful water and damp

24
Q

Tongue Coating Sticky (greasy)

A

retention of damp, phlegm or food

25
Q

Tongue Coating Granular (course, easily scrubbed, pasty)

A

Excessive Yang Ming heat bringing turbid ST Qi upward; or food/phlegm retention

26
Q

Tongue Coating Partially Peeled

A

Consumption of ST Qi and Yin

27
Q

Tongue Coating Entirely Peeled

A

Exhaustion of ST Yin, severe damage of ST Qi

28
Q

Tongue Coating White and Thin

A

Exterior Cold or normal

29
Q

Tongue Coating White and Thick

A

Interior Cold

30
Q

Tongue Coating Yellow

A

Interior Heat (the darker the yellow the more severe the progression is)

31
Q

Tongue Coating Grey

A

Interior Heat, Cold or Damp

32
Q

Tongue Coating Grey, Yellowish and Dry

A

Interior Excessive Heat

33
Q

Tongue Coating Whitish Grey and Moist

A

Retention of Cold and Damp

34
Q

Tongue Coating Black

A

Extreme Interior Condition (heat or cold)

35
Q

Tongue Coating Black, Yellowish and Dry (Possibly with thorns)

A

Extreme heat

36
Q

Tongue Coating Black, Pale and Slippery

A

Excessive Cold due to Yang deficiency