PALE, Slightly Wet, & Swollen
Yang Deficiency
-yang qi fails to transform & transport fluids
PALE, somewhat Dry
Blood Deficiency
Sides of tongue PALE
[or]
Slightly Orange
Liv Blood Deficiency
RED Body
Heat
RED with Coating
Full-Heat
RED without Coating
Empty-Heat
RED TIP on Red Tongue w/Coating
Heart Fire
RED TIP on Red Tongue without Coating
Heart Empty-Heat
RED TIP on Red Tongue w/tip swollen & have red points on it
SEVERE CASE
RED SIDES
Liver Fire
Gallbladder Heat
Severe Case: swollen & display red spots
RED CENTER
Stomach Heat
RED Tongue with Raised Papillae
Heat
RED Tongue with Raised Papillae that are Large
Blood Stasis
RED POINTS/SPOTS on Tip
Heart Fire
RED POINTS/SPOTS on Sides
Liver Fire
RED POINTS/SPOTS on Root
Heat in Lower Burner
RED POINTS/SPOTS around Center
St-Heat
DEEP RED
More severe condition" with same indications as Red Tongue
PURPLE
Blood Stasis
REDDISH-PURPLE
Heat & Blood Stasis
-developed from a red tongue
BLUISH-PURPLE
Cold & Blood Stasis
-developed from pale tongue
BLUISH-PURPLE with PURPLE on Sides [only towards middle section] & Swollen sides
Blood Stasis in Chest
PURPLE on Sides
Liver Blood Stasis
PURPLE on Center
Blood Stasis in Stomach
BLUE
Cold & Blood Stasis
THIN & Pale
Blood Def. [more chronic]
THIN, Red, & Peeled
Yin Def. [more chronic]
SWOLLEN & Pale
Retention of Dampness [deriving from Yang Deficiency.]
SWOLLEN, Red or Normal Color
Retention of Damp Heat
STIFF
Interior Wind
FLACCID
Deficiency of Body Fluids
LONG
Tendency to Heat, especially heart-Heat
SHORT, Pale, Wet
Interior Cold
SHORT, Red, Peeled
Extreme Yin Deficiency
CRACKED
Full-Heat
Yin Deficiency
CRACKED, Short Horizontal Cracks
Stomach Yin Deficiency
CRACKED, Long-Deep mid-line crack reaching the tip
Heart Pattern
CRACKED, Shallow-Wide Crack [not reaching tip]
Stomach Yin Deficiency
CRACKED, Short Transverse Crack [on sides & middle of tongue]
Chronic Spleen Qi Deficiency
QUIVERING
Spleen Qi Deficiency
DEVIATED
Interior Wind
TOOTHMARKED
Spleen Qi Deficiency
THIN, WHITE COAT
Normal Tongue
THICKER COAT
Presence of pathogenic factor & of its strength
-Exterior/Interior
Cold
Food Retention
Phlegm
Heat
Fire
ABSENCE OF COAT
Stomach Yin Deficiency
Kidney Yin Deficiency
ABSENCE OF COAT, Red Tongue
Kidney Yin deficiency
THIN, WHITE
Normal
WHITE COAT
Cold Pattern
YELLOW COAT
Full-Heat
GREY/BLACK COAT, Wet
Extreme Cold
GREY/BLACK COAT, Dry
Extreme Heat
SLIGHTLY MOIST
Normal
-body fluids intact
TOO WET
Yang Qi not transforming & transporting fluids
-accumulate to form Dampness
DRY, Coating
Full-Heat
DRY, No Coating
Empty-Heat
WHITE COAT
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THIN, WHITE
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