舌诊 Diagnosis: CAM: Tongue

Question 1

Tongue Body Pale

Answer 1

Deficiency Type

Question 2

Tongue Body Red

Answer 2

Heat Syndrome

Question 3

Tongue Body Deep Red

Answer 3

Extreme Heat (Exogenous or Endogenous)

Question 4

Tongue Body Purple

Answer 4

Blood Stasis (In General)

Question 5

Tongue Body Swollen and Delicate

Answer 5

SP or KD yang deficiency

Question 6

Tongue Body Swollen and Deep Red

Answer 6

Excessive Heat in HT or SP

Question 7

Tongue Body Swollen and Blue/Purplish, Dark

Answer 7

Toxicosis

Question 8

Tongue Body Thin and Pale

Answer 8

Qi and Blood Deficiency

Question 9

Tongue Body Thin and Deep Red, Dry

Answer 9

Fire due to Yin Deficiency

Question 10

Tongue Body Cracked and Deep Red

Answer 10

Excess Heat

Question 11

Tongue Body Cracked and Pale

Answer 11

Blood Deficiency

Question 12

Tongue Body Cracked (Normal)

Answer 12

not deep and remain all the time

Question 13

Tongue Body Thorny and Red

Answer 13

internal accumulation of pathogenic heat

Question 14

Tongue Body Deviated

Answer 14

Wind Stroke

Question 15

Tongue Body Rigid (exogenous)

Answer 15

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

Question 16

Tongue Body Rigid (endogenous)

Answer 16

Wind stroke or early signs of wind stroke

Question 17

Tongue Body Flaccid

Answer 17

Extreme Qi and Blood deficiency or consumption of Yin Fluids

Question 18

Tongue Body Flaccid and Pale

Answer 18

Qi and Blood Deficiency

Question 19

Tongue Body Flaccid and Deep Red

Answer 19

Yin Collapse

Question 20

Tongue Coating Thin

Answer 20

Superficial Portion or Deficiency of Wei Qi

Question 21

Tongue Coating Thick

Answer 21

Deeper Progression or Retention of Damp/Food

Question 22

Tongue Coating Dry

Answer 22

Excess Heat, Consumption of Body Fluids, Yin Deficient Heat

Question 23

Tongue Coating Moist

Answer 23

Normal. If in excess then harmful water and damp

Question 24

Tongue Coating Sticky (greasy)

Answer 24

retention of damp, phlegm or food

Question 25

Tongue Coating Granular (course, easily scrubbed, pasty)

Answer 25

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

Question 26

Tongue Coating Partially Peeled

Answer 26

Consumption of ST Qi and Yin

Question 27

Tongue Coating Entirely Peeled

Answer 27

Exhaustion of ST Yin, severe damage of ST Qi

Question 28

Tongue Coating White and Thin

Answer 28

Exterior Cold or normal

Question 29

Tongue Coating White and Thick

Answer 29

Interior Cold

Question 30

Tongue Coating Yellow

Answer 30

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

Question 31

Tongue Coating Grey

Answer 31

Interior Heat, Cold or Damp

Question 32

Tongue Coating Grey, Yellowish and Dry

Answer 32

Interior Excessive Heat

Question 33

Tongue Coating Whitish Grey and Moist

Answer 33

Retention of Cold and Damp

Question 34

Tongue Coating Black

Answer 34

Extreme Interior Condition (heat or cold)

Question 35

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

Answer 35

Extreme heat

Question 36

Tongue Coating Black, Pale and Slippery

Answer 36

Excessive Cold due to Yang deficiency