Maciocia Tongues Flashcards by Melanie Pepper

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Pale tongue

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deficiency of yang or deficiency of blood

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Red tongue with coating

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Full heat

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Red tongue, no coating

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empty heat

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Red tongue, red tip

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Heart fire ore heart empty heat

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Red tongue, red sides

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Liver fire or GB heat

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Deep red tongue

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Condition more severe

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Purple tongue

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Blood stasis

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Reddish-purple tongue

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heat & blood stasis

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Pale, bluish-purple tongue

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Cold & blood stasis

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Purple tongue, purple sides

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Liver blood stasis

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Purple tongue, purple center

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Blood stasis in Stomach

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Purple tongue, purple on sides for women

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Blood stasis in uterus

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Thin & pale tongue

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Chronic blood deficiency

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Thin & red tongue

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Yin deficiency

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Swollen & pale tongue

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Damp from Yang deficiency

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Swollen sides wider & pale

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Spleen deficiency

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Swollen in front third

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Phlegm in Lungs

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Swollen & red or normal colored

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Damp-heat

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Swollen w/red sides

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Liver fire

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Tooth marked tongue

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Spleen qi deficiency

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Flaccid tongue

A

deficiency of body fluids

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Cracked tongue

A

Full-heat or deficiency of yin

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Short horizontal cracks

A

Stomach yin deficiency

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Center crack reaching tip

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Heart pattern

Short transversal cracks on sides

Chronic Spleen qi deficiency

Long tongue

Tendency to heat (heart heat)

Short, pale & wet tongue

Cold

Short, red & peeled tongue

Yin deficiency

Deviated tongue

Interior wind

Stiff tongue

Interior wind

Quivering tongue

Spleen qi deficiency

Thick tongue coating

Pathogenic factor (exterior or interior): exterior wind, damp, cold, retention of food, phlegm, heat, fire

No tongue coating

Deficiency of Stomach Yin and/or Kidney yin

White coating

Cold (unless it is thin and white, which is normal)

Yellow coating

Full heat

Gray and black coating, wet & dry

Cold or extreme heat

Tongue is too wet

Yang qi not T&T fluids

Tongue is dry

Full heat or empty heat

Tongue is sticky or slippery

Damp or phlegm