Shape Of Tongue Flashcards
1
Q
Stiff tongue, pale or normal color
A
Internal wind
2
Q
Stiff tongue, dry, red or dark red
A
Excess heat injuring body fluids, chronic
3
Q
Stiff tongue, red or dark red
A
Intense heat from high fever acute
4
Q
Pale, thin tongue
A
Blood deficiency
5
Q
Red, thin tongue
A
Yin deficiency
6
Q
Swollen, pale tongue
A
Spleen yang qi def
7
Q
Swollen tongue, normal color
A
Dampness in spleen or stomach
8
Q
Swollen, pale, wet
A
Spleen and/or kidney yang def
9
Q
Swollen and red
A
Heat in the stomach and heart
10
Q
Swollen and purple
A
Alcoholism with retention of damp heat
11
Q
Flaccid tongue
A
Def of body fluids
12
Q
Pale, flaccid tongue
A
Heart and spleen qi def, blood def
13
Q
Long, thin
A
Heat, heart heat
14
Q
Long, swollen, red tip
A
Damp heat in the heart
15
Q
Short tongue
A
Internal cold
