Tongue

Question 1

Answer 1

Question 2

4 things that can affect tongues coating

Answer 2

1. Milk= Damp
2. Antibiotics= look yin Xu/ Cold + Dry
3. Steroids= Heat signs
4. Other pharmaceuticals = brown

Question 3

4 steps to diagnosing a tongue

Answer 3

1. Colour
2. Coating
3. Cracking
4. Shape

Question 4

Normal tongue

Answer 4

U shaped, slightly red/pink, thin white coating

Question 5

Swollen

Answer 5

Dampness/phlegm
(possibly water retention from KID yin Xu)

Question 6

Thin

Answer 6

Blood and/or yin Xu

Question 7

Teeth marks

Answer 7

Spleen Qi Xu

Question 8

Shaking/trembling/Quivering

Answer 8

Spleen Qi Xu

Question 9

Deviated/wagging/stiff

Answer 9

Wind

Question 10

Forked or hammerhead

Answer 10

Mental/Emotional Concern

Forked= Nourish HT
Hammered= Phlegm misting mind

Question 11

Pale

Answer 11

Cold and/or blood Xu

Question 12

Red (or prickles)

Answer 12

Heat (shi or xu)

Question 13

Purple (or prickles)

Answer 13

Blood stasis

Question 14

Thick white coat

Answer 14

Dampness

Question 15

Thin yellow coat (usually with red colour and peeled or unrooted coating)

Answer 15

Yin xu

Question 16

Thick Yellow coating

Answer 16

Damp-heat

Question 17

Geographic peeled coating

Answer 17

Stomach Qi Xu

Question 18

Brown or black

Answer 18

Extreme heat or cold, or pharmaceuticals

Question 19

Tear drop cracking

Answer 19

Lung xu

Question 20

cracking in jiaos or organ regions

Answer 20

xu pertaining to correlating organ region

Question 21

Crack down middle

Answer 21

stomach yin xu

Question 22

Cracking throughout tongue

Answer 22

yin xu

Question 23

Middle crack all the way to tip

Answer 23

Heart yin xu

Question 24

Thin tongue

Answer 24

Yin or blood xu