Tongue

Question 1

Organs associated with certain locations on the tongue

Answer 1

Question 2

No coat

Answer 2

Yin/Blood xu

Question 3

Yellow Coat

Answer 3

Indicates heat and interior syndromes

Question 4

White coat (Thin/Thick)

Answer 4

Thin: normal

Thick: exogenous factors and cold

Question 5

Dusky/Purple

Answer 5

Either cold or heat syndromes

Purple w/ deep red coloration indicates inadequate fluid (suggests that exuberant heat has led to consumption of yin and fluid, and stagnation of qi and blood)

Pale purple or moist blue-purple indicates a blockage of vessels due to preponderant endogenous cold

Purple spots on the tongue also suggest stagnation of blood

Question 6

Crimson

Answer 6

Deep red is a sign of severe endogenous heat (usually found at advanced stage of febrile diseases or in protracted and critical cases) suggests hyperactivity of fire due yin deficiency

Question 7

Red

Answer 7

heat syndrome caused by an excess of qi and blood usually seen in the syndrome of interior heat or endogenous heat due to yin deficiency

Question 8

Pale

Answer 8

deficiency and cold caused by insufficient yang-qi and blood

Question 9

Swollen

Answer 9

Qi xu/Damp

Question 10

Teeth-marked/Scalloped

Answer 10

Qi xu/Damp