Tongue Flashcards
Body color
Condition of blood/nutritive qi/yin organs
Body shape
State of blood n nutritive qi
Coating
State of yang organ
Moisture
State of body fluids
Pale tongue
Def of yang(slightly too wet n swollen) or def of blood(somewhat dry)
Sides of tongue pale(slightly orangey)
Deficiency of liver blood
Red sides
Liver fire-gb heat(with coating) liver yin deficiency (without coating
Red center
Stomach heat
Raised papillae
Heat (if rather large-also blood stasis)
Spots on tongue
Tip-heart fire
Sides-liver fire
Root-heat lower burner
Center-stomach heat
Purple on sides
Liver blood stasis
Woman-blood stasis uterus
Purple in center
Blood stasis stomach
Thin body
Blood def. -pale
Yin def-red and peeled
Swollen and pale
Dampness from yang deficiency
Swollen n red
Damp heat
Stiff
Interior wind
Flaccid
Deficiency of body fluids
Long
Heat-heart heat
Short
Pale n wet-Interior cold
Red n peeled -extreme deficiency of yin
Cracked
Full heat/deficiency of yin
Short horizontal cracks
Stomach yin deficiency
Long deep crack
Heart pattern
Short transversal crack on sides
Chronic spleen qi deficiency
Quivering
Spleen qi deficiency
Deviated
Interior wind
Toothmarked
Spleen qi deficiency
Absence of coating
Deficiency of yin stomach/or kidney yin
White coating
Cold pattern
Yellow coating
Full heat pattern
Grey/black coating
Extreme cold/heat depends if wet or dry
Dry tongue
Full or empty heat
Sticky/slippery tongue
Retention of dampness/phlegm
