Tongue Coating Color

Question 1

White - Thin, White, Moist

Answer 1

Normal

Question 2

White-Thin (CAM too)

Answer 2

Wind, Cold or Damp in the Exterior

CAM - Exterior Cold or Normal

Question 3

White -Thin and Slippery

Answer 3

Exterior Attack of Damp-Cold

Question 4

White -Thin and Dry (Pale Body)

Answer 4

Blood Def

Question 5

White -Thin and Dry (normally wet)

Answer 5

Yang Def

Question 6

White -Thin and Dry (normal body color)

Answer 6

Exterior attack of W-C, or W-H, LU Fluid injured, Exterior Dryness attack

Question 7

White-Thick and Wet (CAM too)

Answer 7

Exterior attack of Wind-Cold, interior Damp-Cold in MJ

CAM (just Thick) Interior Cold

Question 8

White-Thick and Dry

Answer 8

Dirty Fluids in the interior with Heat

Question 9

White -Thick and Slippery

Answer 9

Damp in MJ, Cold with ST, Food Retention

Question 10

White -Thick and Greasy

Answer 10

Yang Def with Food or Damp Retention

Question 11

White-Thick and Greasy, Slippery

Answer 11

SP Yang Def with Damp-Cold or Slippery Phlegm

Question 12

White -Thick and Greasy, Dry

Answer 12

Damp with Exhaustion of Body Fluids or Heat

Question 13

White Rough and Cracked

Answer 13

Attack of Summer-Heat Injuring the Qi (Qi Level)

Question 14

White Sticky and greasy

Answer 14

Damp or Phlegm in MJ (Interior), Exterior attack of Damp at the Qi Level (Exterior)

Question 15

White Cottage Cheese/Tofu

Answer 15

ST Heat

Question 16

White, Like Powder and slight red body on tip or sides

Answer 16

Exterior Heat

Question 17

White Like Powder and red/scarlet body

Answer 17

Interior Heat

Question 18

White Like Powder and red body

Answer 18

Externally contracted with Damp-Cold in MJ

Question 19

White Like Snow

Answer 19

SP Yang Exhaustion with Damp-Cold in MJ

Question 20

White Moldy

Answer 20

KD/ST Yin Def, Damp-Toxin in the Interior

Question 21

Half White and Slippery (right)

Answer 21

Half exterior and half-interior

Question 22

Half White and Slippery (left)

Answer 22

LV Heat

Question 23

Yellow or Pale-Yellow

Answer 23

Exterior attack of W-H, W-C turning to Heat, D-H in the chest and MJ

Question 24

Yellow, Slippery/Slimy

Answer 24

Damp-heat

Question 25

Yellow and Deep

Answer 25

Damp-Heat in ST/LI

Question 26

Yellow root, white tip

Answer 26

Exterior Pathogenic factor changing into Heat and penetrating the interior

Question 27

Bilateral yellow strips, remainder yellow

Answer 27

LB/GB Heat

Question 28

Bilateral yellow strips, reminder white

Answer 28

Exterior Pathogen penetrating to the Interior, Heat in ST/LI

Question 29

Half-yellow, half-white (longitudinally)

Answer 29

LV/GB Heat

Question 30

Yellow, Sticky, and greasy

Answer 30

Heat and Phlegm

Question 31

Yellow and Dry

Answer 31

Heat injured Fluids

Question 32

Gray, Wet, Slippery

Answer 32

SP Damp-Cold

Question 33

Gray and Dry

Answer 33

Excess Heat

Question 34

Black, Slippery and Greasy

Answer 34

Damp-Cold in ST/LI

Question 35

Bilateral black on white (wet)

Answer 35

Cold from Def of MJ

Question 36

Bilateral black on white (dry)

Answer 36

Excess Heat from ST/SP

Question 37

White Coating, Black Points

Answer 37

Exterior Pathogen penetrates to the Interior and is transforming to heat

Question 38

White Coating, Black prickles

Answer 38

True Cold and False Heat, Cold turned into Heat

Question 39

Black in the Center and white and slippery on sides

Answer 39

SP Yang def with Damp-Cold Interior

Question 40

Black, Dry and Cracked

Answer 40

Exhaustion of KD, Yang def with interior Cold

Question 41

White in center and yellow around

Answer 41

Pathogens penetrating with interior and changing into Heat

Question 42

Yellow in center and white around

Answer 42

Interior Heat just starting to clear

Question 43

White, gray and moist

Answer 43

Damp-Cold in the Interior

Question 44

White gray and dirty

Answer 44

Damp-Cold or Phlegm of long standing

Question 45

Half -White and Half-Gray

Answer 45

Half Exterior and Half-Interior

Question 46

White, Black

Answer 46

SP Damp

Question 47

Yellow in Center and Black, Slippery and Greasy Around

Answer 47

SP Damp-Heat

Question 48

Yellow on Sides and Black Prickles in Center

Answer 48

Heat in the Yang Brightness State

Question 49

Yellow, Dry and Black in the Center to Tip

Answer 49

Heat in ST/LI

Question 50

White in Center and Gray and Black Around

Answer 50

SP Damp

Question 51

Yellow in Center and Gray Around

Answer 51

Damp-Heat with Heat-Injured Fluids

Question 52

Yellow (CAM)

Answer 52

Interior Heat, The deeper the yellow coating is the more the severe pathogenic Heat is

Question 53

Light Yellow (CAM)

Answer 53

Mild Heat

Question 54

Deep Yellow (CAM)

Answer 54

Severe Heat

Question 55

Burnt Yellow (CAM)

Answer 55

Accumulation of Heat

Question 56

Grey (CAM)

Answer 56

Interior Heat, Cold or Damp

Question 57

Grey, Yellowish and Dry (CAM)

Answer 57

Interior Excessive Heat

Question 58

Grey, Whitish and Moist (CAM)

Answer 58

Retention of Cold or Damp

Question 59

Black, Extreme Interior Condition (CAM)

Answer 59

Extreme Heat or Extreme Cold

Question 60

Black, Yellowish and Dry, Possibly with Thorns (CAM)

Answer 60

Extreme Heat

Question 61

Black, Pale and Slippery (CAM)

Answer 61

Excessive Cold Due to Yang Def