Tongue Coating Color Flashcards

1
Q

White - Thin, White, Moist

A

Normal

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2
Q

White-Thin (CAM too)

A

Wind, Cold or Damp in the Exterior

CAM - Exterior Cold or Normal

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3
Q

White -Thin and Slippery

A

Exterior Attack of Damp-Cold

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4
Q

White -Thin and Dry (Pale Body)

A

Blood Def

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5
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White -Thin and Dry (normally wet)

A

Yang Def

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6
Q

White -Thin and Dry (normal body color)

A

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

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7
Q

White-Thick and Wet (CAM too)

A

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

CAM (just Thick) Interior Cold

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8
Q

White-Thick and Dry

A

Dirty Fluids in the interior with Heat

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9
Q

White -Thick and Slippery

A

Damp in MJ, Cold with ST, Food Retention

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10
Q

White -Thick and Greasy

A

Yang Def with Food or Damp Retention

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11
Q

White-Thick and Greasy, Slippery

A

SP Yang Def with Damp-Cold or Slippery Phlegm

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12
Q

White -Thick and Greasy, Dry

A

Damp with Exhaustion of Body Fluids or Heat

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13
Q

White Rough and Cracked

A

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

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14
Q

White Sticky and greasy

A

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

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15
Q

White Cottage Cheese/Tofu

A

ST Heat

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16
Q

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

A

Exterior Heat

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17
Q

White Like Powder and red/scarlet body

A

Interior Heat

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18
Q

White Like Powder and red body

A

Externally contracted with Damp-Cold in MJ

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19
Q

White Like Snow

A

SP Yang Exhaustion with Damp-Cold in MJ

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20
Q

White Moldy

A

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

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21
Q

Half White and Slippery (right)

A

Half exterior and half-interior

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22
Q

Half White and Slippery (left)

A

LV Heat

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23
Q

Yellow or Pale-Yellow

A

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

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24
Q

Yellow, Slippery/Slimy

A

Damp-heat

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25
Q

Yellow and Deep

A

Damp-Heat in ST/LI

26
Q

Yellow root, white tip

A

Exterior Pathogenic factor changing into Heat and penetrating the interior

27
Q

Bilateral yellow strips, remainder yellow

A

LB/GB Heat

28
Q

Bilateral yellow strips, reminder white

A

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

29
Q

Half-yellow, half-white (longitudinally)

A

LV/GB Heat

30
Q

Yellow, Sticky, and greasy

A

Heat and Phlegm

31
Q

Yellow and Dry

A

Heat injured Fluids

32
Q

Gray, Wet, Slippery

A

SP Damp-Cold

33
Q

Gray and Dry

A

Excess Heat

34
Q

Black, Slippery and Greasy

A

Damp-Cold in ST/LI

35
Q

Bilateral black on white (wet)

A

Cold from Def of MJ

36
Q

Bilateral black on white (dry)

A

Excess Heat from ST/SP

37
Q

White Coating, Black Points

A

Exterior Pathogen penetrates to the Interior and is transforming to heat

38
Q

White Coating, Black prickles

A

True Cold and False Heat, Cold turned into Heat

39
Q

Black in the Center and white and slippery on sides

A

SP Yang def with Damp-Cold Interior

40
Q

Black, Dry and Cracked

A

Exhaustion of KD, Yang def with interior Cold

41
Q

White in center and yellow around

A

Pathogens penetrating with interior and changing into Heat

42
Q

Yellow in center and white around

A

Interior Heat just starting to clear

43
Q

White, gray and moist

A

Damp-Cold in the Interior

44
Q

White gray and dirty

A

Damp-Cold or Phlegm of long standing

45
Q

Half -White and Half-Gray

A

Half Exterior and Half-Interior

46
Q

White, Black

A

SP Damp

47
Q

Yellow in Center and Black, Slippery and Greasy Around

A

SP Damp-Heat

48
Q

Yellow on Sides and Black Prickles in Center

A

Heat in the Yang Brightness State

49
Q

Yellow, Dry and Black in the Center to Tip

A

Heat in ST/LI

50
Q

White in Center and Gray and Black Around

A

SP Damp

51
Q

Yellow in Center and Gray Around

A

Damp-Heat with Heat-Injured Fluids

52
Q

Yellow (CAM)

A

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

53
Q

Light Yellow (CAM)

A

Mild Heat

54
Q

Deep Yellow (CAM)

A

Severe Heat

55
Q

Burnt Yellow (CAM)

A

Accumulation of Heat

56
Q

Grey (CAM)

A

Interior Heat, Cold or Damp

57
Q

Grey, Yellowish and Dry (CAM)

A

Interior Excessive Heat

58
Q

Grey, Whitish and Moist (CAM)

A

Retention of Cold or Damp

59
Q

Black, Extreme Interior Condition (CAM)

A

Extreme Heat or Extreme Cold

60
Q

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

A

Extreme Heat

61
Q

Black, Pale and Slippery (CAM)

A

Excessive Cold Due to Yang Def