Tongue Diagnosis

Question 1

Coating: Yellow

Answer 1

Heat

Question 2

Coating: White

Answer 2

Cold

Question 3

Coating: Thick

Answer 3

Excess Qi

Question 4

Coating: Thin

Answer 4

Deficient Qi

Question 5

Coating: Greasy

Answer 5

Dampness/Phlegm
From Yang Deficiency

Question 6

Moisture: Dry

Answer 6

Fluid Insufficiency

Question 7

Moisture: Wet

Answer 7

Fluid Accumulation

Question 8

Color: Pale

Answer 8

Deficiency Blood or Yang

Question 9

Color: Red

Answer 9

Heat
Tip: Heart
Body: Lung

Question 10

Color: Deep Red

Answer 10

Fire

Question 11

Color: Purple

Answer 11

Blood Stasis

Question 12

Color: Blue

Answer 12

Yang Deficiency from Blood Stasis

Question 13

Veins: Distended

Answer 13

Qi Stagnation

Question 14

Veins: Dark

Answer 14

Blood Stasis

Question 15

Body: Thin (Deficiency)

Answer 15

Thin: Yin Deficiency
+pale: Blood Deficiency
+red: Yin Deficiency

Question 16

Body: Swollen (Dampness)

Answer 16

Normal: Damp Heat (ST/SP)
Pale/wet: Yang Deficiency (SP/KD)
Red: Heat (ST or HT)

Question 17

Body: Deviated (wind)

Answer 17

KI Yin Deficiency or Excess LV Yang

Question 18

Cracks: Horizontal

Answer 18

Yin Deficiency

Question 19

Cracks: Short, irregular

Answer 19

ST Yin Deficiency

Question 20

Cracks: Short, transverse

Answer 20

Sp Qi/Yin Deficiency

Question 21

Cracks: Vertical

Answer 21

ST Qi Deficiency

Question 22

Cracks: Vertical to tip

Answer 22

HT

Question 23

Tooth marked

Answer 23

SP Qi Deficiency

Question 24

Ulcers

Answer 24

HT fire (red)
Or KD Yin Deficiency (white edge)
Or SP & KD heat (underside)