Tongue Diagnosis

Question 1

pale and wet

Answer 1

Qi Deficiency

Question 2

Pale and dry

Answer 2

blood deficiency

Question 3

red no coating

Answer 3

yin deficiency

Question 4

red - tip

Answer 4

heart fire

Question 5

red - sides

Answer 5

liver heat/fire

Question 6

deep red

Answer 6

heat with yin deficiency
severe heat
yin deficiency

Question 7

purple

Answer 7

Qi or blood stagnation

Cold pattern

Question 8

yellow - lusterless

Answer 8

damp, spleen deficiency

Question 9

yellow - bright

Answer 9

liver damp-heat

Question 10

white coating - thin

Answer 10

exterior pattern

wind-cold

Question 11

white coating - thick

Answer 11

cold
cold-damp
phlegm

Question 12

yellow coating

Answer 12

heat

excess heat

Question 13

grey-black coating - dry

Answer 13

heat

yin deficiency

Question 14

grey-black coating - wet

Answer 14

yang deficiency

cold

Question 15

dry coating

Answer 15

yin deficiency

blood deficiency

Question 16

wet coating

Answer 16

Qi deficiency
yang deficiency
damp-cold
water-damp

Question 17

sticky coating

Answer 17

phlegm
damp
food stasis

Question 18

crusty coating

Answer 18

indigestion
food retention
phlegm

Question 19

swollen - pale

Answer 19

kidney yang deficiency

spleen Qi deficiency

Question 20

swollen - red

Answer 20

extreme heat pattern

Question 21

soft, small - since birth

Answer 21

kidney jing deficiency

Question 22

small, soft - pale

Answer 22

Qi and/or blood deficiency

Question 23

small, soft - quivering

Answer 23

internal wind

severe deficiency of Qi/Yang/Blood

Question 24

red tongue, yellow coating

Answer 24

heat excess