Tongue Questions Flashcards
what color tongue is a sign of deficiency of blood, qi, or blood?
pale tongue
a red tongue is a sign of what type of syndrome?
excess heat or yin deficiency
a tongue that is only slight red or red on tip and edge is an indicator of internal or external heat?
external
what color tongue is a sign of blood stagnation?
pruple
what color tongue is a sign of high heat and high fever
crimson
is a tough tongue an excess or deficiency?
excess
is a tender tongue an excess or deficiency?
deficiency
what does a small tongue indicate?
blood and yin defieincy
what does a large tongue indicate?
damp, phlegm, toxin (excess fluid)
what does a small tongue indicate?
yin deficiency with heat
what does a thin tongue indicate?
qi and blood deficiency
what does a deep red tongue with cracks and a dry coating indicate?
excess heat
A yellow greasy tongue indicates what?
damp heat
a deep red tongue with a white greasy coat indicates what?
yin deficiency with damp phlegm
Does a thick or thin tongue coating indicate
- interior
- later stage issue
- more severe
thick
a blue tongue represents what?
excess cold
what does a dry tongue coating indicate?
- body fluid deficiency
- excess heat
what does a greasy tongue coating indicate?
damp/phlegm
what does a yellow tongue coat mean?
heat
what does a white tongue coat mean?
cold
what does a pale purple and moist tongue indicate?
cold syndrome
Pale, enlarged, and moist= __________
yang deficiency
Red and tough tongue with thick dry coating= __________
excess heat
Crimson, dry and small without coating= __________
yin deficiency
Bluish on edges and sides=__________
blood stagnation
Pale, thin, and small= ________________
qi and blood deficiency
Swollen (wider horizontally and vertically) indicates what?
qi and blood stasis due to heat
Pale, enlarged, white coating= ______________
cold damp accumulation
Pale, enlarged, teethmarks, white slippery coating = _________________________–
spleen and kidney yang deficiency with dampness
Scalloped, pale, and moist= ______________
spleen deficiency
Thin and pale = ___________
qi and blood deficiency
Thin and red= __________
yin deficiency
Deep red crack with dry coating= ________
excess heat
Red body, cracks, no tongue coating= _____________
yin deficiency
what are prickles a sign of?
Prickles= excess pathogenic heat
Pale, tender and wet= ___________
yang deficiency
what color tongue coating indicates a cold pathogen and exterior?
white
what color tongue coating indicates heat and an interior condition?
yellow
Dry and grey=
heat syndrome
Moist and grey=
cold syndrome
what does no tongue coating indicate?
yin deficiency
pale and flaccid=
severe qi and blood deficiency
does a rooted or non rooted coating Have Stomach Qi and right Qi
rooted
which coating (rooted or non rooted) comes off easily?
non rooted
