Tongue Body Shape and Texture
Flaccid |
Rigid |
Deviated |
Quivering |
Long |
Short |
Qi & Blood Xu(Pale) |
Exterior heat invading PC |
Exterior wind invading channel |
Qi & Blood Xu |
SP/HT heat |
Yang Xu internal cold |
Heat injuring body fluid(red) |
Heat injuring body fluid |
Interior Liver wind & phelgm |
Extream heat generating wind |
HT fire |
Heat injuring body fluid |
KI Yin Xu with heat(Deep red) |
Internal wind |
phlegm block channel |
wind phelgm block channel |
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Retention of turbid phelgm |
Tongue Body Shape and Texture
Withered |
soft-tendered |
Thin |
Swollen |
Thorny |
Cracked |
Excess syndrome |
Deficiency syndrome |
blood Xu (Pale body) |
SP/KI Yang Xu |
Heat |
Yin Xu |
Yin Xu ( red body) |
Phlegm & damp |
Pale & cracked (Blood Xu) |
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HT/SP heat |
50% of normal people |
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toxicosis/alchoholism |
Tongue Body Colour
Pale |
Red |
Deep Red |
Purple |
Blue |
Blood Xu (slightly dry) |
Excess heat (with coating) |
Heat in Ying & Blood level |
bluish purple (blood stasis & cold) |
Yin cold |
Yang Xu ( slightly wet) |
Xu heat(without coating) |
Yin Xu fire |
reddish purple (blood stasis & heat) |
Blood stasis |
Tongue Coating Textrue
Thck & Thin Coating |
Dry |
Moist |
Greasy |
Granular |
Peeled Coating |
Severity of the pathogenic factors |
Excess Heat |
Cold syndrome |
Phlegm |
Heat with turbid ST Qi |
ST Qi/Yin Xu |
Progression of the pathogenic condition |
Yin xu empty heat |
Damp |
Damp |
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Yang Xu with damp |
Food retension |
Tongue Coating Colour
White |
Yellow |
Gray |
Black |
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Exterior Syndrome |
Heat syndrome |
Heat syndrome |
Extreme Heat |
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Cold Syndrome |
Cold damp |
Extreme Cold |