Tongue

Question 1

(body)
normal health
mild pathogenic qi

Answer 1

pale-red

Question 2

(body)
yang xu
blood xu
qi xu
internal or external cold

Answer 2

pale

Question 3

(body)

mild deficiency and/or cold condition

Answer 3

soft-tender (young tongue)

Question 4

(body)

full or empty heat

Answer 4

red

Question 5

(body)
severe or full or empty heat
interior fire

Answer 5

crimson

Question 6

(body)
qi and blood stasis
w/ or w/o interior cold, yang xu, or heat

Answer 6

purple

Question 7

(body)

blood stasis w/ cold

Answer 7

purplish-blue

Question 8

(body)
qi xu
yang xu
damp-phlegm retention

Answer 8

enlarged

Question 9

(body)
blood xu (pale)
yin xu (red)

Answer 9

thin

Question 10

(body)
yin xu
depletion of body fluids (by full or empty heat)
ST qi xu

Answer 10

fissures

Question 11

(body)
heat
fire
heat pathogens

Answer 11

prickles

Question 12

(body)
internal or external wind
qi/yang xu

Answer 12

deviated

Question 13

(coating)
superficial pathogen
qi xu

Answer 13

thin

Question 14

(coating)
deeper progression of pathogen
retention of damp or food

Answer 14

thick

Question 15

(coating)

pathogenic water/dampness

Answer 15

moist/slimy/greasy

Question 16

(coating)
phlegm/damp retention
usually ST disease

Answer 16

grimy

as though tongue coating mixed w/ dirt

Question 17

(coating)
normal health
mild wind-cold invastion

Answer 17

thin-white

Question 18

(coating)
excess dampness
cold-damp
dampness transforming into heat

Answer 18

thick-white

Question 19

(coating)

wind-heat

Answer 19

thin-yellow

Question 20

(coating)

damp-heat accumulation

Answer 20

thick-yellow

Question 21

(coating)

extreme heat consuming body fluids

Answer 21

dry-yellow

Question 22

(coating)
retention of damp-cold
yang xu

Answer 22

grey (glossy)

Question 23

(coating)
yin xu
yin exhaustion
ST qi xu

Answer 23

peeled

Question 24

(coating)
extreme heat
extreme cold

Answer 24

black

Question 25

spicy food makes the tongue

Answer 25

red

Question 26

smoking makes the tongue

Answer 26

yellow

Question 27

antibiotics makes the tongue

Answer 27

partially peeled

Question 28

corticosteroids make the tongue

Answer 28

red and swollen

Question 29

NSAIDs make the tongue

Answer 29

red tip

Question 30

cytotoxic medication makes the tongue

Answer 30

red body, thick-dark-yellow or brown coating