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Giovanni Tongue DIagnosis
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Health Care
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03/23/2009

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Term
Four Main Items in Tongue Diagnosis:
Definition
● Body Color
● Body Shape
● Tongue Coating
● Tongue Moisture
Term
Body Color Indicates Conditions Of:
Definition
● Blood
● Nutritive Qi
● Yin Organs
Term
Body Color Reflects Conditions Of:
Definition
● Heat
● Cold
● Yin
● Yang
Term
Body Shape Indicates:
Definition
● State of Blood
● State of Nutritive Qi
Term
Body Shape Reflects Conditions Of:
Definition
● Fullness
● Deficiency
Term
Tongue Coating Indicates:
Definition
● State of the Yang Organs
● Conditions of Heat
● Conditions of Cold
Term
Tongue Coating Reflects Conditions Of:
Definition
● Heat
● Cold
● Fullness
● Deficiency
Term
Tongue Moisture Indicates:
Definition
● State of the Body Fluids
Term
SIDES of the tongue:
Definition
Liver and Gall Bladder
Term
SIDES of the tongue:
Definition
Liver and Gall Bladder
Term
SIDES of the tongue TOWARDS the FRONT:
Definition
Reflect the Chest Area
○ Heart
○ Lungs
○ Breasts
Term
Pale Red
Definition
Normal Body Color
Term
Pale and slightly too wet
Definition
Deficiency of Yang (because in Deficient Yang,
fluids are not transformed properly)
Term
Pale and slightly too wet
Definition
Deficiency of Yang (because in Deficient Yang,
fluids are not transformed properly)
Term
Pale and somewhat dry
Definition
Deficiency of Blood
Term
Sides of the tongue especially Pale or slightly
ORANGEY
Definition
Deficiency of Liver Blood
Term
Red tongue body
Definition
Heat
Term
Red tongue with coating
Definition
Excess Heat
Term
Red tongue without coating
Definition
Yin Deficiency Heat
Term
Red tip on a Red tongue with coating
Definition
Heart Fire
Term
Red tip on a Red tongue without coating
Definition
Heart Yin Deficiency Heat
Term
Red tip, swollen and with red points, on a red
tongue
Definition
Severe case: Heart Fire
Term
Red sides with coating
Definition
Liver Fire
Gall Bladder Heat
Term
Red sides without coating
Definition
Liver Yin Deficiency
Term
Red sides without coating
Definition
Liver Yin Deficiency
Term
Red sides swollen with red points
Definition
Severe cases
Term
Red sides swollen with red points
Definition
Severe cases
Term
Red points or spots on the sides of the tongue
Definition
Liver Fire
Term
Red center with coating
Definition
Stomach Heat (Excess)
Term
Red center without coating
Definition
Stomach Heat from Deficiency
Term
Red points or spots on the root of the tongue
Definition
Heat in the Lower Jiao
Term
Red points in the center of the tongue
Definition
Stomach Heat
Term
Deep red tongue
Definition
Same as the indications of red, just more
severe
Term
Purple tongue
Definition
Always indicates: Stasis of Blood
Term
Reddish-purple tongue
Definition
Heat and Stasis of Blood
Develops from a Red tongue
Term
Bluish-purple tongue
Definition
Cold and Stasis of Blood
Develops from a Pale Tongue
Term
Purple on the sides
Definition
Liver Blood Stasis
Term
Bluish-Purple on the sides in women
Definition
Blood stasis in the uterus
Term
Bluish-Purple on the sides in women
Definition
Blood stasis in the uterus
Term
Purple in the center
Definition
Blood stasis in the Stomach
Term
Blue
Definition
Same as bluish-purple
Interior Cold → Blood Stasis
Term
Thin Body and Pale
Definition
Blood Deficiency
Chronic condition
Term
Thin Body and Red without coating
Definition
Yin Deficiency
Chronic condition
Term
Swollen Tongue
Definition
Retention of Dampness
Phlegm (especially)
Term
Partial Swelling
Definition
Heat
Term
Swollen red tip
Definition
Severe Heart Fire
Term
Swollen and red sides
Definition
Liver Fire
Term
Swollen sides, wider, and on a Pale tongue
Definition
Spleen Deficiency
Term
Swelling in the front third of the tongue
Definition
Phlegm in the Lungs
Term
Stiff
Definition
Interior Wind
Blood Stasis
Term
Flaccid
Definition
Deficiency of Body Fluids
Term
Long
Definition
Tendency to Heat
Heart Heat (in particular)
Term
Short, Pale, and Wet
Definition
Interior Cold
Term
Short, Pale, and Wet
Definition
Interior Cold
Term
Short, Red, and Peeled
Definition
Extreme Yin Deficiency
Term
Short, horizontal or vertical cracks
Definition
Stomach Yin Deficiency
Term
Long, Deep midline crack reaching the tip
Definition
Tendency to a heart pattern
“Heart Crack”
Term
Shallow, wide crack in the midline not reaching
the tip
Definition
Stomach Yin Deficiency
“Stomach Crack”
Term
Short transversal cracks on the sides, in the
middle section of the tongue
Definition
Chronic Spleen Qi
Spleen Yin Deficiency
Term
Quivering tongue
Definition
Spleen Qi Deficiency
Term
Deviated tongue
Definition
Interior Wind
Term
Tooth marked
Definition
Spleen Qi Deficiency
Term
Thin, white coating
Definition
Normal tongue
Stomach is digesting properly
Term
Thick coating
Definition
Presence of a pathogenic factor
Exterior or Interior
Wind, Dampness, Cold, retention of Food,
Phlegm, Heat or Fire
Term
The thicker the coating
Definition
The stronger the pathogenic factor
Term
Coating without root – coating has been added
to the tongue rather than growing out of it
Definition
Stomach Qi Deficiency
Term
Partial absence of coating
Definition
Stomach Yin Deficiency
Term
Total absence of coating
Definition
Stomach Yin Deficiency
Kidney Yin Deficiency
or Both
Term
Tongue is red all over
Definition
Kidney Yin Deficiency with Deficient Heat
Term
White coating
Yellow coating
Gray coating
Black coating
Definition
Pathological Tongue coating colors
Term
White coating (but not thin and white)
Definition
Cold pattern
Term
Yellow coating
Definition
Full-Heat pattern
Term
Gray and moist
Definition
Extreme Cold
Term
Gray and dry
Definition
Extreme Heat
Term
Black and moist
Definition
Extreme Cold
Term
Black and dry
Definition
Extreme Heat
Term
Very slightly moist
Definition
Normal tongue: body fluids are intact and are
properly distributed throughout the body
Term
Tongue is too wet
Definition
Yang Qi not transforming and transporting fluids
Accumulation of Dampness
Term
Tongue is too wet
Definition
Yang Qi not transforming and transporting fluids
Accumulation of Dampness
Term
Tongue is too dry with coating
Definition
Full Heat
Term
Tongue is too dry without coating
Definition
Deficiency Heat
Term
Sticky or slippery coating
Definition
Retention of Dampness
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