Tongue Diagnosis According To The Blue Tongue Book

Front 1

Effect of Antibiotics on the Tongue

Back 1

Peeled patches similar to St Yin Xu

Front 2

Effect of Corticoid Steroids on the Tongue

Back 2

Red and Swollen

Front 3

Effect of Bronchodilators on the Tongue

Back 3

Red Tip

Front 4

Effect of Diuretics on the Tongue

Back 4

Red peeled-yin type peel

Front 5

Effect of Anti-inflammatory on the Tongue

Back 5

Thin body/red points

Front 6

Effect of Antispasmodics on the Tongue

Back 6

Very think/brown-black-dry coat

Front 7

Anatomy: Coating

Back 7

Filiform papillae

Front 8

Anatomy: Surface

Back 8

Fungi form papillae or red spot

Front 9

Anatomy: Tongue Body

Back 9

"Almost always reflects the true condition of the body"

Front 10

Anatomy: Body Color

Back 10

Monitors chronic

Front 11

Anatomy: Body Coating

Back 11

Acute conditions

Front 12

Organ Most closely related to tongue, Steam produces coating

Back 12

Stomach

Front 13

Thin/white/moist

Back 13

Exterior-Wind-Cold,
Most front part btw the tip and center/Can be scraped off/Easily returns

Front 14

Thin white/dry prickles

Back 14

Exterior-Wind-Cold about to injure by heat

Front 15

Thin white/greasy

Back 15

Damp-Cold/external

Front 16

Thin-White-Dry

Back 16

External-Wind-Heat

Front 17

Thin-Yellow

Back 17

Mild-Heat

Front 18

Grey-black-prickles

Back 18

Severe-Heat

Front 19

Red points in front/sides

Back 19

Children

Front 20

Pale, white, overly moist

Back 20

Interior-Cold

Front 21

Pale, white, overly moist

Back 21

Interior-Cold: Arises from deficiency of Yang Qi

Front 22

pale, thick white, overly moist, slippery

Back 22

Interior-Excess-Cold

Front 23

Blue

Back 23

Interior-Chronic-cold

Front 24

Purple-Blue

Back 24

Prolonged retention cold when circulation is obstructed and stasis of blood

Front 25

Red or Dark Red/X's

Back 25

Interior-Heat

Front 26

Darker red/more yellow

Back 26

You have more severe heat

Front 27

Brown/grey/black

Back 27

More severe heat than red

Front 28

Generally FLABBY and varies according to the organ deficient

Back 28

Qi Deficiency

Front 29

Either a thin coat on the center or a coating w/o root appears.

Back 29

Stomach Qi Deficiency

Front 30

Tooth marked, slightly swollen, possibly pale.

Back 30

Spleen Qi Xu

Front 31

Pale body. In Severe cases, tip is swollen w/ pale body.

Back 31

Heart Qi Xu

Front 32

Generally pale, overly wet, thin coating and white.

Back 32

Yang Xu

Front 33

Pale to very pale, swollen, overly wet.

Back 33

Spleen Yang Xu

Front 34

Swollen, overly wet.

Back 34

Kidney Yang Xu

Front 35

Pale body w/ the tip slightly moist.

Back 35

Heart Yang Xu

Front 36

Pale bluish purple, possible purple on the Sides btw the tip and center.

Back 36

Heart Yang Xu w/ Blood Stasis

Front 37

Thin Body

Back 37

Always suggests deficiency of Yin substances-blood/fluids

Front 38

Swollen

Back 38

Excess fluids, either from Yang Qi def or Heat in the body.

Front 39

Pale and Wet

Back 39

Deficiency of Yang leading to retention of damp.

Front 40

Normal Color

Back 40

Retention of DAMP-HEAT in SP/ST. Also, def of Sp Qi Heat

Front 41

Purple

Back 41

Alcoholism w/ damp/heat. AKA "alcoholic toxin within"

Front 42

Dark Bluish Purple

Back 42

POISONING leading to blood stasis