What is your Tongue trying to tell you about your Health?
Tongue Analysis according to Traditional Chinese Medicine
*This is an educational article, not a medical diagnosis
Tongue Characteristics and Meanings
Pink - Good blood, good health
Pale: Anemia, may be due to iron-deficient diet and/or parasites, energy deficiency
Red dots: Unexpressed, stuffed thoughts & feelings, organ heat due to organ inefficiency
Red: Organ inefficiency & heat, excessive energy, anger, deficient organs due to fluid consumption
Deep Red: Febrille disease, prolonged illness, yin fluid exhausted, endogenous fire is hyperactive
Purple: Stagnant blood, may be due to Candida, Parasites and/or Mercury/Dental Amalgam Fillings
Blue: Cold organ condition due to exhaustion of vital energy; prolonged stress, emotional coldness
White coating: Normal
Yellow Coating: Warm, hot toxins, more easily removed, constipation
Thick white coating: Cold, flu, cold toxins, constipation
Flabby Teeth Prints: Spleen deficiency, digestive weakness, water retention, energy & yin deficiency
Thick: Water retention, phlegm-damp
Line in Middle: GI Tract distress due to poor diet, junk/fast food, mental/emotional stress
Cracked: Withheld anger, bitterness, resentment, consumption of body fluid by excessive heat, kidney essence loss; fire hyperactivity due to yin deficiency
Trembling tongue: Liver problem, CNS disorder, mind disturbance/phlegm-heat, liver yin damage/strong heat, in protracted illness indicates deficiency of energy & yin, coat peeling off; smooth, shiny surfaces; long illness, virulent pathogens; weakened immunity, grossly deficient yin
