"Tongue color" to distinguish disease

BY LongBiao   

Friday, Apr 10,2009, 10:46:05 PM   Click:

Tongue color is the color of tongue. Normal tongue color is pink. Common tongue is divided into several color:
    
     (1) white light

     That patients suffering from deficiency, cold syndrome, deficiency of blood gas card. If the thin thin whitish tongue, it is blood deficiency; tongue pale and moist, tender tongue body fat, there are teeth marks card for the cold. If the whitish tongue, there is no color, wilt Matte, no tongue, known as the familiar white tongue, this is a critical situation of the disease, patients yang declining sex fluid failure.

     (2) red tongue

     Tongue color than normal tongue is slightly red, bright red was worse. That patients suffering from heat. But if the bright red tongue color less body fluid dry, thick yellow tongue coating, the true heat. Only for the red tip of tongue, is on yan Firelight. Tongue side of the red for the liver and gallbladder Huowang. If the tongue is in the red heat of coke. If the tongue is covered with dark red dots, in order to warm the Heart of evil injuries. Purpura with tongue in that spot will be made. Color bright red tongue, less tongue from moss or cracks, are micro-heat syndrome. Delicate red tongue looks moist, feels very dry, for signs of body fluid failure.

     (3) purple-red tongue

     Dark red tongue, the color range between red and purple, as purple-red tongue. That the patient has evidence of exogenous or internal injuries. The formation of purple-red tongue, is due to blood heat acceleration, caused by tongue filling threads. Purple-red tongue and dry blade of tongue have prick, crack for Flourishing in hot, hot blood into the business. If the purple-red and yellow and white tongue coating, gas points to stay for evil. Purple-red spots have a red tongue, and for psychological Reduqing. Purple-red flaming tongue for Firelight. Purple-red tongue and drying for the stomach, Jin burns. Purple-red tongue base in the dry heat blood. Less if the purple-red tongue body fluid, less moss, tongue or small cracks, the evidence for the deficiency Huowang. If the purple-red tongue and withered, smooth no moss, known as the mirror tongue, the evidence for the stomach, the risk yin fluid depletion designate. If moss and less tongue Jiang Ze-Jun, the evidence for stasis.

     (4) Purple Tongue

     That cold, fever and blood disorders. If the entire tongue all purple, very hot for the organs. Purple and swollen tongue, and see red points, psychological Reduqing. Dark purple tongue, for the blood evidence. Tongue has purple spots, and for the efforts of liver depression and blood stasis. Color purple tongue, such as liver, dried dark without Ze, stomach yin for the failure of the risk solution has been certified.