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One of the most common questions that people ask about acupuncture is: “Why does my acupuncturistlook at my tongue?”

Tongue and pulse diagnosis are two of the more important diagnostic tools in Chinese medicine. They are

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both used to derive a TCM diagnosis for your condition which is used to plan your treatment. Generally thetongue, is much easier to learn and less subjective than pulse diagnosis. It is less meridian speciMc than thepulse, however, the tongue will show the depth and nature (hot, cold, etc.) of an imbalance and it is lesseffected by short-term inQuences such as nervousness. The tongue is also useful as a measurement tool togauge the progress of a disorder.

Common Tongue Geography and Meridian Correlations

Lower JiaoLower JiaoThe Base of the tongue corresponds to the Kidney, Urinary Bladder, Large Intestine and SmallThe Base of the tongue corresponds to the Kidney, Urinary Bladder, Large Intestine and SmallIntestine Meridians.Intestine Meridians.

Middle JiaoMiddle JiaoThe sides of the tongue correspond to the Liver and Gall Bladder meridians. Some theories place the GallBladder on the patients left side and the Liver on the patients right side.

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The Middle of the tongue corresponds to the Stomach and Spleen Meridians.

Upper JiaoUpper JiaoThe Tip of the tongue corresponds to the Lung and the Heart

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How Can the Tongue Change?How Can the Tongue Change?

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TONGUE BODYTONGUE BODY

AttributeAttribute CharacteristicCharacteristic IndicationIndication AbnormalityAbnormality

SpiritSpiritVitality of the

tongue

Zang, Fu,

Qi, Blood,

Body Fluids

Flourishing: bright with energetic movement and moist indicates

good Stomach Qi

Withering: dark and dry tongue with sluggish movement indicates

exhausted Stomach Qi

ColourColour

ReQects true

condition of

body

Thermal

nature of

the disease

More Red: Blood overMlls tongue, more heat

Less Red: Qi and blood are insufMcient, less heat, more deMciency

Rough: exuberant antipathogenic Qi and muscle Mbers bulge

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TextureTexture Tough or tenderReQects

excess or

deMciency

Tender: Qi and Blood are deMcient and cannot Mll Mbers; Yang

deMciency cannot transform body Quids and cold-damp

accumulates

SizeSize Large or Small

Often

reQects

constitution

Large: overMlling of Blood, damp accumulation

Small: lack of nutrition due to Qi, Blood and Body Fluid DeMciency

SurfaceSurface Moist, smooth

Body

Fluids, heat,

stasis

Cracks: malnourishment of Qi, Blood and Body Fluids due to heat

or dampness obstructing

Prickles: heat pushes Qi and Blood up where they overMll the

tongue causing papillae to thrust out

FlexibilityFlexibilityHow the tongue

moves

Condition

of muscles

and sinews

Stiff: lack of nourishment due to internal organ deMciency or

phlegm/Blood stasis obstructing Qi and Blood resulting in

stiffening of the tongue

Limp: sinews lack nourishment of Qi, Blood and Body Fluids and

do not have the strength to move

MovementMovementAbnormal

movement

Pathogens

or

deMciency

Spasm due to internal wind, usually due to hyperactive Liver,

internal heat or malnutrition. Can be trembling, deviated or

protruding.

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LengthLengthHow long the

tongue is

Pathogens

or Internal

Organs

Short: excessive cold causes contraction and spasm; malnutrition

causes phlegm to stagnate and obstruct; heat injures Body Fluids;

Qi and Blood deMciency due to Spleen and Kidney failure

Long: excess pathogenic heat consumes Qi, Blood and Body

Fluids; internal organ failure resulting in the tongue being unable to

contract

TONGUE COATINGTONGUE COATING

AttributeAttribute IndicationsIndications AbnormalityAbnormality

ColourColour Pathogenic factors

White: exterior or cold patterns; targets Lung and Large Intestine

Yellow: interior or heat patterns; targets Spleen and Stomach

Gray: interior, heat or cold-damp patterns

Black: interior, extreme heat or extreme cold patterns

Thin: impaired Spleen or Stomach cannot evaporate and transform

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ThicknessThicknessAntipathogenic Qi or

depth of disease

dampness; Kidney and Stomach Yin deMciency cannot send up Body

Fluids or damp turbidity is sent up.

Thick: Spleen and Stomach are stagnated by food or phlegm damp

and turbid damp steam rises

MoistureMoistureCondition of Body

Fluids

Dry: excessive pathogenic heat injures Body Fluids; internal organ

dysfunction leads to Yin deMciency

Wet: water damp attacks body due to Spleen or Kidney Yang

deMciency cannot transform Body Fluids

StickinessStickiness

Distinguishes

pathogenic factors,

Quid metabolism

Damp, phlegm, water or food stagnates and accumulates and the

Stomach Qi produces excess turbidity that steams upwards

DistributionDistributionLocation and depth of

disease

Even: widespread pathogen, dampness obstructs middle jiao

Uneven: certain body parts or organs are affected, there will be

uneven distribution

PeelingPeelingState ofStomachQi &

Yin

DeMcient Stomach Qi or Yin results in exuberant rising of turbid

dampness or Stomach Yang, burning Quids.

Rooted: sufMcient Stomach Qi that is attached to tongue tightly,

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RootingRooting

Pathogen severity,

condition of Stomach

Qi & antipathogens

difMcult to scrape off

Unrooted: insufMcient Stomach Qi due to Qi deMciency in the

Stomach or Kidney

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