Tongue diagnosis

Comment by Chad J. Dupuis, L.Ac.

Your tongue looks fairly healthy, the only things that stand out are the teethmarks on the edge (SP Qi Deficiency), possibly the crack in the ST/SP area although that is not very pronounced and the wetness (which I cannot see from the picture - and that sounds mild as well). All together, the tongue shows some spleen qi deficiency, possibly yang deficiency. This can be from over eating, poor sleep, not enough movement, recovering from an illness - just about anything that weakens the body.

It is important to note, however, that you never take an individual sign such as the tongue as the only indicator for imbalance. Properly done, the diagnosis would involve the tongue, pulse, palpatory diagnosis, and your other signs and symptoms.

Comment by Archived User

Thank you very much for your reply.

Comment by Archived User

at the online, I see your tongue is purple red, center crack and teeth mark. purple red tongue most mean body heat or blood circle not good, central crack ( there is a line in the middle of your tongue) mean body heat ( fire elements) off your water elements to make a crack. teeth mark means your spleen deficiency, because heat is yang energy, so your body maybe is kind of yin deficiency( must diagonsis with your pulse and see your face).

Thank you!

Feng Mei

Comment by Archived User

I WENT TO A CHINESE MASSAGE AND WAS DIAGNOSED AS "HEART HEAT" BY LOOKING AT MY TONGUE. COULD YOU SUBMIT ME WITH MORE INFORMATION REGARDING THIS CONDITION. THANKS, HANITA

Comment by Chad J. Dupuis, L.Ac.

In the future if you are not commenting on the original post, please start a new post. To learn about tongue diagnosis, read the tongue diagnosis section. Heat in the heart will show up as a red tip.