In Chinese medicine, different parts of the tongue reflect what’s going on in different Organ systems. In the first 3 parts of this series on the basics of tongue diagnosis, we got into what tongue body color, tongue shape, and tongue coat ha
We’ve already looked at how to interpret tongue shape and tongue color. Next in the tongue diagnosis series…how to interpret tongue coat! Tongue coat is another important feature used to read the tongue.
The first part of this series focused on tongue color, the most important feature in tongue diagnosis. We now focus on tongue shape, the second most important feature. Tongue shape is a good indicator of excess and deficiency-related imbalances in the body. An example of excess is too much heat in the body. This, in turn, leads to a deficiency in fluids, essentially burning them off.