Tongue state
Red Tongue with Cracks
Schematic illustration, not a photograph
Schematic illustration, not a photograph.
Description
Tongue red, with longitudinal and transverse fissures of varying depth on the surface, as if cut by a knife; coating scanty or absent.
Significance
Indicates depletion of yin fluids failing to ascend and moisten the tongue; commonly seen after febrile disease has damaged yin or in chronic yin vacuity.
Related tongue states
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