Tongue state
Red Tongue with Thick Dry Yellow Coating
Schematic illustration, not a photograph
Schematic illustration, not a photograph.
Description
Tongue red, with a thick, dry yellow coating, sometimes scorched-yellow with prickles; dry and rough to the touch, lacking fluids.
Significance
Indicates interior repletion heat with consumption of fluids; commonly seen in yangming bowel repletion, heat obstructing the intestines, or severe qi-level heat.
Related tongue states
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