Tongueandvisceraofrelatedpartsissuch:thetipofthetonguecanreflecttheheartandthelung;Middlereflectthediseasechangesofspleenandstomach;Rootoftonguereflecttherenaldiseasechanges;Tonguesidereflectliverdisease.Lookthetonguemainlyobservedthechangeofthetongueandthetonguecoating.肾renalstomachbraveyliver肺(lungTheheart图1图2Normaltonguesoft,activitiesfreely,reddishcolor.Ifanexceptionissick.Suchas:lightwhitetongueshowedthatqiandblooddeficiency,Yangdeficiency,blooddeficiencysyndrome;Thetongueredindicatesthatheatis,seemoreatrealhotcardorYindeficiencywithinternal;Thetipofthetongueredindicatesthatmoreheartexuberant;Tonguecolorredshowsthatevilheat,bloodintocamp,seemoreathotvenerealdisease;Asforpatientswithalongillness,morebelongtoYindeficiencyfire;Sometonguehaveteethmarks,spleendeficient;Petechiaeordarkpurpletongueedge,moreshowthatbloodstasissymptoms,suchasalotofcardiovasculardiseaseinpatientswithtongueedgehaspurplebruisespointmore,bloodcirculationbyremovingbloodstasismethodcommonlyusedtreatmenteffect.图3正常的舌头图4黑苔Tonguecoatingonthebodyofthetongueisattachedtoalayerofmoss,bornofstomachgassteam.Normaltonguecoatingisthinwhitemoss,drywetmoderate,notdry.Diseasemossissteamedonstomachgasturnsevil.Whitemosscommonlyfoundintablecard,coldsyndrome;Intheyellowmossseesmoreatsyndrome,heatsyndrome;Greymossseemoreatthehotcard,alsoseenincolddampnesssyndrome;Blackmosscommoninseverediseasestage,ifthemossblackanddrycrack,mostlyhottianjinwithered;Mossblackandlubrication,Yangdeficiencycolddish.Thethicknessofamosscanbeshowedthattheweightofthepathogenicfactorsandadvanceandretreat.Generaldiseasemossthinlightperson,criticallyillmossthick.Mossfromthinshowedthickeningofpathogenicfromtableintotheconditionfromlighttoheavy;Mossindicatedbythickthinpathogensbyinsideandoutsideoftheillnessfromheavytolight.Tonguediagnosis,ofcourse,isimportant,butthecorrectdiagnosisofmustalsocontacthistory,referencetoothersignsandsymptomsinthecomprehensiveanalysis.SothedoctoroftraditionalChinesemedicineistoexaminethetongueinthefirstplace图5舌头厚白图6舌头厚白图7黄苔