| Characteristic | Association | |
| Ruts in front |  |
Past or present lung weakness, asthma, pneumonia. Ask if they bit their tongue, a scar. |
| Curved lines at edge |  |
Spleen deficiency, tons of gas. Dry digestion. Vata. Enzyme issues. W.M. |
| Pointed elongated pink or red |
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Heat Depends on where it is most red |
| Scalloped edges |  |
B vitamin deficiency, weak “spleen”, small intestine. (GentianGinseng). Look to nails, forehead. “Too much worry.” Ulcers in the scallops? Goldenseal. M.W. |
| Glossy, mirror-like |  |
Hot flashes, night sweats. W.M. Not holding onto nutrients. |
| Central line |  |
Spinal column, digestive system, endocrine system |
| Wiggle of central line at tip |  |
Neck |
| Central line, chained, phlegm in stomach area |  |
B12 deficiency. Historical amount of worry & aggravation. Yarrow. |
| Curved line at first third |  |
Diaphram significance. M.W. |
| S-curved line across middle |  |
Diaphragm tension |
| Diaphragm area has a wiggle like an S |  |
Hiatal hernia |
| Central line angry red, raw, deep with yellowish mucus |  |
Ulcer, pre-ulcer. Heat in digestive tract. Stress. Yarrow. M.W. |
| Cracks down the center, wiggly lines to the side |  |
Lack of assimilation. Look to nails, forehead. More crossing, redness and depth, the more pathology and heat. (Catnip, Yarrow). |
| Small, angular, crisscrossing on back third |  |
Bowel pockets. Irritation of bowel, diverticulitis. Slippery Elm, Yarrow. |
| Crisscrossing (as above) with red in the cracks |  |
Heat in the digestive tract. Diverticulitis. (Slippery Elm, Marshmallow). Look to nails, forehead. (Yarrow). |
| Big, white and pasty |  |
Hypothyroid |
| Puffy and pale |  |
Atonic organs, weak heart, edema. Kidney weakness. |
| Froth on edges, bubbles Frothy streamers |
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Look to lungs, shallow breathing. Dampness in spleen issuing out throughintestines or lungs. |
| Flat, wide tongue |  |
Organs have grown larger – high altitudes. |
| Twisted tongue |  |
Scoliosis, MS, Polio. Dyslexia. Front is upper spine, mid is mid-spine, back is lower spine |
| Crooked tongue |  |
Liver wind, stroke, cranial nerve XII damage. Very reliable. If also purple or blue get to work to remove stagnant blood! M.W. |
| Canker sores on tongue |  |
Ulcers in digestive tract. (Melissa, Horsetail, Sage, Agrimony, Raspberry). Systemic over-acidity, herpes or syphilis, heat in upper burner. (Melissa, Horsetail, Goldthread, St. John’s Wort). |
| Deep furrows Tip = lungs middle = stomach sides = liver (serious) back sides = kidneys “really” M.W. |
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Dehydration, poor electrolyte balance. Ask if they have water filtration, it removes all minerals. Eat seaweed |
| Chopped hamburger meat |  |
Cancer. As the cancer progresses it looks as though a cleaver cut the meat many times. Eli Jones Ground Ivy |
| Hollow rut, sides curl up |  |
Deficient. |
| Tooth marks on one or both sides |  |
Bronchial issue in past; pneumonia, bronchitis as a child |
| Slit at tip, double tooth marks |  |
Tonsils out |
| Sides cracked Angry red or white patches that do not scrape |
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Breast changes, lymphatics. May be pathology |
| Under tongue, stalagtite-like growths |  |
Serious vitamin B deficiency. Inappropriate fat and cholesterol issues. |
| Crack down the middle, opening up |  |
Heat in digestive tract Yarrow likely. M.W. |
| Blue veins under upturned tongue (sublingual engorgement) Blue/purple/dry Vericose blue |
Blood stagnation, varicose veins, pelvic floor stagnation. Internal heator external cold. W.M. Exuberant heat/depletion of fluids. Cyanotic |
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| Crack down the middle, opening up to reveal crossed cracks |  |
Yarrow |
| Stiff, hard | Heat, contraction, pain | |
| Withered, purple | Heart deficiency, nutritional deficiency | |
| Red edges |  |
Heat in liver or Gallbladder rising to head with wind creating anger, liver fire.liver time. M.W. If only red at tip is heart fire or sinuses. |
| Contracted tongue, barely reaches beyond the teeth. |  |
Wasting disease, heart, blood deficiency Many years on earth, atrophy |
| “Withered” |  |
Nutritional deficiency |
| Withdrawn, can not get it out |  |
Severely defiecient, possible nerve damage |
| With green and moist |  |
Cold, stiffening of muscles, vessels, tendons. Dehydrated and cold- stiff muscles and tendons. |
| Withered and swollen |  |
Mucous and dampness have accumulated inside the organ |
| Plus pink and dry |  |
Impairment of body fluids by heat |
