Tongue Analysis

Tongue Colour: Normal colour is pale - red.
Pale:

Deficiency of Yang or deficiency of Blood.

If a Yang deficiency, tongue will be swollen and slightly wet.

If a blood deficiency, tongue will be somewhat dry.

Red:

Always indicates heat.

If predominately on the tip = Heart.

If predominately on the sides = Liver or Gall Bladder.

Stasis of Blood, circulation disorder.

Tongue Shape:

Thin: Indicates either a Blood or Yin deficiency and a chronic condition.

Swollen: Indicates retention of fluids.

Long: Indicates a tendency to Heat in the Heart.

Short: If pale and wet = Interior Cold (Yang deficiency). If red and peeled = Interior Heat (Yin deficiency).

Cracks:Indicate either Heat or a Yin deficiency:

Short, horizontal indicates Stomach Yin deficiency.
Long, deep midline reaching to the tip indicates a Heart disharmony.
Shallow, midline, not reaching tip, indicates a Stomach Yin deficiency.
Short, transverse on sides of middle, indicates a Spleen Qi deficiency.

Tongue Coating: A thin, white coating is normal and indicates that the stomach is digesting properly.

Thick: Indicates the presence of a pathogenic factor.

None: Often called "peeled". Indicates a Stomach or Kidney Yin deficiency.

If peeled and red all over, indicates deficient Kidney Yin.

White: Indicates Cold (Yang deficiency).

Yellow: Indicates Heat (Yin deficiency).

Moisture: A normal tongue is slightly wet.

Wet: Indicates a Yang Qi deficiency.

Dry: Indicates a Yin Qi deficiency.

Slippery: Or sticky, indicates retention of dampness.

Iridology

In greek mythology, iris was the goddess of the rainbow who brought the messages of the gods to humanity. the full spectrum of the rainbow's color is symbolic of the diversity of humankind, and reflects the great variety of shades that occur in this part of the anatomy - the iris.

Iridoliogy is the examination and analysis of the eyes (the coloured portions).The iris can determine factors that may be improtant in the prevention and treatment of disease as well as aiding in the attainment of optimum health. One of the advantages of iridology is that it can reveal many aspects of an individuals health.
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