yellow or black thick greasy brown or black coating in the center with rough yellow coating surrounding a. damp phlegm transforming into heat b. damp heat in the Spleen and Stomach white at root, yellow at tip the white coat covers most of the tongue, the tip is yellowa. heat in the upper burner b. exterior wind heat syndrome c. exterior wind cold transforming into heat or just entering the interior red speckles, white greasy pink tongue body with red prickles on the tip and sides,white dry and greasy coating a. exterior wind cold, nutritive or blood level heat b. pathogenic heat injures body fluids, damp in middle burner white, glossy, unilateral no coating pink body with white glossy coating or one side only a. shao yang disease b. Liver/Gall Bladder disease pink and tender body that is shiny without coating a. Stomach and Kidney yin deficiency b. qi and blood deficiency The pale tongue lacks color. Pink Tongue The pink tongue is the normal tongue. black dry extreme cold due to yang deficiency black greasy yang deficiency with excess cold yellow greasy damp heat due to Spleen yang deficiency yellow cracked deficiency of qi and body fluids dry white a. accumulation of heat in Spleen or Stomach b. pathogenic heat accumulation thick white a. qi and blood deficiency b. yang qi deficiency clear Spleen and Stomach deficiency with cold Pale Tongue IndicationsAppearance