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normal coat
white, thin and moist
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pale + thin, white, moist
wind cold
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red+ thin, white, dry
wind heat
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white, wet, greasy
cold damp
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thick, dry, white
excessive heat (white + ...)
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white coat-disease stage
early, mild, recovering- good prognosis. superficial (flu, cold), local, functional disorder (without organ disease), fluid retention (edema, pulmonary heart disease, chronic nephritis)
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yellow
HEAT, damp heat, phlegm heat, (zheng qi still exists), superficial->int
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thin, yellow
superficial heat
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yellow coat diseases
infectious/inflammatory, digestive disorders
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black (2 types)
extreme heat/ cold
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black 1
extreme heat, toxin accumulation, infectious disease (fever), digestive disease/ infection
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black 2
extreme cold, KD yang def, sev condition in fatal stage
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coating progression with disease
thin white-> thick white-> yellow-> black 1-> black 2
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false (rare)
YIN + FLUID DEF, after eating coloured food,
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false + easy to peel
mild, early stage of disease (false +...)
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false + thick
chronic disease/ deterriorating condition (false + ...)
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peeled coating
YIN DEF, allergies (chronic skin), vit def/ malnutrition/ parasites, liver cirrhosis, tumor, cancer, acute meningitis
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curd-like
food stagnation, damp heat, damp and phlegm retention
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greasy
damp, phlegm (cough) and food stag
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mouldy
general weakness, poor immunity, flora imbalance, excessive use of steroids/ immunsupressants/ antibiotics
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coating progression with disease
thin white-> thick white-> yellow-> black 1-> black 2
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