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Grimy tongue fur

苔垢 〔苔垢〕 tāi gòu

A dirty-looking tongue coating. It indicates, on the one hand, the presence of turbid evils such as turbid damp and turbid phlegm, and on the other, stomach qì vacuity. In stomach qì vacuity attention must be paid to safeguarding stomach qì when dispelling the evil.

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