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Yellow tongue fur

黄苔 〔黃苔〕huáng tāi

A yellow fur usually signifies heat. Because heat patterns vary in severity and may involve different evils, different forms of yellow fur are distinguished. A thin dry yellow fur indicates damage to liquid by the heat evil, posing the need to safeguard liquid. A slimy yellow fur usually indicates damp-heat. An old yellow fur (dark yellow) and burnt yellow fur (blackish yellow) indicate binding of repletion heat. A mixed white and yellow fur indicates the initial stages of the transformation of cold into heat that occurs when evil passes into the interior.

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