WHO InternatIOnal Standard termInOlOgIeS On tradItIOnal medIcIne

86Diagnostics - Listening and Smelling ExaminationCode Term Chinese Definition/Description2.1.85 black fur 黑 苔2.1.86 gray fur 灰 苔tongue coating black in color, indicating eitherexcessive cold or extreme heat in the interiortongue coating gray in color with similar clinicalsignificance as black fur2.1.87 greenish fur 綠 苔 tongue coating green in color2.1.88 thin fur 薄 苔2.1.89 thick fur 厚 苔2.1.90 rotten-curdy fur 霉 醬 苔a tongue coating through which the underlying tonguesurface is faintly visiblea tongue coating through which the underlying tonguesurface is not visiblea reddish thick tongue coating with black and yellowtinge2.1.91 moist fur 潤 苔 a moderately moistened tongue coating2.1.92 dry fur 燥 苔2.1.93 dry and cracked fur 燥 裂 苔2.1.94 slippery fur 滑 苔2.1.95 slimy fur 膩 苔2.1.96 sticky slimy fur 粘 膩 苔2.1.97 curdy fur 腐 苔a tongue coating that looks dry and feels dry to thetoucha tongue coating that lacks moisture and developscracksa moist tongue coating with excessive fluid, feelsslipperya dense, turbid, slimy tongue coating, sticking on thetongue, hard to wipe off, also known as greasy fura dense, turbid, slimy tongue coating, covered with alayer of thick turbid mucusa tongue coating consisting of coarse granules likebean dregs, easy to wipe off2.1.98 peeling fur剝 苔 ;舌 苔 脫 落complete or partial peeling of the tongue coating2.1.99 exfoliated fur 類 剝 苔2.1.100 stained fur 染 苔peeling of the tongue coating leaving an unsmoothtongue surface as if covered with regeneration ofcoating granulesa tongue coating that is stained, often by food ormedicine