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舌色红，苔黄厚而干，甚则焦黄起芒刺，触之燥涩无津。
Tongue red, with a thick, dry yellow coating, sometimes scorched-yellow with prickles; dry and rough to the touch, lacking fluids.
主里实热证，热盛津伤；多见于阳明腑实、热结肠道或气分热盛。
Indicates interior excess heat with consumption of fluids; commonly seen in yangming bowel excess, heat obstructing the intestines, or severe qi-level heat.
@misc{bencaodian-red-thick-yellow-dry,
author = {{Bencaodian Editorial}},
title = {hóng shé huáng hòu zào tāi 红舌黄厚燥苔 (Red Tongue with Thick Dry Yellow Coating)},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {Bencao Dian: A Bilingual Knowledge Graph of Traditional Chinese Medicine},
url = {https://bencaodian.org/en/tongue/red-thick-yellow-dry},
urldate = {2026-04-09},
note = {CC BY-SA 4.0}
}