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舌体瘦小薄弱，舌色淡白，苔少而干，舌面少津。
Tongue body thin and small, color pale, with scanty dry coating and scant fluids on the surface.
主气血不足，不能充养舌体；久病体虚，气血耗伤之象。
Indicates insufficient qi and blood failing to fill out the tongue body; typically seen in chronic debility with depletion of qi and blood.
@misc{bencaodian-thin-pale-dry,
author = {{Bencaodian Editorial}},
title = {shòu bó shé tāi shǎo 瘦薄舌苔少 (Thin Pale Tongue with Scanty Coating)},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {Bencao Dian: A Bilingual Knowledge Graph of Traditional Chinese Medicine},
url = {https://bencaodian.org/en/tongue/thin-pale-dry},
urldate = {2026-04-09},
note = {CC BY-SA 4.0}
}