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舌体瘦薄，舌色红绛，舌面少苔或无苔，干燥乏津。
Tongue body thin and emaciated, color red to crimson, with little or no coating and a dry surface lacking fluids.
主阴虚火旺；阴液亏损，虚火内炽，舌体失养而瘦。
Indicates yin deficiency with effulgent fire; depleted yin fluids leave empty fire flaring internally, starving the tongue body until it wastes.
@misc{bencaodian-thin-red-peeled,
author = {{Bencaodian Editorial}},
title = {shòu bó hóng shé shǎo tāi 瘦薄红舌少苔 (Thin Red Tongue with Scanty Coating)},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {Bencao Dian: A Bilingual Knowledge Graph of Traditional Chinese Medicine},
url = {https://bencaodian.org/en/tongue/thin-red-peeled},
urldate = {2026-04-09},
note = {CC BY-SA 4.0}
}