Cale diagnosis 2

Question 1

Nose, green or blue tip

Answer 1

abdominal pain from sp cold

Question 2

Ears dry, withered, dark ear lobes

Answer 2

kd qi exhaustion, usually ki yin

Question 3

Teeth & gums, swollen and painful

Answer 3

St heat, Qing wei san, Tiao wei qing qi tang

Question 4

Throat, acute pain, redness and swelling

Answer 4

invasion of wind heat, Yin qiao san

Question 5

Chronically sore and dry throat, not swollen or red

Answer 5

Lu/Ki yin xu with empty heat, liu wei di huang wan,

Question 6

Edema Pitting lu yang xu

Answer 6

pitting edema of hands,

Question 7

pitting Ki yang xu

Answer 7

pitting edema of feet

Question 8

Pitting sp yang xu

Answer 8

Pitting edema of four limbs,

Question 9

Non pitting dampness

Answer 9

edema of four limbs, d heat or d cold

Question 10

Non P edema qi yu

Answer 10

edema of four limbs,

Question 11

Non p wind water invading lungs

Answer 11

acute edema of hand and face, yang edema

Question 12

tongue dx swollen

Answer 12

delicate in quality, pale in color, teethmarks sp or ki yang xu producing harmful water,

Question 13

Swollen and deep red color

Answer 13

occupies entire mouth, excessive heat in HT or Sp

Question 14

Swollen and deep purplish, dark

Answer 14

toxicosis

Question 15

Thorny

Answer 15

Red; internal accumulation of pathogenic heat, the more severe heat the larger the thorns are

Question 16

Deviated

Answer 16

Wind stroke or early s/s of wind stroke

Question 17

Rigid exogenous

Answer 17

invasion of the pc by heat, or turbid phlegm in interior, or excessive pathogenic heat consuming fluids

Question 18

Rigid endogenous

Answer 18

WInd stroke or early s/s of w stroke

Question 19

Flaccid

Answer 19

extreme qi and blood xu or consumption of yin fluids, Pale=qi and blood xu, Deep red; yin collapse

Question 20

Coat moist

Answer 20

escessive moisture, saliva dribbles, harmful water and damp

Question 21

coat dry

Answer 21

consumption of body fluids, excess heat or yin def heat

Question 22

Sticky, greasy

Answer 22

retention of damp, phlegm or food

Question 23

sticky granular, pasty

Answer 23

excessive yang heat brings turbid st qi upward, or retention of phlegm and food,

Question 24

Peeled

Answer 24

Partially, geographical, consumption of st qi and yin, entire peeled, mirror or glossy, exhaustion of st yin, severe damage of st qi

Question 25

Color tongue white

Answer 25

thin exterior cold or normal

Question 26

Yellow t

Answer 26

Interior heat; the deeper yellow coating more severe pathogenic heatis, Light yellow: mild heat, deep yellow= severe heat, burnt yellow = accumulation of heat

Question 27

Grey T

Answer 27

Interior heat, cold or damp, Yellowish and dry; interior excessive heat, Whitish and moist= retention of cold and damp, can develop to greyish or black

Question 28

Black T

Answer 28

Extreme interior condition, extreme heat or extreme cold, usually progression of yellow or gray, Yellowish and dry+- thorns= extreme heat, Pale and slippery= excessive cold due to yang xu

Question 29

Medicine effects of Tongue

Antibiotics

Answer 29

Peeled in patches, injures st yin, or Black

Question 30

Corticosteriods

Answer 30

Red and swollen, after 1 month

Question 31

Bronchodialators

Answer 31

Tongue tip to become red, after prolonged use

Question 32

diuretics

Answer 32

peeled, yin xu

Question 33

Anti inflammatory

Answer 33

red points, make tongue body thinner, peeled c prolonged use

Question 34

Anti neoplastics

Answer 34

very thick & brown or black and dry coat

Question 35

8 principles tongue

Interior

Answer 35

body and shape altered

Question 36

Exterior W C

Answer 36

thin, white coating

Question 37

EXt w h

Answer 37

thin, white initially and then yellow

Question 38

Shaoyang

Answer 38

half/half, white and slippery coating on rt side, or red body with white coating tip only, or white coating on the tip and black/gray coating at root,