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CALE Tongue Dx Flashcards

1
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What are the two major aspects of tongue diagnosis?

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  1. Tongue Proper/ Tongue Body
  2. Tongue Coating
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What are the two sub-aspects of tongue body diagnosis?

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  1. Tongue body color
  2. Tongue body form
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What are the two sub-aspects of tongue coating diagnosis?

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  1. Tongue coating quality
  2. Tongue coating color
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Tongue Body - Color

PALE

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Deficiency type
Cold syndrome by Yang Qi Xu; Qi and blood Xu

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Tongue Body - Color

RED

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HEAT SYNDROME
Interior excess -or- deficiency

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Tongue Body - Color

DEEP RED

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EXTREME HEAT
* Exogenous: Invasion of Ying and Blood Levels by Pathogenic Heat
* Endogenous: Yin Xu leading to fire

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Tongue Body - Color

[Blue] PURPLE

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Blood stasis d/t Cold OR Heat

In FCM - “blue purple” means blood stasis d/t COLD; “Reddish purple” means blood stasis d/t HEAT

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Tongue Body - Color

DEEP BLUE-PURPLE, DRY, LUSTERLESS

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Blood stasis d/t Heat

This is different from FCM, where a reddish purple tongue would indicate blood stasis d/t heat

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Tongue Body - Color

PALE PURPLE, MOIST

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Blood stasis d/t Cold

In FCM, a Blue-Purple Moist tongue would indicate Blood stasis from internal cold

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Tongue Body - Color

PURPLISH SPOTS on the TONGUE SURFACE

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Blood stasis

FCM - Purple spots in center = blood stasis and heat in ST

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Tongue Body - Form

SWOLLEN: Delicate in quality, pale color, teethmarks

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SP or KD Yang Xu producing harmful water

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Tongue Body - Form

SWOLLEN: Deep red color, occupying entire space of mouth

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Excessive Heat in HT or SP

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Tongue Body - Form

SWOLLEN: Blue Purplish, Dark

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Toxicosis

Toxicosis = disease or condition caused by poisoning

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Tongue Body - Form

THIN: Pale

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Qi and Blood Xu

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Tongue Body - Form

THIN: Deep Red, Dry

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Fire d/t Yin Xu

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Tongue Body - Form

CRACKED: Deep Red

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Excess Heat

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Tongue Body - Form

CRACKED: Pale

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Blood deficiency

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Tongue Body - Form

CRACKED: Normal

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Not deep and remains there all the time unchanged

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Tongue Body - Form

CRACKED: Horizontal cracks

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Yin Xu

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Tongue Body - Form

CRACKED: Ice Floes

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Yin Xu d/t aging

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Tongue Body - Form

CRACKED: Irregular

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ST Yin Xu

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Tongue Body - Form

CRACKED: Transverse Side

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SP Qi/ Yin Xu

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Tongue Body - Form

CRACKED: Vertical Center

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SP Qi Xu

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Tongue Body - Form

CRACKED: Long Vertical

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HT - emotional disorder

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Tongue Body - Form

CRACKED: Transverse (LU area)

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Prior LU disease or Present LU Yin Xu

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Tongue Body - Form

CRACKED: Deep + Small

A

KD Yin Xu w/ Heat

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Tongue Body - Form

SWOLLEN: Edges

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SP Qi/ Yang Xu

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Tongue Body - Form

SWOLLEN: Sides

A

LV Yang Rising or LV Fire

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Tongue Body - Form

SWOLLEN: Tip

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HT Fire (if red color)
HT Qi Xu (if normal color)

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Tongue Body - Form

SWOLLEN: Half of tongue

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Weakness of channels

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Tongue Body - Form

SWOLLEN: Localized one side

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Deficiency or stagnation in chest

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Tongue Body - Form

SWOLLEN: Half surface

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LU Qi Xu

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Tongue Body - Form

SWOLLEN: Hammer shaped

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Serious SP/ ST/ KD Xu

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34
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Tongue Body - Form

THORNY: Red

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Internal accumulation of pathogenic Heat

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Tongue Body - Form

THORNY: Increasing Severity

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The more severe the pathogenic heat, the more enlarged and profuse the thorns will be

36
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Tongue Body - Form

DEVIATED

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Wind-Stroke or early threatening signs of Wind-Stroke

37
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Tongue Body - Form

RIGID: Exogenous

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  • Invasion of the PC by Heat
  • Retention of turbid phlegm in the interior
  • Excessive pathogenic Heat consuming body fluids
38
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Tongue Body - Form

RIGID: Endogenous

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Wind-stroke or Early signs of wind-stroke

39
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Tongue Body - Form

FLACCID: General

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Extreme Qi and Blood Xu or Consumption of Yin Fluids

40
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Tongue Body - Form

FLACCID: Pale

A

[May be Extreme] Qi and Blood Xu

41
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Tongue Body - Form

FLACCID: Deep Red

A

Yin Collapse

42
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Tongue Body - Form

QUIVERING: Pale body

A
  • SP Qi Xu
  • HT and SP collapse
43
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Tongue Body - Form

QUIVERING: Red Body

A

Extreme Heat generating internal wind

44
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Tongue Body - Form

QUIVERING: Pale and Thin

A

Yang Collapse

45
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Tongue Coating - Quality

THICK

A
  • Deeper progression
  • Retention of Damp or Food
46
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Tongue Coating - Quality

THIN

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  • Superficial portion –> Deficiency of Anti-Pathogenic (Wei) Qi
47
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Tongue Coating - Quality

DRY

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  • Consumption of body fluids
  • Excess Heat
  • Yin Xu Heat
48
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Tongue Coating - Quality

EXCESSIVE MOISTURE, SALIVA DRIBBLES aka “SLIPPERY”

do NOT confuse this with a slippery PULSE, though they can be related

A

Harmful Water and Damp

49
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Tongue Coating - Quality

STICKY

Hard to Scrub off - Greasy

A

Retention of Damp, Phlegm, or Food

50
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Tongue Coating - Quality

GRANULAR

Coarse, soybean curds, easily scrubbed off, pasty

A

Excessive Yang Heat bringing turbid ST Qi upwards, also Phlegm or Food Retention

51
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Tongue Coating - Quality

PEELED: Partially (Geographic)

A

Consumption of ST Qi and Yin

52
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Tongue Coating - Quality

PEELED: Entirely (Mirror/ Glossy)

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Exhaustion of ST Yin, Severe damage of ST Qi

53
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Tongue Coating - Color

THIN WHITE

A

Exterior Cold or Normal

54
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Tongue Coating - Color

THICK WHITE

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Interior Cold

55
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Tongue Coating - Color

LIGHT YELLOW

56
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Tongue Coating - Color

DEEP YELLOW

A

Severe Heat

57
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Tongue Coating - Color

BURNT YELLOW

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Accumulation of Heat

58
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Tongue Coating - Color

GREY: Yellowish and Dry

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Interior Excessive Heat

59
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Tongue Coating - Color

GREY: Whitish and Moist

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Retention of Cold or Damp

60
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Tongue Coating - Color

BLACK: Extreme Interior Condition

A

Extreme Heat or Extreme Cold

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Tongue Coating - Color

BLACK: Yellowish and Dry, Possibly w/ Thorns

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Extreme Heat

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Tongue Coating - Color

BLACK: Pale and Slippery

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Excessive Cold d/t Yang Xu

63
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FCM - Tongue Body

Red + MOVING

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HT Fire and Internal Wind

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FCM - Tongue Body

Red, Dry, MOVING

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SP Heat w/ Body Fluid Exhaustion

65
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FCM - Tongue Body

TIP ROLLED UP

A

Excess Heat

66
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FCM - Tongue Body

TIP ROLLED DOWN

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Deficiency Heat

67
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FCM - Tongue Body

TEETHMARKS

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FCM - Tongue Body

ULCERATED: Red Body

A

HT Fire blazing, SP and KD Heat

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FCM - Tongue Body

ULCERATED: Red Body and Peeled

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HT Heat fr KD Yin Xu

70
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FCM - Tongue Body

Red Body SORE-COVERED

A

Heat Toxin in the HT

71
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FCM - Tongue Coating

SLIMY/ GREASY

A

Thicker in center and is rooted (cannot be scraped)

Qi cannot transform Fluids and accumulates for form Phlegm - secondary to Yang Xu

72
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FCM - Tongue Coating

MOLDY

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Thick, patchy, like cottage cheese; rootless (CAN be scraped off)

ST Heat, ST Yin Xu

73
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FCM - Tongue Coating Color

WHITE: Rough and Cracked

A

Attack of Summer-Heat injuring the Qi

74
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FCM - Tongue Coating Color

WHITE: Sticky and Greasy

A

Dampness or Phlegm in MJ or Exterior attack of Damp at Qi Level

75
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FCM - Tongue Coating Color

WHITE: Cottage Cheese/ Tofu

76
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FCM - Tongue Coating Color

WHITE: Powder

A

Generally Heat: sl. red body = exterior heat; scarlet body = interior heat

Possible D-C in MJ

77
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FCM - Tongue Coating Color

WHITE: Snow-like

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SP Yang Exhaustion w/ D-C in MJ

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FCM - Tongue Coating Color

WHITE: Moldy

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KD/ST Yin Xu; Damp-Toxin in Interior

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FCM - Tongue Coating Color

YELLOW: Slimy/ Slippery

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FCM - Tongue Coating Color

YELLOW: Yellow Root with White Tip

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EPF changing into Heat and penetrating interior

81
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FCM - Tongue Coating Color

YELLOW: Bilateral yellow strips, remainder** yellow**

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LV/GB Heat

82
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FCM - Tongue Coating Color

YELLOW: Bilateral yellow strips, remainder white

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EPF penetrating interior

ST/LI Heat

83
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FCM - Tongue Coating Color

Half YELLOW Half WHITE

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LV/ GB Heat

84
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FCM - Tongue Coating Color

WHITE Coat, BLACK POINTS

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EPF penetrating interior transforming to heat

85
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FCM - Tongue Coating Color

WHITE coating, BLACK PRICKLES

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True Cold
False Heat
Cold turning into Heat

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