Lecture 3 Tongue Diagnosis

Question 1

Which organ opens into the tongue and goes to the root?

Answer 1

Heart

Question 2

Which organ’s qi is displayed by the coat?

Answer 2

stomach qi

tongue coating formed from residual ‘dirty dampness’ leftover from stomach’s digestion

Question 3

which organ traverses the root and spreads over the lower surface of the tongue

Answer 3

spleen

Question 4

which organ channel terminates at the root

Answer 4

kidney

Question 5

which element is responsible for taste

Answer 5

earth

Question 6

what is considered a normal tongue coating?

Answer 6

thin, white coating = stomach is digesting food properly

Question 7

which organ is represented by the root of the tongue

Answer 7

heart

Question 8

which organ is represented by the sides of the tongue?

Answer 8

liver

Question 9

which organ is represented by the centre of the tongue?

Answer 9

spleen / stomach

Question 10

which organ is represented by the posterior of the tongue?

Answer 10

kidney/ub

LI/SI

Question 11

What body shape would you expect to see with qi def, yin def, blood def

Answer 11

thin & small

Question 12

What body shape would you expect to see with excess syndrome

Answer 12

rough

Question 13

What body shape would you expect to see with deficiency syndrome

Answer 13

tender

Question 14

What body shape would you expect to see with damp/phlegm accumulation, yang def

Answer 14

swollen

>yin

Question 15

What body shape would you expect to see with damp/phlegm accumulation, qi def, normal

Answer 15

teeth prints / scalloped edges

Question 16

What body shape would you expect to see with heat syndrome

Answer 16

prickled (papular)

Question 17

What body shape would you expect to see with yin def, heat syndrome, blood def, normal

Answer 17

fissured

Question 18

What body shape would you expect to see with stomach qi exhaustion, yin exhaustion, serious condition

Answer 18

mirrored

Question 19

what kind of information do we garner from the tongue body shape?

Answer 19

differentiates excess from deficiency
organ status
qi and blood status

Question 20

What kind of body motility would you expect to see with qi, blood or yin def

Answer 20

flaccid

Question 21

What kind of body motility would you expect to see with qi, blood, or yang def

Answer 21

trembling

Question 22

What kind of body motility would you expect to see with extreme heat producing wind

Answer 22

trembling

Question 23

What kind of body motility would you expect to see with heat impairing body fluids

Answer 23

flaccid

Question 24

What kind of body motility would you expect to see with heat invading PC, excess heat impairing body fluids, wind stroke, phlegm accumulation

Answer 24

rigid

Question 25

What kind of body motility would you expect to see with wind stroke; it is a threatening sign of wind stroke

Answer 25

deviated

Question 26

what does tongue body colour tell us?

Answer 26

condition of:
yin organs
blood
nutritive qi
chronic illness