Pathological Facial Colours Flashcards
Colour - Complexion, whole face is red, what is the pattern?
Excess heat
Superficial Red Colour, on the cheekbones, what’s the pattern?
Deficient heat
Bluish White complexion, what’s the pattern?
Excessive cold
Bright white, puffy, bloated appearance, what’s the pattern?
Yang Deficiency
Dull, pale white (whithered), [pattern?]
Blood deficicency
Sallow yello (paler, whithout brightness), pattern?
Spleen and stomach deficiency
Smoky, dull yellow (there could be hint of redness), pattern?
Damp heat
Dull, pale yellow, pattern?
Cold damp
Ash like yellow, pattern?
Long standing dampness
Yang type: bright yellow, bright orange; Yin type: dull, dark yellow, pattern?
Jaundice
Clear and moist yellow colour in between the eyebrows, pattern?
Stomach qi recovering after an illness
Dried up, withered looking yellow colour in between the eyebrows, pattern?
Poor prognosis sign
Green face, on liver region of face, liver wind: in between the eyebrows, pattern?
Liver patterns, interior cold, pain or liver wind
Green complexion with red eyes, pattern?
Liver fire
Green colour on the nose, pattern?
Qi stagnation with abdominal pain
Dark, reddish, green complexion, pattern?
Liver qi stag turning into heat
Bluish white (pale blue tinge), pattern?
Excess cold, chronic pain
Dull bluish colour, pattern?
Severe heart yang deficiency
Bluish-purplish face (&lips), pattern?
Heart blood stasis
Mild: Bluish colour in between the eyebrows, severe: bluish-purplish face (&lips) pattern?
Liver wind (infantile convulsion)
Black
Kidney disease, pain
Black and moist, pattern?
Cold
Black and dried looking, burnt/scorched, pattern?
Heat
Dark complexion, without brightness, scaly skin, pattern?
Blood stasis (Prolonged)
