Pathological Facial Colours

Question 1

Colour - Complexion, whole face is red, what is the pattern?

Answer 1

Excess heat

Question 2

Superficial Red Colour, on the cheekbones, what’s the pattern?

Answer 2

Deficient heat

Question 3

Bluish White complexion, what’s the pattern?

Answer 3

Excessive cold

Question 4

Bright white, puffy, bloated appearance, what’s the pattern?

Answer 4

Yang Deficiency

Question 5

Dull, pale white (whithered), [pattern?]

Answer 5

Blood deficicency

Question 6

Sallow yello (paler, whithout brightness), pattern?

Answer 6

Spleen and stomach deficiency

Question 7

Smoky, dull yellow (there could be hint of redness), pattern?

Answer 7

Damp heat

Question 8

Dull, pale yellow, pattern?

Answer 8

Cold damp

Question 9

Ash like yellow, pattern?

Answer 9

Long standing dampness

Question 10

Yang type: bright yellow, bright orange; Yin type: dull, dark yellow, pattern?

Answer 10

Jaundice

Question 11

Clear and moist yellow colour in between the eyebrows, pattern?

Answer 11

Stomach qi recovering after an illness

Question 12

Dried up, withered looking yellow colour in between the eyebrows, pattern?

Answer 12

Poor prognosis sign

Question 13

Green face, on liver region of face, liver wind: in between the eyebrows, pattern?

Answer 13

Liver patterns, interior cold, pain or liver wind

Question 14

Green complexion with red eyes, pattern?

Answer 14

Liver fire

Question 15

Green colour on the nose, pattern?

Answer 15

Qi stagnation with abdominal pain

Question 16

Dark, reddish, green complexion, pattern?

Answer 16

Liver qi stag turning into heat

Question 17

Bluish white (pale blue tinge), pattern?

Answer 17

Excess cold, chronic pain

Question 18

Dull bluish colour, pattern?

Answer 18

Severe heart yang deficiency

Question 19

Bluish-purplish face (&lips), pattern?

Answer 19

Heart blood stasis

Question 20

Mild: Bluish colour in between the eyebrows, severe: bluish-purplish face (&lips) pattern?

Answer 20

Liver wind (infantile convulsion)

Question 21

Black

Answer 21

Kidney disease, pain

Question 22

Black and moist, pattern?

Answer 22

Cold

Question 23

Black and dried looking, burnt/scorched, pattern?

Answer 23

Heat

Question 24

Dark complexion, without brightness, scaly skin, pattern?

Answer 24

Blood stasis (Prolonged)