Teeth and Gums

Question 1

Bleeding gums, tiredness, poor appetite, loose stools

Answer 1

Deficient Spleen qi not holding blood

Question 2

Inflamed염증, bleeding gums, feeling of heat, thirst

Answer 2

Stomach Full-heat

Question 3

Bleeding gums, dry mouth, a desire to drink in small sips

Answer 3

Stomach Empty-heat

Question 4

Bleeding gums, dizziness, tinnitus, night sweating, malar flush

Answer 4

Kidney-Yin Deficiency with
Empty-heat

Question 5

(Mouth ulcers)
Ulcers that recur very frequently or are even almost permanent

Answer 5

Full condition

Question 6

(Mouth ulcers)
Ulcers that come and go

Answer 6

Empty condition

Question 7

Very painful, red-rimmed ulcers on the gums

Answer 7

Stomach Full-heat

Question 8

Pale-rimmed ulcers on the gum

Answer 8

Stomach Empty-heat

Question 9

Uulcers on the tip of the tongue

Answer 9

Heart-fire or Heart Empty-heat

Question 10

Ulcers on the inside of the cheeks

Answer 10

Stomach heat

Question 11

Ulcers in pregnancy

Answer 11

Disharmony of Directing vessel

Question 12

Pale-rimmed ulcers aggravated by overwork

Answer 12

Kidney Yin deficiency or Original Qi Deficiency

Question 13

(Cold sores)
Sudden onset, burning pain

Answer 13

Stomach Full-h

Question 14

Come in bouts, recurring over many years

Answer 14

Stomach Empty-heat

Question 15

Occur in bouts over a long period of time, pale in color, aggravated by overwork

Answer 15

Qi Deficiency

Question 16

Numbness of the tongue (deficiency)

Answer 16

Heart Blood Deficiency or Spleen Qi deficiency

Question 17

Numbness of the tongue (Excess)

Answer 17

Phlegm obstructing the orifices, Liver Wind, Chronic Blood
stasis

Question 18

Pain of the tongue

Answer 18

Heart Fire or Heart Empty-heat, Liver Fire or Phlegm Fire