Tongue Flashcards by Aimee Movold

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Body- Pale red

A

Normal

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Body- Red

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Full/empty heat

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Body- Crimson/deep red

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Severe heat/interior fire

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Body- Rigid

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Heat, PH, w-stroke

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Body- Prickles

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Heat, fire

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Body- Moving, vibrating, deviated

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Wind, Qi/yang XU

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Body- Cracks/fissures

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Yin XU, XU BF, ST Qi XU

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Body- Enlarged, flabby

Pale with teeth marks

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Qi, yang, PH-damp retention

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Body- Shrunken

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Crimson/dry-yin XU with empty heat

Pale-yin/Qi XU

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Body-Pale

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XU or cold (yang, Qi, blood, external/internal)

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Body- Soft-tender

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Mild XU, or cold

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Body- Purplish blue

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Cold

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Body- Purple

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Qi/blood stg, with or without interior cold, yang XU, or heat

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Coat- thin

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Superficial

Qi XU

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Coat-thick

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Deeper progression

Retention D/food

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Coat-moist/slimy/greasy

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Moist/excess saliva- pathogenic water/D

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Coat- grimy (as though mixed with dirt)

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PH/D retention

Usually ST Dx

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coat- Dry/rough

A

Consumption of BF, SHI heat, Yin XU heat

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Coat- sticky/hard to scrub/greasy

A

Retention D/PH/food

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Coat-granular/easily scrubbed/pasty

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SHI yang heat w/ upward moving ST Qi, retention of PH/food

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Coat-white thin

A

Normal, or mild invasion of W-C

Q

Coat- white thick

A

SHI D, C-D (moist)

D transforming to H

Q

Coat- yellow thin

A

W-H

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Coat- yellow thick

A

D-H

Coat- yellow dry

Extreme heat consuming BF

Coat- gray glossy

Retention C-D, yang XU

Coat-peeled

Yin XU, Yin exhaustion, ST Qi exhausted

Coat- black

Extreme heat/cold

Tongue body=

Condition of zang

Tongue coat=

Condition of fu

Tongue shape

Condition of Qi/blood

Spicy food

Red

Smoking

Yellow

Milk

White coat

Antibiotics

Peeled

Corticosteroids

Red and swollen

NSAIDs

Red tip

Cytotoxic medication

Red body, thick dark-yellow/brown coat

Peptobismol

Black coat