Tongue Flashcards
Pale
- Always Deficient*
- def cold (yang def)
- qi def
- blood def
Red
- EXCESS or DEFICIENT*
- Always HEAT
Deep Red
- EXCESS or DEFICIENT*
- Extreme Heat
Blue Purple
- excess*
- Blood stasis due to cold or heat
Deep Blue Purple, Dry Lusterless
- excess*
- Blood stasis due to heat
Pale Purple, moist
- excess*
- Blood stasis due to cold
Purplish spots on tongue surface
- excess*
- blood stasis
Swollen & Pale (delicate, w/ toothmarks)
- Deficient + Excess*
- KD or SP Yang producing harmful water
Swollen & Deep red (occupying whole space of mouth)
- Excess*
- excessive heat in HT or SP
Swollen, blue purplish and dark
EXCESS
-Toxicosis
Thin
- DEFICIENT*
- pale: qi and blood def
- deep red, dry: fire d/t yin def
Cracked
- excess or def*
- deep red: excess heat
- pale: blood def
Thorny
- EXCESS*
- red: internal accumulation of pathogenic heat
- the larger the thorn, the more severe
Deviated
Wind stroke or early signs of wind stroke
Rigid
- excess or excess w/ underlying deficiency*
- exogenous: invasion of PC by heat, retention of turbid phlegm in interior, excessive pathogenic heat consuming body fluids
- endogenous: wind stroke or early signs of wind stroke
Flaccid
- Deficient*
- Extreme qi and blood deficiency or consumption of yin fluids
- Pale: qi and blood def
- deep red: yin collapse
Thick Coat
EXCESS
- deeper progression
- retention of food/damp
Thin Coat
- weak pathogenic factor, deficiency of anti-pathogenic qi
- disease in early stages
Dry Coat
- excess or def*
- consumption of body fluids d/t excess or def heat
Moist Coat (excessive moisture, saliva dribbles)
- excess*
- harmful water or damp
Sticky (hard to scrub or greasy)
- excess*
- retention of damp, phlegm or food
granular (curd like, easily scraped off)
- excess*
- excessive yang heat brings turbid ST qi upward, also retention of phlegm or food
Peeled Coat
partial (geographic): consumption of ST qi and yin
entire (mirror or glossy): exhaustion of ST yin and damage of ST qi
White Coat
- excess or def*
- thin: exterior cold or normal
- thick: internal cold
Yellow Coat
- excess*
- internal heat, deeper the yellow the more severe the pathogenic heat
Grey Coat
- excess*
- Interior heat, cold or damp
- yellowish and dry: interior excess heat
- whitish and moist: retention of cold or damp
- can develop to greyish or black
Black
- excess or deficiency*
- EXTREME INTERIOR CONDITION: extreme heat or cold
- yellowish and dry (possible thorns): Extreme heat ( yang ming level heat)
- pale and slippery: excessive cold d/t yang deficiency
Effect of Antibiotic on Tongue
peeled in patches
-tends to injure ST yin
Effect of Corticosteroids on Tongue
red and swollen (after about a month)
Effect of Bronchodilators on Tongue
tongue tip to become red after prolonged use
-due to injured LU
Effect of Diuretics on Tongue
peeled (yin def)
-peeing out your fluids
Effect of Anti-Inflammatory of Tongue
red points, thinner body, peeled (after prolonged use)
Effect of Anti-neoplastics (cytotoxic drugs) on Tongue
very thick brown or even black and dry coating
