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Tongue Diagnosis Flashcards

1
Q

Pale Tongue Moist

A

Cold Syndrome

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Red Tongue Slight red or red on tip/edge:

A

External Heat

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Crimson Tongue Red thorns, yellow greasy coating:

A

Exogenous febrile diseases

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4
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Purple Tongue + Pale:

A

Cold syndrome

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5
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Entire Bluish Tongue

A

Cold accumulation, blood stagnation

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Flabby Tongue Pale/red, enlarged w/ white/yellow coating

A

Cold dampness accumulation

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7
Q

Swollen Red and Swollen Tongue

A

Pathogenic heat invasion Heart/Sp

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8
Q

Teeth Marks

A

Pale, moist: Dampness

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9
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Thin Tongue Pale, thin coating:

A

Qi/blood def

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10
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Cracked Tongue Deep red crack w/ dry coating:

A

Excess heat

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11
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Prickled Tongue Bright red w/ yellow coat:

A

Excess heat toxin

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12
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Ulcerated Tongue Red w/ yellow coating:

A

Heat toxin in heart channel

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13
Q

Tough Tongue

A

= Excessive Heat Syndrome

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14
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Tender Tongue

A

Tender and dry: Q/blood def.

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15
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Stiff Tongue

A

Crimson w/ dry yellow coating: Pathogenic heat invades the pericardium

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16
Q

Flaccid and pale Tongue

A

Severe qi/blood def.

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17
Q

Shaking Tongue

A

Pale and flaccid: Qi/blood def.

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18
Q

Deviated Tongue

A

Purple red: Liver yang rising

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19
Q

Protruding and Licking Tongue

A

Pathogenic heat and Heart/Sp channel

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20
Q

Shortened Tongue

A

Critical condition

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21
Q

Loose Tongue

A

Excessive heat, Qi def.

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22
Q

Abnormal Hypoglossal Vessels

A

Qi/blood stagnation

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23
Q

White Coating
(Ext/Int
Thermal
Location)

A

Exterior Syndrome
Cold Syndrome
Location: Lu/Li

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24
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Yellow Coating
(Ext/Int
Thermal
Location)

A

Interior Syndrome
Heat Syndrome
Location: Sp/St

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25
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Gray Coating

A

Dry and gray: Heat Syndrome

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26
Q

Black Coating, Dry and cracked

A

Extreme heat

May have taken pepto-bismol

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27
Q

Thin Coating

  • Stage
  • Ext/Int
A

Exterior or mild interior syndrome, initial stage

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28
Q

Thick Coating

  • Stage
  • Ext/Int
  • Pathology
A

Interior syndrome
Severe stage
Dampness, water or fluid retention/stagnation

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29
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Moist Coating

A

Body fluid sufficient, healthy

30
Q

Dry Coating

  • Thermal
  • Yin/Yang
  • Location
A

Excess heat
Yin def.
Yang def = failure to transform water into body fluid
Exopathogenic dryness invades Lu

31
Q

Glossy Coating

  • Thermal
  • Pathology
  • Yin/yang
A

Cold syndrome
Dampness, water retention
Yang def

32
Q

Rough Coating

A

Severe injury

33
Q

Moldy Coating

  • Yin/yang
  • Cause
A

Excess yang, putrid qi rising
Food stagnation
Cottage cheese :/

34
Q

Greasy Coating

  • Yin/yang
  • Pathology
  • Cause
A

Excess yang, putrid qi rising
Food stagnation
Dampness

35
Q

Uneven Coating

A

Dependent on area of coating

36
Q

Partial Exfoliative

A

St yin/qi def

37
Q

Geographic Tongue

A

St yin/qi def

Mostly in children

38
Q

Mirror Tongue

A

Stomach, yin exhausted

No coating, glossy like mirror

39
Q

Exfoliative Like

A

Chronic illness

Stomach yin exist

40
Q

Rooted Coating

A

Healthy

41
Q

Non-rooted Coating

A

Stomach qi exhausted
Failure to generate new coat
Old coat separates from tongue body
Only see in chronic and critical condition

42
Q

Pale Moist and enlarged

A

Yang Def.

43
Q

Pale Thin and small

A

Qi/blood Def.

44
Q

Red, tough tongue w/ dry coating:

A

Internal, excess heat

45
Q

Red w/ cracks, little coating:

A

Internal, Def. heat

46
Q

Crimson Dry and small:

A

Yin Def. or exhausted

47
Q

Crimson Purple color:

A

Blood stagnation

48
Q

Purple + Dark Purple:

A

Blood stagnation

49
Q

Purple + Crimson:

A

Extreme heat

50
Q

Flabby, pale, enlarged w/ teeth marks, slippery:

A

Sp/Kid def. + Dampness

51
Q

Swollen Darkish blue, swollen:

A

Blood stasis by chemical toxicity

52
Q

Swollen + Purple:

A

Alcohol poisoning

53
Q

Teeth marks Slight red:

A

Sp, or qi def.

54
Q

Thin tongue Red w/ little or no coating:

A

yin def. w/ heat

55
Q

Cracked tongue Red body w/ cracks no coating:

A

Yin def.

56
Q

Cracked tongue Pale or slightly red body w/ cracks:

A

Blood def.

57
Q

Cracked tongue Pale, enlarged w/ teeth marks and cracks on edges:

A

Sp Def. w/ dampness

58
Q

Prickled tongue Crimson red:

A

Pathogenic heat invasion

59
Q

Prickled tongue Yellow coating:

A

Damp-heat accumulation

60
Q

Ulcerated tongue Cracked, red w/ scanty yellow coating:

A

Def. heat

61
Q

Tender and wet:

A

Yang qi def.

62
Q

Stiff tongue Flabby tongue w/ thick greasy coating:

A

Turbid phlegm obstructs meridian

63
Q

Stiff tongue Slight red or green purple tongue:

A

Internal wind

64
Q

Crimson and flaccid:

A

Excessive pathogenic heat injury body fluids

65
Q

Deep red and dry flaccid, no coating:

A

Yin fluids exhausted

66
Q

Shaking Red:

A

Internal wind due to extreme pathogenic heat

67
Q

Deviated pale tongue

A

Blood def.

68
Q

Deviated tongue, Thick coating:

A

Wind phlegm

69
Q

Deviated tongue, Red Tongue:

A

Extreme heat

70
Q

Moist and gray coating:

A

Cold Syndrome

71
Q

Black coating, Moist and greasy:

A

Extreme cold

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