Tongue Diagnosis Flashcards
Describe Pale Tongue Color
lighter than normal
Describe Pale Tongue (Qi & Blood Def)
thin tongue body and moist
Qi Def and Yang Def may commonly show what kind of feature?
Pale tongue
Describe Pale Tongue (Yang Def)
- puffy tongue body
- teeth mark, slippery coat
White, thin, slippery coating indicates what syndrome?
Cold-Dampness
A pale tongue with cracks indicates what?
Blood Def
Describe Withered pale (depletion)
blood depletion with qi deplete
Describe Red Tongue Color
bright, fresh red colour
Describe Red Tongue (Excess & Def Heat)
Excessive:
red with dry, yellow coating
Def:
Red without coat, dry, thin, cracked
Cracks on a deep red tongue indicates what?
Excessive heat
A red tongue with no coating is manifested as?
Yin Deficiency
A tongue with black, yellow, dry coating, and prickly on the surface may be seen in?
Consumption of body fluid due to extreme heat
A crimson tongue with cracks indicates what syndrome? (Depletion)
Depletion of Yin fluid due to heat
What is the clinical manifestation to a crimson tongue with coating?
Excessive pathogenic heat enters nutrient level
What are two types of pale tongue body and their syndromes?
Pale and skinny = Qi Blood Def
Pale and large = Yang Def
Describe Cyanotic Purple Color and Syndrome
- tongue is blue or purple
- heat in blood level or severe HT disease
Describe Light/Dull Purple w moist white/gray coating
- yang def w excess yin
- qi def or qi stagnation
Describe purple/cyanotic, thin yellow dry coating (heat, fluid, stasis)
heat in ying blood level cause fluid damage and blood stagnation
Describe purple/cyanotic, swollen
alcohol poisoning or medication
Syndrome of cyanosis tongue/bluish spot
blood stasis
What is the meaning of a tongue in weak motion?
Extreme def of qi and blood
A delicate, enlarged, and pale tongue with tooth print indicates? (Maybe combo)
yang def of SP or KD or a combo of both
A peeled coating indicates what?
- consumption of qi and yin in the ST
- qi and blood def
A white, thin and dry coating indicates what? (Pattern)
wind-heat pattern
grayish and black coating indicates what? (Disorder)
severe interior heat or cold disorder
rigid tongue w thick and greasy coating indicates what? (Meridian)
wind-phlegm obstructed in meridian
an unfixed deviation of tongue indicates what? (Meridian & collaterals)
LR wind with phlegm obstructed the meridian and collaterals
