Tongue, Diagnosis Flashcards
What is the proper lighting for Tongue Diagnosis?
natural sunlight is best.
incandescence is better than florescence, full spectrum fluorescent, if using fluorescent
Tungsten halogen lamps work as well. 
how long should the patient extend the tongue for?
15 to 20 seconds at a time. Longer periods will affect the tongue, it will stiffen, or the colour will change 
smoking makes the tongue coat what colour?
yellow
Spicy foods, such as pickles, cayenne pepper, and curry will make the tongue what colour
red
What do antibiotics due to the tongue?
The tongue will be peeled in patches. antibiotics tend to be bitter. bitter flavour drains, and it drains the yin fluids. That’s why when you have someone who’s taken antibiotics, that their tongue will look Yin deficient. tetracycline is the class of antibiotics that has the most effect on the tongue. you see it in 2 to 3 days up to two weeks after the last dose. 
Medication’s and the tongue
how do corticosteroids the tongue look
Red and swollen after one month. Inhaled steroid same effect after a long time of daily use.
so one way to remember corticosteroids remember steroids I think of someone who goes to the gym that wants to build muscles there. If you take steroids they pump you up and so when you look at a tongue that swollen it’s also pumped up s
medication and the tongue.
How do bronchodilators present on the tongue?
tongue tip becomes red after prolonged and continued use.
salbutamol and turbutine are a couple of examples that might have an effect on the tongue
Theophylline will have a stronger effect on the tongue in a shorter time frame to bronchodilators as medication that helps with lung disorders. they are good for asthma and if you think about the area of the tongue that’s related to the lungs it’s the tip of the tongue for the tip becomes red.
medication’s and the tongue. 
How do using diuretics present on the tongue ?
peeled. Prolong use over some years.
diuretics, they’re like antibiotics they make you lose fluid, make you urinate so you are losing your yin fluids and that’s why the tongue will start to look yin xu and it looks peeled after a long time ( years)
Medication’s and the tongue.
How do anti-inflammatories present on the tongue?
peeled and thinner with red points. makes sense anti-inflammatories they take out information so that the tongue Prolonged use over several years.
phenylbutazone amd oxyphenbutazone are the worst.
Ibuprofen, naproxen, and ketoprofen to a lesser degree.
Medication’s on the tongue
Antineoplastics present on the tongue how?
very thick brown or even black and dry coating.
cytotoxic drugs (chemotherapy)
aspects of the tongue. 
what is the spirit aspect of the tongue?
Spirit: if the tongue has vital color, this means good prognosis. If the tongue is dark and withered, this means poor prognosis. Vitality of colour is scrutinized at the root.
what is the colour aspect of the tongue?
color: state of the yin organs, blood and nutritive Qi. Hot and cold influences, yin, yang, Qi or blood and stagnation.
What does the shape aspect of the tongue tell us?
The shape tells us the state of Organs, Qi and blood.  It’s useful in the differentiation of excess or deficient conditions.
what does the coding of the tongue tell us?
The state of heat or cold in the body.
The strength of the pathogens, progression and location of the pathogenic factor.
Strength of body Qi and is a reliable indicator of excess or deficiency of Qi. 
what does the moisture of the tongue tell us?
The state of Yin /Yang and hot/ cold
