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Tongue Diagnosis Flashcards

1
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The most numerous and smallest papillae on the tongue; distributed over the tongue, tip, body and sides

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Filiform Papillae

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Papillae mostly seen on the tip of the tongue. Newborns have more of this papillae than adults.

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Fungiform Papillae

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The e larger papillae, 7-9 in number, arranged in a V-Shaped distribution anterior to the sulcus terminalis, which separates the tongue body from the tongue root.

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Circumvallate Papillae

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Three to six in number, these papillae are found only in a small percentage of general population and are considered a remnant of past evolutionary stages.

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Foliate Papillae

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The posterior third of the tongue is associated most closely with which organs?

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Kidney + Bladder
Organs of lower burner

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The middle of the tongue is analogous / associated with which organs?

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Spleen + Stomach
The middle burner

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The anterior third of the tongue is most closely associated with which organs?

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Lung + Heart
The upper burner organs

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The lateral portions of the tongue are most closely associated with which organs?

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Liver + Gallbladder
The lateral aspect of the abdomen

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How does the tongue and it’s coating typical appear in the morning before the first meal?

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The tongue coating is typically thicker and the color may appear dim (dusky) when one first awakens.

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What is the typical tongue coating in the spring?

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Normal

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What is the typical tongue coating in the summer?

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Slightly thick and yellow

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What is the typical tongue coating in the autumn?

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Thin and dry

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What is the typical tongue coating in the winter?

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Moist

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What is a common change in the tongue for a person menstruating?

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The tip or side of the tongue may be slightly more red.

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After menstruation what is the typical color of the tongue body?

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The tongue may be slightly pale in color

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Is a black tongues coating in a genetically female person a critical sign?

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No. It is critical in a genetically male person

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17
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The normal tongue is…

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Pink with a thin white coating.

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18
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Teeth marks, quivering tongue and small cracks on the side of the tongue could indicate…

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Spleen Qi Deficiency

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19
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Red only on the tip of the tongue would indicate…

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Heart Heat

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20
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Red only on the sides of the tongue would indicate…

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Liver/GB fire or Liv yin def

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21
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Red only on the center of the tongue would indicate…

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Stomach heat or yin deficiency

22
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Red only on the back of the tongue would indicate…

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UB, lower jiao heat

23
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Crack in the center of the tongue that does not reach the tip may indicate…

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Stomach yin deficiency

24
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A red tongue indicates…

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Heat Syndrome
Excess or deficiency heat

25
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a deep red tongue indicates…

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Extreme Heat
Exogenous excess heat or yin deficiency w/ blazing fire

26
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A purple tongue indicates…

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Blood Stagnation
Blue-purple + dry = Stagnation due to heat

Pale + purple & moist = stagnation due to cold

27
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A pale tongue indicates…

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Deficiency & cold syndromes
Deficiency qi and blood

28
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An orange tongue indicates…

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Severe, persistent Lier blood deficiency that has become yin deficiency

29
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A yellow tongue coat coloring indicates…

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Heat Syndromes

30
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A white tongue coat coloring indicates…

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Cold Syndromes

31
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A black tongue coat coloring indicates…

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&dry = extreme heat damaging fluids

&moist = excessive cold from yang deficiency

32
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A grey tongue coat coloring indicates…

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&yellow + dry = excess heat consuming fluids

&white + moist = cold damp or phlegm in interior

33
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What does a thin tongue coating indicate?

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Exterior condition (not a strong antipathogen qi)

34
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What does a thick tongue coating indicate?

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Interior condition
Damp, phlegm, food

35
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What does a dry tongue coating indicate?

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Consumption of body fluids, excess or deficiency heat

36
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What does a moist tongue coating indicate?

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Moist is normal
Too moist = cold damp, water accumulation

37
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What does a sticky/ greasy tongue coating indicate?

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Turbid damp, phlegm, food

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38
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What does a granular tongue coating indicate?

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Heat bringing turbid st qi up
Phlegm, food retention

39
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What does a peeled/geographic tongue coating indicate?

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St yin deficiency
Severe St qi damage

40
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What does a swollen tongue indicate?

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& deep red = excess heat in Ht and SP

&blue-purple, dark = toxicosis

&pale = Sp & Kidney yang deficiency

41
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What does a cracked tongue indicate?

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& deep red = heat consuming fluids

& pale= blood deficiency

Cracks can be normal!

42
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What does a thin tongue (shape) indicate?

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Deficiency Qi and Blood
if dry = hyperactive fire from yin deficiency

43
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What does a thorny/prickle tongue indicate?

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& red = excess pathogenic heat, interior

44
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What does a rigid tongue indicate?

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Exogenous febrile dx
Impending stroke
Turbid phlegm interior
Heat consuming fluids

45
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What does a deviated tongue indicate?

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windstroke

46
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What does a flaccid tongue indicate?

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& deep red= yin collapse
&pale = deficiency qi and blood

47
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A tender tongue indicates…

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Deficiency syndrome
a. Tender and dry = qi and blood deficiency
b. tender and wet = yang qi deficiency

48
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A tough tongue indicates…

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Excessive heat syndrome
(excessive path invasion cause qi and blood to rise, consuming qi and body fluids)

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Oriental Diagnosis (10 decks)

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