Tongue Diagnosis Flashcards
1
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What medicine causes peeled in patches (tend to injure ST yin)
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Antibiotics
2
Q
What medicine causes red and swollen (after 1 month)
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Corticosteroids
3
Q
What medicine causes Tongue tip to become red (after prolonged and continued use)
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Bronchodilators
4
Q
What medicine causes peeled (reflecting yin deficiency)
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Diuretics
5
Q
What medicine causes red points, makes the tongue body thinner, peeled (after prolonged use)
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Anti-inflamatory
6
Q
What medicine causes very thick brown or even black and dry coating
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Anti-neoplastics
7
Q
Tongue Body Color: Pale and slightly dry
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Blood deficiency
8
Q
Tongue Body Color: pale and wet
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Yang Xu
9
Q
Tongue Body Color: pale and bright or shiny
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Qi and Blood deficiency particularly of SP/ST
10
Q
Tongue Body Color: red with coat
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Heat in nutritive or blood levels
11
Q
Tongue Body Color: red w/o coat
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Yin deficiency with Heat
12
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Tongue Body Color: red and wet
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Heat with damp retention
13
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Tongue Body Color: red and dry
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Deficient heat and body fluid exhaustion
14
Q
Tongue Body Color: red and shiny
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ST/KD yin deficiency
15
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Tongue Body Color: red with red points or spots
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Blood stasis with heat
16
Q
Tongue Body Color: red with prickles
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Heat in ying level or UB or LB
17
Q
Tongue Body Color: red with purple spots in center
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Blood stasis and Heat in ST
18
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Tongue Body Color: red and peeled
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Heat from ST/KD yin deficiency
19
Q
Tongue Body Color: red and purple
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Heat and blood stasis
20
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Tongue Body Color: red and distended purple
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Extreme Heat with blood stasis and toxin from alcohol injuring HT
21
Q
Tongue Body Color: deep red
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LU or HT yin def
22
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Tongue Body Color: deep red with a dry center
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ST fire blazing, ST yin deficiency with heat
23
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Tongue Body Color: reddish purple
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blood stasis from internal heat
24
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Tongue Body Color: reddish purple and distended
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Extreme Heat with blood stasis and toxin from alcohol injuring HT
25
Tongue Body Color: bluish purple
blood stasis from internal cold
26
Tongue Body Color: bluish purple and moist
blood stasis from internal LV/KD deficiency. Cold stiffening tendons/bones
27
Tongue Body Color: blue
severe internal cold with blood stasis
28
Tongue Body Color: blue without coat
severe internal cold with stasis and exhaustion of blood
29
Tongue Body Color: blue in central surface
SP yang deficiency with phlegm retention in the chest
30
Tongue Body Color: blue in pregnancy
danger of imminent miscarriage
31
Tongue Body Color: blue with distended veins on underside of tongue
Deficiency, qi stagnation, or blood stasis if dark
32
Tongue Body Shape: thin and red
Yin deficiency
33
Tongue Body Shape: thin and pale
Blood deficiency
34
Tongue Body Shape: whole tongue swollen (2)
SP/KD yang def with damp
| SP/St damp heat
35
Tongue Body Shape: whole tongue swollen and red (2)
HT/ST Heat
| Alcoholic toxic Toxin
36
Tongue Body Shape: swollen on edges
SP qi/yang def
37
Tongue Body Shape: swollen on sides
Ascendant LV yang or LV fire
38
Tongue Body Shape: Swollen tip red color
HT fire blazing
39
Tongue Body Shape: swollen tip normal color
Ht qi def
40
Tongue Body Shape: swollen between tip and center
LU qi def with phlegm retention
41
Tongue Body Shape: swollen along central crack and red
Ht fire
42
Tongue Body Shape: swollen along central crack and normal color
Ht qi def
43
Tongue Body Shape: swollen along half of the tongue
Weakness of the channels
44
Tongue Body Shape: localized swelling on one side
Def or Qi stagnation in chest
45
Tongue Body Shape: half tongue swollen
LU qi def
46
Tongue Body Shape: Hammer shaped
ST, SP, KD def
47
Tongue Body Shape: stiff
Blazing HT fire
48
Tongue Body Shape: stiff and red or dark red
Exterior heat invading PC
49
Tongue Body Shape: stiff and red
Heat injuring Body fluids
50
Tongue Body Shape: stiff and normal colored
Internal wind
51
Tongue Body Shape: flaccid and pale body
Exhausted qi and blood
52
Tongue Body Shape: flaccid and red body
Extreme Heat injuring fluids
53
Tongue Body Shape: flaccid and limp, deep red
KD yin def with heat
54
Tongue Body Shape: Long (2)
Blazing Ht fire
| HT phlegm-fire
55
Tongue Body Shape: Short and pale body (2)
Sp yang def
| Internal cold
56
Tongue Body Shape: Short and red body
Heat stirring LV wind
57
Tongue Body Shape: short and red body with coat
Body fluid insufficiency due to excess heat
58
Tongue Body Shape: short and red body without coat
Def Heat
59
Tongue Body Shape: short and pale with slippery coat
SP yang def with damp and phlegm
60
Tongue Body Shape: cracked horizontal
Yin def
61
Tongue Body Shape: cracked like ice floes
Yin def from old age
62
Tongue Body Shape: cracked and irregular
ST yin def
63
Tongue Body Shape: cracked and transverse on the side
SP qi/yin def
64
Tongue Body Shape: cracked and vertical in center
SP qi def
65
Tongue Body Shape: cracked and long vertical reaching tip
HT, emotional disturbances
66
Tongue Body Shape: deep central crack with small cracks
KD yin def with heat
67
Tongue Body Shape: Loose w/ red body
interior excess heat
68
Tongue Body Shape: Loose with red body and a slippery coat
Phlegm fire clouding HT
69
Tongue Body Shape: loose with Pale body
HT qi def
70
Tongue Body Shape: deviated with normal color
Exterior wind invading channels
71
Tongue Body Shape: deviated with red or normal color
Interior LV wind
72
Tongue Body Shape: deviated with pale body
HT qi def
73
Tongue Body Shape: numb with pale body
HT blood def
74
Tongue Body Shape: numb with red or normal color
LV wind
75
Tongue Body Shape: numb with slippery coat
SP heat with body fluids exhaustion
76
Tongue Body Shape: moving with red body
HT fire and internal wind
77
Tongue Body Shape: moving with red and dry body
SP heat with body fluids exhaustion
78
Tongue Body Shape: quivering with pale body
SP qi def
79
Tongue Body Shape: quivering with red body
Extreme heat generating internal wind
80
Tongue Body Shape: quivering with pale body (2)
HT and SP collapse
81
Tongue Body Shape: quivering with pale and thin
Yang collapse
82
Tongue Body Shape: tip rolled over
Excess Heat
83
Tongue Body Shape: tip rolled down
Def heat
84
Tongue Body Shape: tooth marked
SP qi def
85
Tongue Body Shape: Ulcerated with red body (2)
HT fire blazing
| SP and KD heat
86
Tongue Body Shape: ulcerated with red and peeled
HT heat from KD yin def
87
Tongue Body Shape: sore covered with red body
Heat toxin in HT
88
Tongue Body Shape: sore covered with red and peeled
Def heat
89
Shang Han Tongues: Tai yang body
unchanged
90
Shang Han Tongues: tai yang coating
thin and white
| possibly more in the center or in the front third
91
Shang Han Tongues: Yang Ming body
red
92
Shang Han Tongues: Yang Ming coating
yellow, thick and dry
93
Shang Han Tongues: Shao Yang body
unchanged
94
Shang Han Tongues: Shao Yang coating (3)
white and slippery on one side only
white and grey
white and black
95
Shang Han Tongues: Tai yin body
Pale
96
Shang Han Tongues: Tai Yin coating
white
97
Shang Han Tongues: Shao yin cold body
pale
98
Shang Han Tongues: Shao yin cold coat
white
99
Shang Han Tongues: shao yin heat body
red
100
Shang Han Tongues: shao yin heat coat
no coating
101
Shang Han Tongues: jue yin body
pale
102
Shang Han Tongues: Jue Yin coat
white and yellow
103
4 stage Tongue: wei level body
Sl red on front and/or edges
104
4 stage Tongue: wei level coat
thin and white
105
4 stage Tongue: qi level body
red or normal
106
4 stage Tongue: qi level coat
yellow
107
4 stage Tongue: ying level body
deep red
108
4 stage Tongue: ying level coat
no coating
109
4 stage Tongue: Xue level body (2)
deep red
| reddish purple
110
4 stage Tongue: xue level coat
no coating
111
San Jiao Tongue: Upper Jiao: LU wind heat body
slightly red on front and/or edges
112
San Jiao Tongue: Upper Jiao: LU wind heat coating
Yellow
113
San Jiao Tongue: Upper Jiao: LU heat body
red
114
San Jiao Tongue: Upper Jiao: LU heat coating
yellow
115
San Jiao Tongue: Upper Jiao: PC heat body
deep red with red points
116
San Jiao Tongue: Upper Jiao: PC heat coating
no coating
117
San Jiao Tongue: Middle Jiao: Yang Ming heat body
red
118
San Jiao Tongue: Middle Jiao: Yang Ming heat coat
Yellow, dry
119
San Jiao Tongue: Middle Jiao: SP damp heat body
red
120
San Jiao Tongue: Middle Jiao: SP damp heat coat
sticky, yellow
121
San Jiao Tongue: Lower Jiao: KD body
deep red
122
San Jiao Tongue: Lower Jiao: KD coat
no coating
123
San Jiao Tongue: Lower Jiao: LV body
deep red
124
San Jiao Tongue: Lower Jiao: LV coat
no coating
125
Imbalance between Tip and root color (2)
Qi stagnation
| Blood stagnation
126
Imbalance between left and right color
Qi stagnation
127
Imbalance between tip and root shape with tip more swollen than body (but body swollen too)
Long term problem, imbalance between HT and KD
128
Imbalance between tip and root with only tip swollen
Overwork
129
Imbalance between left and right with only one side swollen with red points
ipsilateral malnourishment of channels
130
Imbalance between left and right: yellow coating on one side only (2)
GB heat affecting ST
| ipsilateral phlegm in chest
131
Imbalance between tip and rot: tip red and dry, root dirty and swollen
Defective transformation of body fluids
132
Imbalance between left and right: one side wetter (2)
movement of fluids in the chest
| LU qi def
133
Tongue Coating Quality: normal
slightly moist
134
Tongue Coating Quality: wet coat puddled with moisture/wet/glossy
excess fluids or fluids stagnation
135
Tongue Coating Quality: wet and white
yang deficiency with damp retention
136
Tongue Coating Quality: wet and white and thin
Exterior wind cold
137
Tongue Coating Quality: dry (2)
Heat
| Yang xu
138
Tongue Coating Quality: slippery with excessive wetness with an oily appearance
Yang def
| Damp-cold internal or external origin
139
Tongue Coating Quality: slippery and white
Pathogen is beginning to go into interior
140
Tongue Coating Quality: slippery and greasy
Damp-phlegm
141
Tongue Coating Quality: slippery and greasy and thick
Damp-Phlegm retention and cold
142
Tongue Coating Quality: slimy/greasy thicker in center than on edges and cannot be scrapped off
Qi cannot transform fluids and then accumulates to form phlegm
143
Tongue Coating Quality: Moldy- thick and patchy but can be scraped off (2)
St heat
| ST yin def
144
Tongue Coating Quality: peeled and geographic
ST yin def
145
When the coat will be on the outside around the center or on front of the tongue
Exterior
146
When the tongue coat reflects the location of the factor in accordance with tongue topography
Interior
147
Tongue Coating Quality: Normal thickness
thin white coat
148
Tongue Coating Quality: Thick tongue coat (2)
Pathogenic factor
| A condition of excess
149
Tongue Coating Quality: thin tongue coat
Pathogenic factor is weak
150
Tongue Coating Quality: rooted
Cannot be scraped off
151
Tongue Coating Quality: unrooted
Can be scraped off easily
152
Tongue Coating Color: normal
thin, white, moist
153
Tongue Coating Color: white and thin
wind, cold or damp in exterior
| Or normal
154
Tongue Coating Color: white, thin, and slippery
Exterior attack of damp cold
155
Tongue Coating Color: white, thin, dry with a pale body
blood def
156
Tongue Coating Color: white, thin and dry but normally wet
Yang def
157
Tongue Coating Color: white, thin and dry but normal body color (3)
Exterior attack of w-c or w-h
LU fluid injured
Exterior dryness attack
158
Tongue Coating Color: white, thick and wet (2)
Exterior attack of wind cold,
| interior damp cold in MJ
159
Tongue Coating Color: white, thick and dry
Dirty fluids in the interior with heat
160
Tongue Coating Color: white, thick and slippery (3)
DAmp in MB
Cold with ST
Food retention
161
Tongue Coating Color: white, thick and greasy
Yang def with food or damp retention
162
Tongue Coating Color: white, thick and greasy or slippery (2)
SP yang def with damp cold
| Slippery phlegm
163
Tongue Coating Color: white, thick and greasy and dry
Damp with exhaustion of body fluids or heat
164
Tongue Coating Color: white, rough and cracked
Attack of summer heat injuring the Qi (on the Qi level)
165
Tongue Coating Color: White: sticky and greasy (2)
Damp or phlegm in MB
| Exterior attack of damp at the qi level
166
Tongue Coating Color: White: cottage cheese/tofu
ST heat
167
Tongue Coating Color: White: like powder and slight red body on tip or sides
Exterior heat
168
Tongue Coating Color: White: like powder and red/scarlet body
Interior heat
169
Tongue Coating Color: White: like powder and red body
Externally contracted with damp-cold in MB
170
Tongue Coating Color: White: like snow
SP yang exhaustion with damp cold in MB
171
Tongue Coating Color: White: moldy (2)
KD/ST yin def
| Damp toxin in the interior
172
Tongue Coating Color: half white and slippery on R
Half exterior and half interior
173
Tongue Coating Color: half white and slippery on L
LV heat
174
Tongue Coating Color: or pale yellow (3)
Exterior attack of w-h
w-c turning into heat
d-heat in chest and MB
175
Tongue Coating Color: Yellow and slippery/ slimy
Damp-heat
176
Tongue Coating Color: Yellow and deep
Damp heat in the St/LI
177
Tongue Coating Color: Yellow root, white tip
Exterior pathogenic factor that has just changed into heat and penetrated to the interior
178
Tongue Coating Color: bilateral yellow strips, remainder yellow
LV/GB heat
179
Tongue Coating Color: bilateral yellow strips remainder white (2)
Exterior pathogen penetrating the interior
| Heat in ST/SI
180
Tongue Coating Color: half yellow, half white (longitudinally)
LV/GB heat
181
Tongue Coating Color: Yellow, sticky, and greasy
Heat and Phlegm
182
Tongue Coating Color: Yellow and dry
Heat injured fluids
183
Tongue Coating Color: grey, wet, slippery
SP damp coat
184
Tongue Coating Color: Grey and dry
excess heat
185
Tongue Coating Color: Black, slippery, greasy
Damp- cold in ST/LI
186
Tongue Coating Color: bilateral black on white (wet)
Cold from def in MB
187
Tongue Coating Color: bilateral black on white (dry)
St/SP heat
188
Tongue Coating Color: white coating, black points
Exterior pathogen penetrates to the interior and is transforming into heat
189
Tongue Coating Color: white coating black prickles (2)
True cold and false heat
| Cold turned into heat
190
Tongue Coating Color: black in the center, white and slippery on sides
SP yang def with damp cold in the interior
191
Tongue Coating Color: black, dry and cracked (2)
Exhaustion of KD
| Yang def with interior cold
192
Tongue Coating Color: white in center and yellow around
Pathogens penetrating the interior and changing into heat
193
Tongue Coating Color: yellow in center and white around
Interior heat just starting to clear
194
Tongue Coating Color: white, grey and moist
Damp cold in the interior
195
Tongue Coating Color: white grey and dry
Damp cold or phlegm of long standing
196
Tongue Coating Color: half white and half grey
Half exterior and half interior
197
Tongue Coating Color: white, black
SP damp
198
Tongue Coating Color: yellow in center and black, slippery, and greasy around
SP damp-heat
199
Tongue Coating Color: yellow on sides, and brack prickles in center
Heat in the yang ming stage
200
Tongue Coating Color: yellow, dry and black in center to tip
Heat in St/LI
201
Tongue Coating Color: white in center and grey and black around
SP damp
202
Tongue Coating Color: Yellow in center and grey around
Damp heat with Heat injured fluids
203
8 principle ID of tongues: What is affected with interior conditions (3)
Tongue body
Tongue Color
Tongue shape
204
8 principle ID of tongues: what indicates a exterior wind cold
thin, white coating
205
8 principle ID of tongues: what indicates a exterior wind heat
thin, white in initial stage then yellow
206
8 principle ID of tongues: white and sl slippery coat on the R side
Half interior and half exterior
207
8 principle ID of tongues: red tongue body with white coating on the tip only
Half interior and half exterior
208
8 principle ID of tongues: white coating on the tip and black/ grey coating on the root
half interior and half exterior
209
8 principle ID of tongues: signs of cold (coating)
white coating
210
8 principle ID of tongues: sign of cold (color)
Pale- if edf
211
8 principle ID of tongues: sign of heat (coating)
yellow coating
212
8 principle ID of tongues: sign of heat (color)
red body
213
8 principle ID of tongues: Qi Def: slightly flaccid body, slightly swollen anterior
LU
214
8 principle ID of tongues: Qi Def: tooth marked
SP
215
8 principle ID of tongues: Qi Def: lack of coating in center
ST
216
8 principle ID of tongues: Qi Def: pale body
HT
217
8 principle ID of tongues: Yang Def: pale body, white and wet coating
SP
218
8 principle ID of tongues: Yang Def: pale and swollen body, white coating
KD
219
8 principle ID of tongues: Yang Def: pale body, bluish purple if severe
HT
220
8 principle ID of tongues: Blood Def: Pale body, sl. dry
SP
221
8 principle ID of tongues: Blood Def: pale body, paler tip
HT
222
8 principle ID of tongues: Blood Def: pale body, paler sides
LV
223
8 principle ID of tongues: Yin Def: no coating in center, dry wide crack in the center
ST
224
8 principle ID of tongues: Yin Def: red body, no coating, dry, crackes
KD
225
8 principle ID of tongues: Yin Def: red body, no coating anteriorly redder tip
HT
226
8 principle ID of tongues: Yin Def: red body, no coating, cracks anteriorly
LU
227
8 principle ID of tongues: excess: red body, thick yellow coating
Interior excess heat
228
8 principle ID of tongues: excess: purple body
Blood stasis
229
8 principle ID of tongues: excess: thick, slippery, greasy coating
Phlegm
230
8 principle ID of tongues: excess: thick coating
Exterior excess
