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Tongue Diagnosis Flashcards

1
Q

pale tongue

A

Xu Cold (Yang or Qi/Xue Xu)

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2
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red tongue

A

internal Heat (Xs or Xu)

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3
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light red tongue

A

normal

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4
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deep red tongue

A

extreme Heat (Xs) - internal or external

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5
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deep blue-purple, dry and lusterless tongue

A

Xue Stasis d/t Heat

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6
Q

pale purple, moist tongue

A

Xue Stasis d/t Cold

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7
Q

Purplish spots on tongue surface

A

Xue Stasis

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8
Q

teeth marks on tongue

A

SP Qi Xu

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9
Q

lack of coat in center

A

ST Qi Xu

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10
Q

pale body, white and wet coat

A

SP Yang Xu

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11
Q

pale and swollen body, white coat

A

KD Yang Xu

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12
Q

pale body, slightly dry

A

SP Xue Xu

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13
Q

pale body, paler tip

A

HT Xue Xu

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14
Q

pale body, paler sides

A

LV Xue Xu

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15
Q

pale body, bluish-purple if severe

A

HT Yang Xu

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16
Q

no coat in center; dry wide crack in center

A

ST Yin Xu

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17
Q

red body, no coat, dry, cracks

A

KD Yin Xu

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18
Q

red body, no coat in front, redder tip

A

HT Yin Xu

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19
Q

red body, no coat, cracks anteriorly

A

LU Yin Xu

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20
Q

red body, thick yellow coat

A

XS Heat

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21
Q

purple body

A

Xue Stasis

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22
Q

thick, slippery, greasy coat

A

Phlegm

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23
Q

slightly flaccid body, slightly swollen anterior

A

LU Qi Xu

24
Q

pale body

A

HT Qi Xu

25
Q

horizontal cracks

A

Yin Xu

26
Q

irregular cracks

A

ST Yin Xu

27
Q

transverse side cracks

A

SP Qi/Yin Xu

28
Q

vertical center crack

A

SP Qi Xu

29
Q

long vertical center crack

A

HT, emotional disorder

30
Q

deep vertical crack plus small cracks

A

KD Yin Xu Heat

31
Q

swollen tip, red color

A

HT Fire

32
Q

swollen along central crack, normal color

A

HT Qi Xu

33
Q

swollen edges

A

SP Qi/Yang Xu

34
Q

swollen sides

A

LV Yang Rising or LV Fire

35
Q

thin and pale

A

Qi and Xue Xu

36
Q

thin and deep red, dry

A

Fire d/t Yin Xu

37
Q

deviated tongue

A

Wind stroke

38
Q

rigid tongue

A

Ext: PC Heat invasion, Turbid-Phlegm retention, XS Heat
Int: Wind-stroke

39
Q

pale, flaccid tongue

A

extreme Qi and Xue Xu

40
Q

deep red, flaccid tongue

A

consumption of Yin fluids

41
Q

quivering tongue, pale body

A

SP Qi Xu, HT and SP collapse

42
Q

quivering tongue, red body

A

extreme Het generating Internal Wind

43
Q

quivering tongue, pale and thin

A

Yang collapse

44
Q

dry tongue

A

Heat (XS or XU heat consuming body fluids)

45
Q

excessive moisture, saliva dribbles

A

harmful water & Damp

46
Q

sticky (hard to scrub, greasy) coat

A

retention of Damp, Phlegm or Food

47
Q

granular (coarse & soybean curds, easily scrubbed, pasty) coat

A

XS Yang Heat brings turbid ST Qi upward, retention of Phlegm or Food

48
Q

partially peeled tongue coat (geographic)

A

consumption of ST Qi and Yin

49
Q

entire tongue coat is peeled (mirror, glossy)

A

exhaustion fo ST Yin, severe damage of ST Qi

50
Q

thin white coat

A

normal or exterior Cold

51
Q

thick white coat

A

interior Cold

52
Q

yellow coat

A

interior Heat
light yellow = mild Heat; deep yellow = severe Heat;
burnt yellow = accumulation of Heat

53
Q

grey-yellow and dry coat

A

Interior XS Heat

54
Q

grey and white and moist coat

A

Cold or Damp retention

55
Q

black coat

A

extreme interior condition (Heat or Cold),
if also yellowish and dry (with thorns): extreme Heat
if also pale and slippery, XS Cold d/t Yang Xu

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