Tongue & Pulse Flashcards
PALE TONGUE
Deficiency of Yang Qi
Deficiency of Qi & Blood
RED TONGUE
With coating
Interior excess heat
RED TONGUE
No coating
Yin Deficiency
RED TONGUE
Red tip
HT Fire, HT Yin Deficiency
DEEP RED TONGUE
Exogenous
Invasion of Ying & Xue systems by pathogenic heat
RED TONGUE
Red sides
LV Fire or GB Heat
DEEP RED TONGUE
Endogenous
Yin Deficiency w/ Fire
PURPLE TONGUE
Blue purple
Stasis of Blood d/t hot or cold
PURPLE TONGUE
Deep-blue, purplish, also dry & lusterless
Heat
PURPLE TONGUE
Pale, purplish & moist
Cold, Stasis of Blood
PURPLE TONGUE
Purplish spots
Blood Stasis
PURPLE TONGUE
Reddish purple
Heat & Stasis of Blood
SWOLLEN TONGUE
Delicate & pale w/ toothprints
SP & KD Yang Deficiency
SWOLLEN TONGUE
Deep red, taking up entire space of the mouth
Excessive Heat in HT & SP
SWOLLEN TONGUE
Bluish purplish, dark
Toxicosis
SWOLLEN TONGUE
Red or normal colored
Damp Heat
SWOLLEN TONGUE
Pale & damp
Yang Deficiency
CRACKED TONGUE
Deep red
Excessive Heat consuming body fluids
CRACKED TONGUE
Pale
Blood Deficiency
CRACKED TONGUE
Short horizontal cracks
ST Yin Deficiency
CRACKED TONGUE
Center crack reaching tip
HT Pattern
CRACKED TONGUE
Short cracks on sides
Chronic SP Qi Deficiency
THIN TONGUE
Thin, pale
Qi & Blood Deficiency
THIN TONGUE
Thin, dry & deep red
Hyperactivity of Fire d/t Yin Deficiency
body fluids consumed
DEVIATED TONGUE
Windstroke or early signs of windstroke. Interior Wind
THORNY & RED TONGUE
Accumulation of heat in interior
RIGID TONGUE (STIFF) Exogenous febrile diseases
Invasion of PC by heat, retention of turbid phlegm, excessive pathogenic heat consuming body fluids
RIGID TONGUE (STIFF) Endogenous disease
Windstroke, early threatening windstroke
PULSES
Superficial, large & weak
Prolonged endogenous diseases, indicating outward floating of Yang Qi
FLACCID TONGUE
Extreme deficiency of Qi & Blood, Consumption of Yin Fluids
FLACCID TONGUE
Pale
Qi & Blood Deficiency
FLACCID TONGUE
Deep red
Collapse of Yin
LONG TONGUE
Tendency to heat (Heart Heat)
SHORT TONGUE
Pale, wet, cold, red & peeled- Yin Def.
TOOTH-MARKED TONGUE
SP Qi Deficiency
QUIVERING TONGUE
SP Qi Deficiency
THIN TONGUE COATING
Tongue proper can be seen indistinctly. Generally present if superficial portion of the body is affected or deficiency of anti-pathogenic Qi.
THICK TONGUE COATING
Tongue proper can’t be seen. Retention of damp, phlegm, food retention, cold, heat, fire or inward transmission of disease.
MOIST TONGUE COATING
Moist, lustrous
Normal
MOIST TONGUE COATING
Excessive moisture w/ saliva dribbling when tongue is stuck out, severe case add slippery coating
Upward flooding of harmful water & damp