week 2

Question 1

What are some of the 10 (16) Q’s to ask patients

Answer 1

Pain, food/taste, stool/urine, thirst/drink, energy level, head/face/body, chest/abdomen, limbs, sleep, sweating, ears/eyes, temperature, emotional symptoms, sexual symptoms, women’s issues, pediatric symptoms.

Question 2

If you notice tongue motility what could this indicate?

Answer 2

Emotional, HT issue, wind

Question 3

What do antibiotics do to the tongue?

Answer 3

Cause peeling

Question 4

What does taking long-term diuretics do to the tongue?

Answer 4

Red tongue

Question 5

A red tongue body indicates

Answer 5

Heat

Question 6

A pale blue tongue body indicates

Answer 6

Cold

Question 7

A blue/purple tongue body indicates

Answer 7

Stasis

Question 8

A yellow tongue coat indicates

Answer 8

Heat

Question 9

A white tongue coat indicates

Answer 9

Cold

Question 10

A thick tongue coat indictes

Answer 10

A strong pathogen

Question 11

A thin tongue coat indicates

Answer 11

A weak pathogen

Question 12

What are two kinds of tongue rooting

Answer 12

Sprinkled tongue coat, coat growing out of tongue

Question 13

Heat-HT on tongue

Answer 13

Red tip, speckles

Question 14

Heat-LV on tongue

Answer 14

LV region red/yellow

Question 15

Heat-ST on tongue

Answer 15

Thick yellow coating, speckles

Question 16

Heat-LU on tongue

Answer 16

Thin yellow anterior section

Question 17

Heat in intestines/digestive system appears like what on tongue

Answer 17

Brown/black

Question 18

Cold deficiency

Answer 18

Body: pale (but if long-term, could have blue hue) Coat: thin, white Moisture: overly moist/dry if long term

Question 19

Cold excess

Answer 19

Body: pale, but could have a blue hue if long-term. Coat: thick, white. Moisture: overly moist/slippery

Question 20

Heat deficiency

Answer 20

Body: red. Coat: no coat. Moisture: dry/mirror if long-term.

Question 21

Heat excess

Answer 21

Body: red-dk. red. Coat: yellow. Moisture: dry

Question 22

Qi deficiency tongue body

Answer 22

normal-flabby

Question 23

LU Qi deficiency

Answer 23

Swelling in anterior

Question 24

SP Qi deficiency

Answer 24

Pale tongue, tooth marks

Question 25

ST Qi deficiency coating

Answer 25

Thin coat without root

Question 26

HT Qi deficiency

Answer 26

Pale tongue/swelling of tip

Question 27

Yang deficiency

Answer 27

Body: pale. Coat: thin, white. Moisture: wet

Question 28

SP yang def.

Answer 28

Pale, wet tongue; tooth marks

Question 29

HT yang def.

Answer 29

Red tip, speckles, … Leads to blood stasis and blue/purple speckles

Question 30

Blood deficiency

Answer 30

Body: pale. Moisture: dry

Question 31

SP blood deficiency

Answer 31

Pale, dry

Question 32

LV blood deficiency

Answer 32

LV region pale and color fades out

Question 33

Blood stasis

Answer 33

Purple body, purple/red speckles

Question 34

Yin deficiency

Answer 34

Body: red. Coat: no coat.

Question 35

ST yin deficiency

Answer 35

Normal color, coat with out root

Question 36

KD yin deficiency

Answer 36

Red-dk red(severe), dry, peeled, crack in mid line

Question 37

HT yin deficiency

Answer 37

red, dry, peeling tongue

Question 38

LU yin deficiency

Answer 38

Red, peeled, dry, cracks in LU section

Question 39

Right pulse

Answer 39

Yang, qi relationship, wrist crease -> LU (upper jiao, cun), SP (middle jiao, guan), KD (lower jiao, chi)

Question 40

Left pulse

Answer 40

Yin, blood relationship, wrist crease-> HT (upper jiao, cun), LV (middle Jiao, guan), KD (lower jiao, chi)

Question 41

Yellow SLV

Answer 41

damp

Question 42

Blue/purple SLV

Answer 42

blood stasis