week 2 Flashcards
What are some of the 10 (16) Q’s to ask patients
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.
If you notice tongue motility what could this indicate?
Emotional, HT issue, wind
What do antibiotics do to the tongue?
Cause peeling
What does taking long-term diuretics do to the tongue?
Red tongue
A red tongue body indicates
Heat
A pale blue tongue body indicates
Cold
A blue/purple tongue body indicates
Stasis
A yellow tongue coat indicates
Heat
A white tongue coat indicates
Cold
A thick tongue coat indictes
A strong pathogen
A thin tongue coat indicates
A weak pathogen
What are two kinds of tongue rooting
Sprinkled tongue coat, coat growing out of tongue
Heat-HT on tongue
Red tip, speckles
Heat-LV on tongue
LV region red/yellow
Heat-ST on tongue
Thick yellow coating, speckles
Heat-LU on tongue
Thin yellow anterior section
Heat in intestines/digestive system appears like what on tongue
Brown/black
Cold deficiency
Body: pale (but if long-term, could have blue hue) Coat: thin, white Moisture: overly moist/dry if long term
Cold excess
Body: pale, but could have a blue hue if long-term. Coat: thick, white. Moisture: overly moist/slippery
Heat deficiency
Body: red. Coat: no coat. Moisture: dry/mirror if long-term.
Heat excess
Body: red-dk. red. Coat: yellow. Moisture: dry
Qi deficiency tongue body
normal-flabby
LU Qi deficiency
Swelling in anterior
SP Qi deficiency
Pale tongue, tooth marks
ST Qi deficiency coating
Thin coat without root
HT Qi deficiency
Pale tongue/swelling of tip
Yang deficiency
Body: pale. Coat: thin, white. Moisture: wet
SP yang def.
Pale, wet tongue; tooth marks
HT yang def.
Red tip, speckles, … Leads to blood stasis and blue/purple speckles
Blood deficiency
Body: pale. Moisture: dry
SP blood deficiency
Pale, dry
LV blood deficiency
LV region pale and color fades out
Blood stasis
Purple body, purple/red speckles
Yin deficiency
Body: red. Coat: no coat.
ST yin deficiency
Normal color, coat with out root
KD yin deficiency
Red-dk red(severe), dry, peeled, crack in mid line
HT yin deficiency
red, dry, peeling tongue
LU yin deficiency
Red, peeled, dry, cracks in LU section
Right pulse
Yang, qi relationship, wrist crease -> LU (upper jiao, cun), SP (middle jiao, guan), KD (lower jiao, chi)
Left pulse
Yin, blood relationship, wrist crease-> HT (upper jiao, cun), LV (middle Jiao, guan), KD (lower jiao, chi)
Yellow SLV
damp
Blue/purple SLV
blood stasis
