Week 7 Tongue Flashcards by Haley Donovan

Q

Body color indicates condition of

A

blood, gu qi, and yin organs

Conditions of heat cold yin yang

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Q

Body shape indicates condition of

A

state of blood and gu qi
reflects fullness and xu

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coating indicates

A

state of yang organs
conditions of heat, cold, fullness, xu

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Q

Moisture indicates

A

state of body fluids

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Q

Pale tongue slightly wet

A

yang xu

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Pale tongue

A

yang xu
blood xu

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Pale tongue slightly dry

A

blood xu

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pale sides

A

liver blood xu

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orangy sides

A

severe liver blood xu

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red tongue

A

heat

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red with coat

A

full heat

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red without coat

A

empty heat

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Q

red tip

A

heart fire (with coat)
empty heart heat (without)

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red sides with coat

A

liver fire
or
GB heat

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red sides without coat

A

liver yin xu with empty heat

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red center

A

heat or empty heat of stomach

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Q

red points on tip

A

heart fire

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red points on sides

A

liver fire

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red spots on root

A

heat in LJ

Q

red points in or around center

A

Stomach heat

Q

Purple tongue

A

blood stasis

Q

reddish purple

A

blood stasis from heat

Q

bluish purple

A

blood stasis cold

Q

bluish purple sides
(in women)

A

liver blood stasis
(uterus blood stasis)

Q

purple in center

A

blood stasis in ST

Q

Thin

A

blood or yin xu

Q

swollen

A

damp or phlegm

Q

partially swollen

A

heat

Q

stiff

A

interior wind or blood stasis

Q

flaccid

A

body fluid xu

Q

short

A

severe yang or yin xu

Q

long

A

heat

Q

cracked

A

heat or yin xu

Q

quivering

A

spleen qi xu

Q

deviated

A

interior wind

Q

tooth marked

A

spleen qi xu

Q

Normal coat

A

think white

Q

thick coat

A

pathogenic factor

Q

absent coat

A

stomach yin xu

Q

total absent coat red tongue

A

stomach and kd yin xu with empty heat

Q

white coat

A

cold

Q

yellow coat

A

full heat

Q

grey and black coat

A

extreme cold or extreme heat

Q

normal tongue moisture

A

slightly moist

Q

too wet

A

yang xu

Q

too dry

A

heat or yin xu

Q

sticky/slippery

A

damp or phlegm