Week 7 Tongue Flashcards

1
Q

Body color indicates condition of

A

blood, gu qi, and yin organs

Conditions of heat cold yin yang

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2
Q

Body shape indicates condition of

A

state of blood and gu qi
reflects fullness and xu

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3
Q

coating indicates

A

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

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4
Q

Moisture indicates

A

state of body fluids

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5
Q

Pale tongue slightly wet

A

yang xu

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6
Q

Pale tongue

A

yang xu
blood xu

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7
Q

Pale tongue slightly dry

A

blood xu

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8
Q

pale sides

A

liver blood xu

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9
Q

orangy sides

A

severe liver blood xu

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10
Q

red tongue

A

heat

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11
Q

red with coat

A

full heat

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12
Q

red without coat

A

empty heat

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13
Q

red tip

A

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

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14
Q

red sides with coat

A

liver fire
or
GB heat

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15
Q

red sides without coat

A

liver yin xu with empty heat

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16
Q

red center

A

heat or empty heat of stomach

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17
Q

red points on tip

A

heart fire

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18
Q

red points on sides

A

liver fire

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19
Q

red spots on root

A

heat in LJ

20
Q

red points in or around center

A

Stomach heat

21
Q

Purple tongue

A

blood stasis

22
Q

reddish purple

A

blood stasis from heat

23
Q

bluish purple

A

blood stasis cold

24
Q

bluish purple sides
(in women)

A

liver blood stasis
(uterus blood stasis)

25
Q

purple in center

A

blood stasis in ST

26
Q

Thin

A

blood or yin xu

27
Q

swollen

A

damp or phlegm

28
Q

partially swollen

A

heat

29
Q

stiff

A

interior wind or blood stasis

30
Q

flaccid

A

body fluid xu

31
Q

short

A

severe yang or yin xu

32
Q

long

A

heat

33
Q

cracked

A

heat or yin xu

34
Q

quivering

A

spleen qi xu

35
Q

deviated

A

interior wind

36
Q

tooth marked

A

spleen qi xu

37
Q

Normal coat

A

think white

38
Q

thick coat

A

pathogenic factor

39
Q

absent coat

A

stomach yin xu

40
Q

total absent coat red tongue

A

stomach and kd yin xu with empty heat

41
Q

white coat

A

cold

42
Q

yellow coat

A

full heat

43
Q

grey and black coat

A

extreme cold or extreme heat

44
Q

normal tongue moisture

A

slightly moist

45
Q

too wet

A

yang xu

46
Q

too dry

A

heat or yin xu

47
Q

sticky/slippery

A

damp or phlegm