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CAM Tongue Indications
California State Board CAM Tongue
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Graduate
05/28/2010

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Term
Pale
Definition
  • Deficiency
    • cold syndrome d/t Yang Qi Def
    • Qi and Blood def.
Term
Red
Definition
  • Heat Syndrome - Interior excess or deficiency
Term
Deep Red
Definition
  • Extreme Heat
    • Exogenous - Invasion of the Ying and Blood levels by pathogenic heat
    • Endogenous - Yin deficiency leading to fire
Term
Blue Purple
Definition

Blood stasis d/t cold or heat

Term
Deep blue-purple, dry and lusterless
Definition
Blood stasis d/t heat
Term
Pale purple, moist
Definition
Blood stasis d/t cold
Term
Purplish spots
Definition
Blood stasis
Term
Swollen - delicate in quality, pale in color, teethmarks
Definition
  • Sp or Kd Yang deficiency producing harmful water
Term
Swollen - deep red in color, occupying the entire space of the mouth
Definition
Excessive heat in Ht or Sp
Term
Swollen - blue purplish, dark
Definition
Toxicosis
Term
Thin, Pale
Definition
Qi and blood deficiency
Term
Thin, deep red, dry
Definition
Fire d/t Yin Def.
Term
Cracked, deep red
Definition
Excess heat, Yin def.
Term
Cracked, pale
Definition
Blood deficiency
Term
Cracked normal
Definition
  • Not deep and remain there all the time unchanged
Term
Thorny Red
Definition
  • Internal accumulation of pathogenic heat (more enlarged and more profuse - more the heat)
Term
Deviated
Definition
Wind-stroke or early signs of wind-stroke
Term
Rigid exogenous
Definition
  • Invasion of PC by heat
  • Retention of turbid Phlegm in the interior
  • Excessive pathogenic heat consuming body fluids
Term
Rigid endogenous
Definition
Wind-stroke or early signs of wind-stroke
Term
Flaccid
Definition
  • Extreme qi and blood deficiency or consumption of yin fluids
Term
Flaccid pale
Definition
qi and blood deficiency
Term
Flaccid, deep red
Definition
Yin collapse
Term
Coating - thin
Definition
  • superficial portion - Deficiency of anti-pathogenic qi
Term
Coating - thick
Definition
Deeper progression - Retention of damp / food
Term
Coating - Dry
Definition
  • consumption of body fluids
  • excess heat
  • yin deficient heat
Term
Coating - Moist/Slippery (excessive moisture, saliva dribbles)
Definition
harmful water and damp
Term
Coating - Sticky (hard to scrub, greasy)
Definition
Retention of damp, phlegm or food
Term
Coating - Granular (course and soybean curds, easily scrubbed, pasty)
Definition
  • Excesive yang heat brings ST qi upwards
  • Retention of Phlegm or food
Term
Coating -  partially peeled (geographic)
Definition
Consumption of St qi and yin
Term
Coating - completely peeled (mirror, glossy)
Definition
  • Exhaustion of St yin
  • Severe damage of St qi
Term
Coating - Thin white
Definition
exterior cold or normal
Term
Coating - thick white
Definition
interior cold
Term
Coating - Yellow
Definition
Interior heat
Term
Coating - Light Yellow
Definition
Mild heat
Term
Coating - Deep Yellow
Definition
Severe Heat
Term
Coating - Burnt Yellow
Definition
Accumulation of heat
Term
Coating - Grey
Definition
Interior heat, cold or damp
Term
Coating - Grey, Yellowish and dry
Definition
interior excessive heat
Term
Coating - Grey, whitish, moist
Definition
Retention of cold or damp
Term
Coating - Black
Definition
extreme heat or cold
Term
Coating - Black, Yellowish and dry
Definition
Extreme heat
Term
Coating - Black, Pale and Slippery
Definition
Excessive cold d/t Yang deficiency
Term
Effect of Antibiotic
Definition
peeled in patches (tends to injure yin)
Term
Effect of corticosteroids
Definition
  • red and swollen (after one month of administration)
Term
Effect of bronchodialators
Definition
  • tongue tip becomes red (after prologed and continued use)
Term
Effect of diuretics
Definition
peeled (reflecting yin deficiency)
Term
Effect of anti-inflamatory
Definition
  • red points, make the tongue body thinner, peeled (after prolonged use)
Term
Effect of anti-neoplastics (Cytotoxic drugs)
Definition
very thick brown or even black and dry coating
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