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| 1. high colored foods do what to the tongue? |
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| redden the tongue right after |
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| -peeling after 2-3 days...cause peeling in patches..will last for two weeks or untill medication stopped |
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| will redden and swell the tongue after 1 mo use |
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| may cause tip to become red after a long time |
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| remove body fluids drastically--yin xu after prolonged use, peeled tongue |
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red points
lead to thinner tongue body
after a while, peeled tongue |
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| thick brown or even black and dry coating |
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| coating thickness reflects |
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excess or deficiency
indicates strength of pathogenic factor |
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| coating distribution reflects |
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| progression and location of pathogenic factor |
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excess or deficiency of qi
reflets bodies strength of qi, of kd and st |
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state of yin and yang, hot and cold.
status of bodies fluids |
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tip of tongue (H and P)
papillae are |
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small red projections in the mucous membranes covering the dorsum of hte tongue
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| if the tongue tip has fine red grains.. |
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| Heart qi holding the true fire of the gate of vitality as it rises |
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| if the tip of the tongue has pale red papillae |
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| when the physiological fire of the gate of vitality joins up with the heart |
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| if the center of the tongue has white soft prickles as fine as hair.. |
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| Lu qi holds the true fire of the gate of vitality as it comes out |
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| if the conter of the tongue has white soft papillae..this indicates... |
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| when the physiological fire of the gate of vitality joins up wiht the Lu |
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| a healthy pale red tip and soft white center indicates.. |
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| health in the heart, Lu, and Kidney |
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| a difficult to cure disease means the tongue will look like |
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| lacking in vitality and brightness |
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| a tongue that is dark and withered on the root |
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