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| PALE TONGUE- less red than a normal tongue |
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deficiency type cold syndromes caused by:
yang qi deficiency
insufficiency of qi and blood |
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| RED TONGUE- bright red and redder than a normal tongue |
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1. Interior heat of excess type
2. interior heat syndromes of deficiency type due to yin deficiency. |
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| DEEP RED TONGUE- deep red color |
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extreme heat conditions
-1. exogenous (exterior) febrile disease: invasion of ying and xue systems by pathogenic heat
-2. Ednogenous (interior): Yin deficiency leading to hyperactive of fire |
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BLUE PURPLE TONGUE
1.DEEP BLUE PURPLE TONGUE, DRY AND LUSTERLESS
2.PALE PURPLISH AND MOIST TONGUE
3. PURPLISH SPOTS ON THE TONGUE |
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stagnation of blood from cold or heat
1. heat related
2. cold related
3. blood stagnation |
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| SWOLLEN TONGUE AND DELICATE IN QUALITY AND PALE IN COLOR AND TOOTHEPRINTS ON THE BORDER |
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| YANG DEFICIENCY OF SPLEEN AND KIDNEY DUE TO IMPAIRED CIRCULATION CAUSING HARMFUL WATER, RETAINED FLUID, PHLEGM AND DAMP. |
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| SWOLLEN TONGUE IS DEEP RED IN COLOR, OCCUPYING THE ENTIRE SPACE OF THE MOUTH. |
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| EXCESS HEAT IN THE HEART AND SPLEEN. |
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| SWOLLEN TONGUE IS BLUISH PURPLISH AND DARK |
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| THIN TONGUE AND PALE- smaller and thinner than normal |
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| DEFICIENCY OF QI AND BLOOD |
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| THIN, DRY, AND DEEP RED TONGUE |
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| HYPERACTIVITY OF FIRE DUE TO DEFICIENCY OF YIN IN WHICH BODY FLUIDS ARE CONSUMED |
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| cracked and deep red in color- irregular streaks or cracks on the tongue |
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| excessive heat consuming body fluid |
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| CRACKED AND PALE IN COLOR |
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| SHALLOW CRACKS, REMAIN ALL THE TIME, UNCHANGING |
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| THORNY TONGUE AND RED- papillary buds over the surface of the tongue swell up like thorns. |
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accumulation of pathogenic heat in the interior.
the more severe the pathogenic factor, the more enlarged and profuse the thorns will be. |
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WINDSTROKE
EARLY THREATENING SIGNS OF WINDSTROKE |
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| RIGID TONGUE- lacks flexibility and is difficult to protrude, retract or roll. |
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EXOGENOUS FEBRILE DISEASE INDICATES
-invasion of pericardium by heart
-retention of turbid phlegm in interior
-excessive pathogenic heat consuming body fluids
ENDOGENOUS DISEASE-
-wind stroke
-early threatening signs of windstroke |
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| FLACCID TONGUE- weak in motion |
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Extreme deficiency of qi and blood
consumption of yin fluid depriving the tongue of nourishment |
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| deficiency of qi and blood |
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| FLACCID AND DEEP RED TONGUE |
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superficial portion of body is affected
disease due to deficiency of antipathogenic qi. |
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| ALLEVIATION of pathological conditions |
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Retention of damp phlegm or food in the interior
-inward transmission of pathogenic factor from exterior |
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| inward transmission and sign of aggravation of disease. |
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| normal- moist and lustrous |
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| excesssive moisture, severe saliva dribbles over the tongue when the is stuck out. indicates upward flooding of harmful water and cold damp. |
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| DRY COATING- looks coarse and feels lacking in moisture |
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| consumption of body fluids due to excessive heat or consumption of yin fluid not allowing it to nourish upwards |
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| STICKY COATING- covered by a turbid layer of fine greasy substance which is hard to be scrubbed |
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| syndromes resulting from retention of damp and phlegm or retention of food. |
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| GRANULAR COAT- granules on the tongue surface are coarse, loose and thick, like residue of making soy bean curds. easily scrubbed off. |
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excessive yang heat bringing the turbid qi in the stomach upwards.
syndromes caused by retention of turbid phlegm or rentention of food. |
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PEELED COATING- part of the coating is peeled off.
GEOGRAPHIC TONGUE |
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| Consumption of qi and yin of the stomach |
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| GLOSSY- entire coating peels off leaving surface mirror smooth. |
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| exhaustion of stomach yin and severe damage of the stomach qi |
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normal
exterior cold syndrome |
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| interior and heat syndromes |
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GREY COAT
1.GREY, YELLOWISH DRY
2. GREY WHITISH AND MOIST |
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interior syndromes-heat, cold or damp
1. consumption of body fluid due to heat
2. Retention of cold dmap in interior or retention of phlegm and fluid. |
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BLACK COATING
1. BLACK coating IS YELLOWISH AND DRY POSSIBLY WITH THORNS.
2. PALE BLACK AND SLIPPERY COAT |
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interior syndromes due to extreme heat or excessive cold. severe stage of an illness.
1.CONSUMPTION OF BODY FLUID WITH EXTREME HEAT
2. EXCESSIVE COLD DUE TO YANG DEFICIENCY. |
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