四診 Flashcards
(36 cards)
望聞問切
inspection
listening and smelling
inquiry
palpation
skin colour- white means?
vacuity of blood and Qi,
cold
skin colour- yellow ?
vacuity of Qi and blood
dampness in body
skin colour- red ?
heat and fire
deep red of skin?
light red of skin?
deep red- strong exogenous heat
light red- vacuity heat
skin colour- blue complexion ?
cold, pain, blood stasis
skin colour- black complexion
vacuity of kidney-qi and kidney-yang
cold, blood stasis or water retention
舌胖大
enlarged tongue
->qi vacuity or presence of water-damp
齒痕
teeth-marked tongue
舌淡胖大
pale tender soft enlarged tongue
瘦薄舌
thin tongue
-> insufficiency of yin liquid
舌裂
fissured tongue
-> insufficiency of the fluids
舌起芒刺
prickly tongue
地圖舌
geographical tongue
-> yin vacuity
舌色- 瘀點
stasis speckles
舌色- 淡紅舌
pale red tongue
舌色- 淡白舌
pale tongue (vacuity of qi and blood)
舌色-舌紅
red tongue (vacuity heat 虛熱 or repletion heat 實熱)
舌色- 絳紅
crimson tongue
into blood aspect (血分)
舌色- 紫
purple tongue
impaired flow of blood and qi
舌色- 鏡面舌
mirror tongue
- > severe yin humor depletion;
- > damage to yin by intense heat
舌苔- 白 黃 灰 黑 薄 厚
white fur yellow gray black thin thick
白苔意義
thin-early stage of illness, with diseases evil still in exterior
thick: sticky or greasy phlegm or cold-dampness accumulation
黃苔意義
heat in interior;
thin and smooth yellow coating: pathogenic evil just entered interior, heat not yet damaged fluids
thin and dry fur: heat evil is established and damaged fluids
