Complexion Flashcards
(32 cards)
Blue-green complexion indicates:
Wind
dark blue-green (black) complexion indicates:
Cold
blue-green-purple complexion indicates:
Stasis
Sudden appearance of blue-green complexion indicates:
Pain
Red over entire face indicates:
excess heat
Red cheeks indicate:
deficiency heat (empty heat)
Superficial zygomatic flush with pale face beneath indicates:
floating yang (red/yang separated and floating above white/yin)
Bright orange yellow complexion indicates:
jaundice - yang type
damp heat obstructs and steams the bile to the surface
Smoky hazy yellow complexion indicates:
jaundice - yin type
damp heat obstructs and steams the bile to the surface
Dim luster yellow complexion indicates:
dampness
dampness accumulates, limits SP’s transportation fx, leading to a lack of blood rising to the face, a slightly pale or yellow colour ensues
Dull pale yellow complexion indicates:
Cold Damp in Middle Burner
dampness accumulates, limits SP’s transportation fx, leading to a lack of blood rising to the face, a slightly pale or yellow colour ensues
Pale yellow complexion indicates:
SP qi deficiency
dampness accumulates, limits SP’s transportation fx, leading to a lack of blood rising to the face, a slightly pale or yellow colour ensues
Puffy pale yellow complexion indicates:
SP qi deficiency w/ water accumulation
dampness accumulates, limits SP’s transportation fx, leading to a lack of blood rising to the face, a slightly pale or yellow colour ensues
What zang fu organs relate to white/pale?
LU/LI
Which organs relate to red?
HT/SI
Pale blue-green complexion indicates:
Cold
cold contracts blood vessels
Pale white complexion indicates:
Qi Deficiency
qi or blood def. leads to loss of nourishment on face, causes pale colour
Bright white complexion indicates:
Yang deficiency
qi or blood def. leads to loss of nourishment on face, causes pale colour
Pale white and withered yellow complexion indicates:
Blood deficiency
qi or blood def. leads to loss of nourishment on face, causes pale colour
Pale white without sheen indicates:
Bleeding
(losing body fluids)
qi or blood def. leads to loss of nourishment on face, causes pale colour
Dark black complexion indicates:
Internal Cold and/or KI-yang deficiency
channels and blood vessels spasm and contract, causing blood to stagnate and thus darken
Dry scorched black complexion indicates:
KI-yin deficiency
channels and blood vessels spasm and contract, causing blood to stagnate and thus darken
Black eye sockets, swollen lower eyelid indicates:
Phlegm Damp
channels and blood vessels spasm and contract, causing blood to stagnate and thus darken
Purple black complexion indicates:
Blood Stasis
channels and blood vessels spasm and contract, causing blood to stagnate and thus darken
