ENT, Mouth, Lips, Teeth and Gums Flashcards by Elissa McAlpine

Q

Green or blue tip of nose

A

Abdominal pain from SP cold

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Yellow tip of Nose

A

SP Damp-Heat

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White Tip of Nose

A

Blood Deficiency

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Red Tip of Nose

A

Impairment of Water Movement

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Nose slightly moist and shiny

A

Good Prognosis

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Dry Nose

A

ST or LI Heat

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Dry and Black Nose

A

Toxic-Heat

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Clear Watery Discharge from Nose

A

Cold Pattern

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Thick Yellow Discharge

A

Heat Pattern

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Flaring of Nostrils with High Fever

A

Extreme LU Heat

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White Ears

A

Cold Pattern

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Bluish or Dark Ears

A

Pain

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Q

Dry, Withered, Dark Ear Lobes

A

Ki Qi exhaustion (usually KD Yin)

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Shiny and Moist Ear Lobes

A

Good Prognosis

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Dry and withered ear lobes

A

Poor Prognosis

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Swelling and Pain in the Middle Ear

A

Heat in SHao Yang Channel

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Thin Ear

A

Qi or Blood Def

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Long and Full Lobe

A

Strong Constitution

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Small Lobe

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Poor Constitituion

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Pale Red, moist and Shiny lips

A

Normal, Good State of SP

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Pale Lips

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A

Yang or Blood Def

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Red and Dry Lips

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SP/ST Heat

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Purple or bluish lips

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A

Blood Stasis

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Mouth Slightly Open

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Empty Pattern

Breathing through the Mouth

LU Qi Def

Greenish around the Mouth

LV Blood Stasis or LV Qi Stagnation

Swollen and Painful Gums

ST Heat

Swollen but not painful Gums

ST Empty Heat

Pale Gums

Blood Def

Moist Teeth

Good State of KD

Dry Teeth

KD Yin Def

Bright and very Dry Teeth

Heat in Yang Ming (Febrile Disease)

Dry and Greyish Teeth

Empty-Heat from KD Yin Def

Deep Red Pharynx

Heat (interior or exterior)

Pale Red Pharynx

Empty-Heat

Acute pain, redness and swelling of throat

Invasion of Wind-Heat

Chronic Pain, Redness and Swelling of Throat

ST Heat

Chronically Sore and Dry Throat (not swollen or red)

LU/KD Yin Def with Empty Heat

Pale-red throat

Empty-Heat affecting LU/KD Channels

Erosion, redness and swelling

Full Heat in ST and Intestines

Erosion, Swelling, and Yellowish-Red

Toxic-Heat

Chronic Erosion that Comes and Goes

Empty-Heat

Chronic Dryness and Erosion with Greyish Ulcers

Severe Yin Def

Chronic Erosion with ulcers that are reaised

Blood Stasis with Phlegm-Heat

Swollen tonsils of normal color

Damp/Phlegm with Qi def

Chronically red and swollen tonsils

Heat or Toxic Heat often in the ST/LI Channel

Acutely Red and Swollen Tonsils

Invasion of Wind-Heat with Accompanying Toxic Heat

Chronic Red and swollen tonsil that comes and goes

Either chronic Heat in ST/LI channel

Greyish Tonsils

Acute state of glandular fever (mononucleosis)

Acutley Red and swollen tonsils with exudate

Wind-Heat, complicated by Toxic Heat in ST/LI channel