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Tongue Flashcards

1
Q

What does the tongue body indicate?

A

The state of blood, nutritive qi and yin organs

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2
Q

Pale, Wet tongue

A

Yang deficiency

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3
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Pale, Dry tongue

A

Blood deficiency

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4
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Pale sides, or slightly orange

A

LV Blood Def

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5
Q

Red tongue

A

Heat

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6
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Red with coat

A

Full- Heat

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7
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Red without coat

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Empty Heat

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8
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Red tip with coat

A

Heart Fire

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9
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Red tip without coat

A

Heart Empty Heat

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10
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Red sides with coat

A

Liver Fire or Gall bladder heat

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11
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Red side without coat

A

Liver Yin Def with Empty Heat

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12
Q

Red centre

A

Heat or Empty Heat of the stomach (depends on coat)

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13
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Red points on the tip

A

Heart Fire

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14
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Red points on the sides

A

Liver Fire

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15
Q

Red spots on the root

A

Heat in the lower burner

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16
Q

Red points around the centre

A

Stomach Heat

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17
Q

Purple tongue

A

Blood stasis

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18
Q

Reddish Purple

A

Blood stasis from heat

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19
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Bluish Purple

A

Blood stasis from cold

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20
Q

Reddish purple sides

A

Liver blood stasis

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21
Q

Bluish purple sides in women

A

blood stasis in uterus

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22
Q

Purple in the center

A

Blood stasis in the stomach

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23
Q

Tongue-body shape indicates what…

A

The State of Blood and Nutritive Qi and whether it is Full or Empty

24
Q

Pale, thin tongue

A

Blood deficiency

25
Q

Red, thin tongue

A

Yin deficiency

26
Q

Swollen tongue

A

Dampness or phlegm

27
Q

Partially swollen

A

Heat

28
Q

Stiff tongue

A

Interior wind or blood stasis

29
Q

Flaccid

A

Def of body fluids

30
Q

Long tongue

A

Heat, in particular Heart heat

31
Q

Short tongue that is pale and wet

A

Interior cold

32
Q

Short tongue that is red and peeled

A

Extreme Yin Def

33
Q

Cracked tongue

A

Full-heat or Yin Def

34
Q

Short horizontal or vertical cracks

A

Stomach Yin Def

35
Q

Long deep midline crack reaching the tip

A

Heart pattern

36
Q

Shallow, wide crack in the center not reaching the tip

A

Stomach Yin def

37
Q

Short transverse cracks on the sides or in the middle

A

Spleen Qi or Spleen Yin Def

38
Q

Quivering tongue

A

Spleen Qi Def

39
Q

Deviated tongue

A

Interior Wind

40
Q

Tooth-marked tongue

A

Spleen Qi Def

41
Q

Tongue coating reflects what…

A

State of the Yang Organs, in particular the Stomach

42
Q

Thick coat

A

Pathogenic factor, the thicker the stronger

43
Q

Absence of coat

A

Stomach Yin Def

44
Q

Total absence of coat, red tongue body

A

Stomach and KD Yin Def with Empty Heat

45
Q

White Coat

A

Cold pattern

46
Q

Yellow Coat

A

Full Heat pattern

47
Q

Grey or Black coat

A

Extreme cold or extreme heat

48
Q

Tongue Moisture indicates what…

A

State of body fluids

49
Q

Too Wet

A

Yang Def

50
Q

Too Dry

A

Heat or Yin Def

51
Q

Sticky or slippery coat

A

Damp or phlegm

52
Q

What medication is indicated by a tongue peeled in patches?

A

Antibiotics (injures ST yin)

53
Q

What medication causes the tongue to be red and swollen?

A

Corticosteroids (up to one month after administration)

54
Q

What medication causes the tongue tip to become red?

A

Bronchodiatlators (after prolonged use)

55
Q

What medication causes a peeled tongue?

A

Diuretics (causes Yin deficiency)

56
Q

What medication causes red points or makes the tongue body thinner and peeled?

A

Anti-inflammatories

57
Q

What medications can cause the thick brown or black and dry coat?

A

Anti-neoplastics (cytotoxic drugs)

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