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ACTCM diagnosis I
Jason Su - tongue diagnosis
Tongue | Pathology |
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Swollen tooth-marked tongue (2) | Qi deficient Dampness |
Thin tongue, Red | Yin deficient |
Thin tongue, Pale | Qi & blood deficient |
Cracked tongue, red | Liver, KI, Ht yin deficient |
Cracked tongue, pale | Blood deficient |
Thorny tongue / strawberry / red bumps | heat |
Thorny tongue / strawberry / red bumps: TIP | tip - HT fire |
Thorny tongue / strawberry / red bumps: sides | sides - GB/LIV heat |
Thorny tongue / strawberry / red bumps: center | center - ST heat |
Stiff (3) | 1. PC heat/phlegm 2. Heat injures body fluids - KI water damaged 3. Internal wind |
Deviated tongue | liver wind |
ulcerated tongue | heat |
flaccid tongue | DEFICIENT |
Flaccid tongue - pale | blood deficient |
Flaccid tongue- red | yin deficient |
Quivering tongue (2) | Blood & qi deficient Internal wind |
short tongue (3) | damp phlegm severe heat cold accumulation |
Playing with tongue | internal wind or retardation |
Tongue coat | Manifestation of ST qi |
white coat (2) | Exterior condition Cold condition |
Yellow coat (2) | Hot condition Interior condition |
Gray & dry | Internal heat |
Gray & moist | Internal cold |
Black coat & dry | Severe internal heat |
Black coat & moist | Severe internal cold |
Thick coat | Prevents seeing tongue color underneath excess or deficiency - thick is not normal |
peeled coat | yin deficient |
Peeled patches | deficiency in areas / organs of peel |
Wet & thick coat | excess phlegm |
Thin wet coat | deficient |
Greasy coat (3) | damp, phlegm, food stagnation |
root of tongue | |
root of tongue - cannot be scraped off | ST qi in good condition |
No root or easily scraped off | ST qi very weak or deficient |
Distended veins underneath tongue | Blood stasis & phlegm |
Full smell | heat |
No smell | cold |