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tongue dx -maciocia
from maciocia's blue book
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Effect of Antibiotics on the Tongue | Peeled patches similar to St Yin Xu |
| Effect of Corticoid Steroids on the Tongue | Red and Swollen |
| Effect of Bronchodilators on the Tongue | Red Tip |
| Effect of Diuretics on the Tongue | Red peeled-yin type peel |
| Effect of Anti-inflammatory on the Tongue | Thin body/red points |
| Effect of Antispasmodics on the Tongue | Very think/brown-black-dry coat |
| Anatomy: Coating | Filiform papillae |
| Anatomy: Surface | Fungi form papillae or red spot |
| Anatomy: Tongue Body | "Almost always reflects the true condition of the body" |
| Anatomy: Body Color | Monitors chronic |
| Anatomy: Body Coating | Acute conditions |
| Organ Most closely related to tongue, Steam produces coating | Stomach |
| Thin/white/moist | Exterior-Wind-Cold, |
| Most front part btw the tip and center/Can be scraped off/Easily returns | |
| Thin white/dry prickles | Exterior-Wind-Cold about to injure by heat |
| Thin white/greasy | Damp-Cold/external |
| Thin-White-Dry | External-Wind-Heat |
| Thin-Yellow | Mild-Heat |
| Grey-black-prickles | Severe-Heat |
| Red points in front/sides | Children |
| Pale, white, overly moist | Interior-Cold |
| Pale, white, overly moist | Interior-Cold: Arises from deficiency of Yang Qi |
| pale, thick white, overly moist, slippery | Interior-Excess-Cold |
| Blue | Interior-Chronic-cold |
| Purple-Blue | Prolonged retention cold when circulation is obstructed and stasis of blood |
| Red or Dark Red/X's | Interior-Heat |
| Darker red/more yellow | You have more severe heat |
| Brown/grey/black | More severe heat than red |
| Generally FLABBY and varies according to the organ deficient | Qi Deficiency |
| Either a thin coat on the center or a coating w/o root appears. | Stomach Qi Deficiency |
| Tooth marked, slightly swollen, possibly pale. | Spleen Qi Xu |
| Pale body. In Severe cases, tip is swollen w/ pale body. | Heart Qi Xu |
| Generally pale, overly wet, thin coating and white. | Yang Xu |
| Pale to very pale, swollen, overly wet. | Spleen Yang Xu |
| Swollen, overly wet. | Kidney Yang Xu |
| Pale body w/ the tip slightly moist. | Heart Yang Xu |
| Pale bluish purple, possible purple on the Sides btw the tip and center. | Heart Yang Xu w/ Blood Stasis |
| Thin Body | Always suggests deficiency of Yin substances-blood/fluids |
| Swollen | Excess fluids, either from Yang Qi def or Heat in the body. |
| Pale and Wet | Deficiency of Yang leading to retention of damp. |
| Normal Color | Retention of DAMP-HEAT in SP/ST. Also, def of Sp Qi Heat |
| Purple | Alcoholism w/ damp/heat. AKA "alcoholic toxin within" |
| Dark Bluish Purple | POISONING leading to blood stasis |
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joshy4
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