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D&D Correspondences
Macioca FCM Correspondences between various Signs & Sx Mouth, Throat
| Sign of State of Health | Disharmony/ Significance |
|---|---|
| Mouth | state of health of SP/ST |
| Lips | state of health of SP |
| Pale red, moist and shiny lips | Healthy |
| Pale lips | Blood or Yang deficiency |
| Red and dry lips | SP/ST-Heat |
| Purple or Blue lips | Blood stasis |
| Mouth always slightly open | Empty pattern |
| Breathing always through mouth only | LU-Qi deficiency |
| Green color around mouth | LR-Qi stagnation or LR-Blood stasis |
| Teeth | Extension of Bones thereby KD health |
| Gums | ST health |
| Swollen and maybe bleeding gums | ST-Heat, but if w/ no pain is Empty-Heat |
| Pale gums | Blood deficiency |
| Moist teeth | Body fluids healthy and KD healthy |
| Dry teeth | Fluid exhaustion and KD-Yin deficiency |
| Teeth bright and dry like stone | YM-Heat (exterior) |
| Dry and gray teeth like bones | Empty-Heat from KD-Yin deficiency |
| Bleeding teeth | Extreme ST-Heat |
| Painful throat with redness and swelling | Wind-Heat (EPF) - acute ST-H - chronic |
| Sore dry, not swollen, red throat | LU deficiency and/or Empty-Heat of KD-Yin |
| Inside throat is pale red | Empty LU-Heat and or KD channel-Heat |
| Erosion, redness and swelling of pharynx | Toxic-Heat (mostly in children w/ acute respiratory infection) |
| Erosion, swelling and yellow-red pharynx w/ foul breath and thick yellow TC | INT and ST Full-Heat condition (more common in kids) |
| Chronic erosion which comes and goes in pharynx | Empty-Heat (ST, LU or KD) |
| Chronic erosion which comes and goes w/ gray ulcers and dryness of pharynx - no swelling, no pain | Chronic, severe Yin deficiency |
| Chronic erosion of pharynx w/ red ulcers having raised hard edges | Blood stasis w/ Phlegm-Heat |
| Swelling of tonsils w/ normal color | Damp or Phlegm retention w/ Qi deficiency (usually kids w/ retention of a PF after repeated acute URI) If both affected = greater severity than just one |
| Red, swollen tonsils | Heat or Toxic-Heat often in ST or LI channels OR acute Wind-Heat w/ accompanying Toxic-Heat |
| Chronic red and swollen tonsils - comes and goes | Chronic Heat in ST and/or LI channels (more common in kids due to residual PF) OR Empty-Heat in LU channel |
| Red, swollen tonsils w/ exudate | (usually acute URI in kids) Wind-Heat maybe w/ Toxic-Heat in ST and/or LI channels |
| Gray tonsils | Acute glandular fever/ mononucleosis |
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Goldbellie
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