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8.6 observation
pathological nose, ears, mouth & lip, teeth & gum, throat HB Kim p.36
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| green or blue tip of the nose means : _____. | abdominal pain due to SP cold. |
| yellow tip of nose means : _____ | SP damp- heat |
| white tip of nose means : _____ | blood def. |
| red tip of nose means : _____ | impairment of water movement |
| nose si moist and shiny means : _____ | good prognosis |
| dry nose means : _____ , ______ | ST heat or LI heat |
| dry and black nose means : _____ | toxic heat |
| clear water discharge from the nose means : _____. | cold pattern |
| thick yellow discharge from the nose means : _____ | heat pattern |
| flaring of nostrils with high fever means : _____. | extreme LU heat |
| white ear means : _____ | cold pattern |
| bluish or dark ear means : _____ | pain |
| dry, withered, dark ear lobes means : _____ | KD qi exhaustion (usually kd yin) |
| shiny and moist ear lobe means : _____ | good prognosis |
| dry and withered ear lobes means : _____ | poor prognosis |
| swelling and pain of middle ear means : _____ | heat @ shao-yang channel |
| thin ear means : _____ | qi or blood deficiency |
| long and full lobe means : _____ | strong constitution |
| small lobe means : _____ | weak constitution |
| pale re moist and shiny lips means : _____ | normal, good for SP |
| pale lips means : _____ | yang or blood deficiency |
| red and dry lips means : _____ | ST or SP heat |
| purple or bluish lips means : _____ | blood stasis |
| mouth si open means : _____ | empty pattern |
| breathing through mouth means : _____ | LU qi deficiency |
| greenish around the mouth means : _____ or _____ | LV blood stasis, or LV qi stagnation. |
| swollen and painful gums means : _____. | ST heat |
| swollen but no painful gums means : _____ | ST empty heat |
| pale gums means : _____ | blood deficiency |
| moist teeth means : _____. | good state of KD |
| dry teeth means : _____. | KD Yin deficiency |
| bright and very dry teeth means : _____ | Yang-Ming excess heat (febrile disease) |
| dry and greyish teeth means : _____. | empty heat from KD yin deficiency |
| deep red pharynx means : _____. | heat (exterior / interior) |
| pale red pharynx means : _____. | empty heat |
| acute pain, redness and swelling of throuat means : _____ | wind heat attack |
| chronic pain, redness and swelling of throat means : _____ | heat @ ST/ LI |
| chronically sore and dry throat (not swollen or red) means : _____ | |
| pale red throat means : _____ | |
| erosion, redness and swelling pharynx means : _____ | |
| erosion, swelling, yellowish red pharynx means : _____ | |
| chronic erosion that comes and goes means : _____ | |
| chronic dryness and erosion with greyish ulcer means : _____ | |
| chronic erosion with ulcers that are raised means : _____ | |
| swollen tonsils of a normal color means : _____ | |
| chronically red and swollen tonsil means : _____ | |
| acutely red and swollen tosils means : _____ | |
| chronic red and swollen tonsils ( comes and goes ) means : _____ or ____ | |
| acutely red and swollen tonsils with exudate | |
| greyish tonsils means : _____ |