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Facial diagnosis
Gio Ch 23
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Dull white | Blood xu |
| Bright white | Yang xu |
| Bluish white | Yang xu with cold |
| Sallow yellow | Sp & St xu or Blood xu |
| Bright orange yellow | Damp heat with prevalence of heat |
| Dull yellow | Damp heat with prevalence of dampness |
| Withered dried up yellow | Heat in Sp/St |
| Dull pale yellow | Cold damp in Sp/St |
| Ash like yellow | Long standing damp |
| Pale yellow surrounded by red spots | Sp xu & Liv blood stasis |
| Clear & moist color in between eye brows | St qi recovering from illness of Sp/St |
| Dried up, withered looking yellow color in between eyebrows | Poor prognosis |
| Whole face red | Full heat |
| Red cheekbones | Empty heat |
| Green face | Liv patterns, Interior cold, pain or interior wind |
| Pale greenish color under eyes | Liv qi stag or Liv blood xu |
| Greenish color on cheeks | Liv qi stag, liv blood stasis, cold in Liv channel, or Liv wind |
| Green complexion with red tinge | Shaoyang pattern |
| Green complexion with red eyes | Liver fire |
| Yellowish green cheeks | Phlegm w/ Liver yang rising |
| Green color on nose | Qi stag w/ ab pain |
| Dark reddish green complexion | Stagnant Liv qi turning into heat |
| Grass-like green complexion | Collapse of Liv qi |
| Dark bluish under eyes | Cold in Liver channel |
| White bluish | Cold or chronic pain |
| Dull bluish | Severe Ht yang xu w/ blood stasis |
| Bluish complexion in kids | Liver wind |
| Black | Cold, pain or Kid disease, esp K yin xu |
| Black & moist | Cold |
| Black & dried up, burnt looking | Heat |