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Tonsil diagnosis
Gio Ch 23
Question | Answer |
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Swollen tonsils, normal color | Retention of damp/phlegm w/ qi xu background |
Chronically red & swollen tonsils | Heat or Toxic Heat often in St &/or LI |
Acutely red & swollen tonsils | Invasion of wind heat with toxic heat |
Chronic redness & swelling of the tonsils that come & go | Either chronic heat in St &/or LI channel or Empty heat in the Lu channel |
Acutely red & swollen tonsils w/exudates | Invasion of wind heat, complicated by toxic heat in the St &/or LI channel |
Grayish tonsils | Acute stage of glandular fever – mono |