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SAJ
Tongue Dx-by MAC
Question | Answer |
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swollen btwn tip and center | L qi (-) w/ retention of phlegm |
swollen edges | sp qi (-) |
thin & pale | Blood (-) |
thin & red | yin(-) |
swollen sides | LYR or Liv Fire |
swollen | sp &/or Ki yang (-) w/ damp; damp heat in S and Sp |
swollen & red | Ht & S heat &/or Alcoholic Toxin |
swollen tip, red body | ht fire blazing |
swollen tip, normal color | HT qi (-) |
swollen along central crack, red body | HT fire Blazing |
swollen along central crack, normal color | HT Qi (-) |
half swollen | weakness of the channels |
partly swollen on side | (-) or stag of qi in chest |
half surface swollen | L Qi (-) |
Hammer-shaped | S, Sp, Ki (-) |
Stiff | Blazing Ht fire or Int Wind |
Stiff w/ Red or dark red body | Ext heat invading PC |
Stiff w/ Red body | Heat injuring body fluids |
Flaccid & pale body | Exhausted Qi/blood |
Flaccid & red body | Extreme heat injuring fluids |
Flaccid & deep red body | Ki yin (-) w/ heat |
Long | HT fire blazing Phlegm-fire in HT |
Short & pale body | Sp yang (-), internal cold |
Short & red body | Heat stirring LIV wind |
Short & red body w/ coat | Insufficiency of body fluids d/t Heat from excess |
TWC | Ext-WC |
TWC in the initial stage then yellow | Ext-WH |
Tongue body color and shape altered | Interior |
White coat on one side only or white anteriorly and gray or black posteriorly | half-interior, half exterior |
white coat, pale body | cold |
yellow coat, red body | Heat |
Thick coat | Exterior Excess |
Pale body, thick white coat, slippery | Interior excess |
red body, thick yellow coat | Interior Heat |
Purple Body | Stasis of blood |
thick coat, slippery & greasy | phlegm |
Body slight flaccid, slight swollen, anteriorly | L Qi (-) |
Teeth-marks | SP Qi (-) |
Lack of coating in center | S Qi (-) |
Pale body | HT Qi (-) |
Pale body, white coat, wet | Sp yang (-) |
pale body, white coat, swollen | Ki Yang (-) |
Pale body, bluish purple if severe | HT Yang (-) |
Pale body, slightly dry | Blood (-) |
Pale body, tip paler | HT blood (-) |
Pale body, sides paler | LIV Blood (-) |
No center coat, dry, wide crack in center | S yin (-) |
Red body, no coat, dry, cracks | Ki yin (-) |
Red body, no coat anteriorly, tip redder | HT yin (-) |
Red body, no coat, cracks anteriorly | L yin (-) |
Pale, wet | Yang (-) |
Pale, bright, shiny | Qi/Blood (-), particularly of S & Sp |
Red w/coat | heat in the nutritive or blood levels |
Red w/out coat | yin (-) w/ heat |
Red & wet | Heat w/ retention of dampness |
Red & dry w/ coat | heat from excess burning of body fluids |
Red & Dry w/out coat | (-) heat & exhaustion of body fluids |
Red & Shiny | S &/or Ki yin (-) |
Red & Scarlet | L or HT yin (-) |
Red w/ red points or spots | Heat w/ blood stasis |
Red w/ prickles | Heat in the nutritive level or in the upper or middle burner |
red w/ purple spot in center | Blood stasis and heat in S |
Red & Peeled | Heat from S & Ki yin (-) |
Dark red w/ dry center | S fire blazing or S yin (-) w/heat |
Reddish purple | Heat & Blood Stasis |
Reddish purple & Distended | Extreme Heat w/ BS & toxin from Alcohol injuring the HT |
Bluish Purple | BS from internal cold |
Bluish purple & moist | BS from internal cold stiffening the tendons & bones |
Blue | severe internal cold w BS |
Blue w/out coat | Severe internal cold w/ stasis & exhaustion of blood |
Blue central surface | SP yang (-) w/ retention of phlegm in chest |
Blue in pregnant woman | Danger of imminent miscarriage |
Distended veins on underside of tongue If veins also dark | (-) & Stag of Qi Also Blood stasis |