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Macioca FCM Correspondences between various Signs & Sx Mouth, Throat

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