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tongue fur normally is
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thin white evenly and tightly attached to the surface
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you can tell fur is thick when it looks like...
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you can't see through it onto the tongue itself
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thick fur you are not able to see through indicates 2 things mostly:
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phlegm damp and food stagnation
these are categorized as interior excessive syndrome |
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thin fur can indicate a mild and exterior syndrome or
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an interior DEFICIENT syndrome
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extreme Moistness of the tongue coined as "slippery or wet" fur indicates
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cold damp
or retention of fluids due to yang deficiency |
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dry fur on the tongue indicates damage to the fluids. this is normaly due to ( 3 possible answers)
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heat
dryness deficient yang-qi failure to distribute and ascend fluids |
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pus-y lumpy (beancurd) fur is a sign of
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internal abscess
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green rotten looking lumps on the tongue fur (moldy beancurd) shows us a
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rotting stomach
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a slimy wet looking tongue with Fur , that is currently seen is patients with dampness, phlegm and food stagnation is (TCM DIAGNOSIS)
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dampness supressing yang-qi
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exfoliating fur sounds really weird because in english it would mean tongue scraping. but in TCM exfoliating fur could also be called ____________ fur and it looks like _______________
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geographic fur
peeling |
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when someone has a peeling tongue (geographic fur) it indicates that insufficient ___________ Yin is not moisturizing the tongue
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Stomach
(peeling fur indicates weak stomach qi not steaming the stomach YIN onto the tongue surface) |
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when someone has geographic/exfoliating fur with a deep red and dry tongue they have
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a lot of heat damaging YIN
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when someone has a peely pale tongue it indicates
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QI and YIN deficiency
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if someone has a GREASY PEELED tongue they obviously have phlegm damp with a deficiency of
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QI
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WHITE FUR on the tongue is seen in 3 cases 1. a normal tongue...
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2. exterior condition
3. cold syndrome |
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a cold syndrome tongue with interior deficiency is seen with white fur and what color tongue body?
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pale
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a normal looking tongue (reddish with thin white coat) can also indicate what exterior pathogen
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exterior wind cold
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a normal thin white coat on the tongue with a red tip and red edges that looks dry could indicate what exterior condition?
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exterior wind heat
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white and thick fur on the tongue like beancurd (blough!) indiciates damp turbidity and
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HEAT
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True or False ? Yellow Fur indicates heat the deeper the color the more severe the heat
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TRUE
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TRUE OR FALSE
Gray or black fur on the tongue can be seen in interior heat or cold syndromes |
TRUE!
to tell the difference btwn hot and cold syndrome is based on the wetness or dryness of the fur. |
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Green fur indicates extreme heat or cold?
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heat
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MOLDY SAUCE FUR (blough!) is a combination of 3 colors. HINT: it is the same 3 colors of the German flag.
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Red, Yellow, Black
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The tongue body and fur indicate different aspects of a condition. In general the tongue body shows the state of 3 things
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Zangfu
QI Blood |
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The tongue fur generally gives us clues to the wax and wane of qi and evils. we can tell if the condition is..
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cold or hot
interior or exterior |
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someone suffering from excessive heat syndrome would have a tongue picture...
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that is red tongue and yellow dry fur
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deficient cold syndrome presents as what tongue picture?
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pale white body of tongue and white moist fur
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if the fur contradicts the tongue body in diagnosis this means that the condition is
a) false b) critical c) complicated |
c) complicated
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knowing everything you know about tongue diagnosis throw out all the words that might go with this tongue picture: PALE WHITE TONGUE BODY WITH YELLOW GREASY FUR
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damp-heat invading a body that has qi and blood deficiency
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knowing everything you know about tongue diagnosis throw out all the words that might go with this tongue picture: RED TONGUE WITH WHITE GREASY FUR
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severe/ excess interior heat/ blaze due to yin deficiency with phlegm-damp or food stagnation
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what would a cough be like for Lung Yin deficiency? hint: dryness
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Dry cough or cough with sticky sputum
Lung Yin not nourishing Lung |
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what would a cough be like for Stagnant Lung Heat?
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cough, purulent stinky with yellow mucus
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pale and puffy tongue body indicates
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qi and blood deficiency with dampness
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damp heat in the spleen and stomach might show up as what tongue picture?
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Yellow sticky coat
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heat in heart and spleen shows up as what tongue picture?
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A swollen tongue that is also bright red and painful can indicate Heart and Spleen Heat
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extreme heat in the wei level would show us a tongue that is
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Red body, tip, and sides; thin white or yellow coating
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extreme heat in the qi level would present with a tongue that is
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Red body with yellow, dry coating. Tongue coating could also be black due to Stomach heat
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extreme heat in the Ying/Blood level would present as what tongue picture?
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Deep red body with a peeling yellow coat (the peeling is due to Stomach Qi deficiency)
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What are 2 common TCM conditions that lead to tongue fissures?
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yin deficiency
blood deficiency |
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what 3 conditions can produce liver wind and further cause trembling of the tongue?
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heat
blood deficiency yin deficiency |
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what can lead to dry tongue fur?
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1. heat
2. yin deficiency not moisturizing 3. yang deficiency fluids not ascending |
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exfoliating/ geographical/ peeling tongue is caused by
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1. weak stomach qi not steaming the yin to the tongue
2. insufficient stomach yin being steamed but not enough yin to moisturize |
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excess or deficiency cold or heat is found in tongue coat or body?
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tongue coat
the tongue body shows the zangfu, qi and blood |
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exterior wind cold syndrome has what tongue image
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A white and thin coating, moist fur, light-red tongue is seen mostly in exterior wind cold syndromes. It looks like a normal tongue
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exterior wind heat syndrome has what tongue image
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THin white and slightly dry fur with a red tip and red edges of the tongue is exterior wind heat.
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interior cold syndrome has what tongue picture?
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thin white fur with a pale tongue is interior deficient cold syndrome
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What organ opens into the nose? what meridians are closely linked to the nose?
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lungs open into nose
sp and st meridians are closely linked to nose |
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interior heat syndrome has what tongue picture?
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yellow fur is mostly seen in interior heat syndromes with a crimson tongue body. the deeper the yellow the more severe the heat.
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your patient has cough, chills and fever... how can you tell if it is wind heat or wind cold?
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Wind Cold:Headache, runny nose with clear discharge, neck and shoulder aches, aversion to cold, a white tongue coating.
Wind Heat: Sore throat, headache, cough, fever, body aches, little or no sweat, runny or stuffy nose with yellow discharge, a red tongue body w/ yellow coating. |
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If your patients tongue is greasy it could be related to
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dampness
phlegm food stagnation |
