D & D tongue for quiz 1
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- what organ do the sides of the tongue correspond to ?
- liver gall baldder
- what organ does the back of the tongue correspond to?
- kidney, bladder, intestines
- what organ does the center of the tongue correspond to?
- stomach and spleen
- what organ does the front (not the tip) of the tongue correspond to?
- lung
- what organ does the tip of the tongue correspond to?
- heart
- pale tongue =
- yang or blood deficiency
- red tongue =
- heat, full or empty
- normal tongue with no coating =
- yin deficiency
- red spots on tongue =
- heat
- purple tongue =
- liver or blood stasis
- sublinguals distended but not dark =
- qi deficiency
- sublinguals dark and distended =
- blood stasis
- thin tongue body =
- blood or yin deficiency
- swollen tongue =
- phlegm or dampness
- swollen sides along edge =
- liver heat
- swollen tongue sides in central section and pale =
- chronic spleen qi deficiency
- swollen tongue on sides in chest/breast area =
- phlegm in chest or breasts
- swollen tongue tip and red tip =
- heart fire
- swollen first third of tongue =
- phlegm in lungs
- stiff tongue =
- internal wind, blood stasis, severe yin deficiency
- flaccid tongue =
- body fluid and blood deficiency
- long tongue =
- heat
- short tongue =
- severe yang deficiency if wet, severe yin deficiency if peeled and red
- cracked tongue =
- yin deficiency
- central, long, thin, midline crack =
- constitutional heart deficiency with emotional problems
- central, short, wide crack in the center of tongue
- constitutional stomach deficiency
- short, transverse cracks on the sides of tongue
- spleen yin deficiency
- short, diagonal crack in lung area
- past lung disease
- very deep midline crack with other cracks stemming from it
- kidney yin deficiency
- deviated tongue
- liver wind or heart deficiency (in young person)
- moving tongue
- liver wind
- quivering tongue, tongue with teethmarks =
- spleen qi deficiency
- tongue coating =
- yang organs
- tongue color =
- yin organs
- thick coating with root =
- pathogenic factors
- thin coating with root =
- healthy stomach qi
- thin coating without root =
- stomach qi os beginning to weaken
- thick coating without root =
- strong pathogenic factor and stomach qi is weakened
- sticky tongue coating=
- dampness and PHLEGM
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slippery coating
(has a greasy look, individual papillae cannot be distinguished) - DAMPNESS and phlegm
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moldy coating =
(looks like tofu or cottage cheese) - dampness or phlegm with stomach yin deficiency