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TCM Tongue diagnosisOctober 13, 2014 By Admin
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One of the most common questions that people ask about acupuncture is: “Why does my acupuncturistlook at my tongue?”
Tongue and pulse diagnosis are two of the more important diagnostic tools in Chinese medicine. They are
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both used to derive a TCM diagnosis for your condition which is used to plan your treatment. Generally thetongue, is much easier to learn and less subjective than pulse diagnosis. It is less meridian speciMc than thepulse, however, the tongue will show the depth and nature (hot, cold, etc.) of an imbalance and it is lesseffected by short-term inQuences such as nervousness. The tongue is also useful as a measurement tool togauge the progress of a disorder.
Common Tongue Geography and Meridian Correlations
Lower JiaoLower JiaoThe Base of the tongue corresponds to the Kidney, Urinary Bladder, Large Intestine and SmallThe Base of the tongue corresponds to the Kidney, Urinary Bladder, Large Intestine and SmallIntestine Meridians.Intestine Meridians.
Middle JiaoMiddle JiaoThe sides of the tongue correspond to the Liver and Gall Bladder meridians. Some theories place the GallBladder on the patients left side and the Liver on the patients right side.
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The Middle of the tongue corresponds to the Stomach and Spleen Meridians.
Upper JiaoUpper JiaoThe Tip of the tongue corresponds to the Lung and the Heart
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How Can the Tongue Change?How Can the Tongue Change?
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TONGUE BODYTONGUE BODY
AttributeAttribute CharacteristicCharacteristic IndicationIndication AbnormalityAbnormality
SpiritSpiritVitality of the
tongue
Zang, Fu,
Qi, Blood,
Body Fluids
Flourishing: bright with energetic movement and moist indicates
good Stomach Qi
Withering: dark and dry tongue with sluggish movement indicates
exhausted Stomach Qi
ColourColour
ReQects true
condition of
body
Thermal
nature of
the disease
More Red: Blood overMlls tongue, more heat
Less Red: Qi and blood are insufMcient, less heat, more deMciency
Rough: exuberant antipathogenic Qi and muscle Mbers bulge
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TextureTexture Tough or tenderReQects
excess or
deMciency
Tender: Qi and Blood are deMcient and cannot Mll Mbers; Yang
deMciency cannot transform body Quids and cold-damp
accumulates
SizeSize Large or Small
Often
reQects
constitution
Large: overMlling of Blood, damp accumulation
Small: lack of nutrition due to Qi, Blood and Body Fluid DeMciency
SurfaceSurface Moist, smooth
Body
Fluids, heat,
stasis
Cracks: malnourishment of Qi, Blood and Body Fluids due to heat
or dampness obstructing
Prickles: heat pushes Qi and Blood up where they overMll the
tongue causing papillae to thrust out
FlexibilityFlexibilityHow the tongue
moves
Condition
of muscles
and sinews
Stiff: lack of nourishment due to internal organ deMciency or
phlegm/Blood stasis obstructing Qi and Blood resulting in
stiffening of the tongue
Limp: sinews lack nourishment of Qi, Blood and Body Fluids and
do not have the strength to move
MovementMovementAbnormal
movement
Pathogens
or
deMciency
Spasm due to internal wind, usually due to hyperactive Liver,
internal heat or malnutrition. Can be trembling, deviated or
protruding.
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LengthLengthHow long the
tongue is
Pathogens
or Internal
Organs
Short: excessive cold causes contraction and spasm; malnutrition
causes phlegm to stagnate and obstruct; heat injures Body Fluids;
Qi and Blood deMciency due to Spleen and Kidney failure
Long: excess pathogenic heat consumes Qi, Blood and Body
Fluids; internal organ failure resulting in the tongue being unable to
contract
TONGUE COATINGTONGUE COATING
AttributeAttribute IndicationsIndications AbnormalityAbnormality
ColourColour Pathogenic factors
White: exterior or cold patterns; targets Lung and Large Intestine
Yellow: interior or heat patterns; targets Spleen and Stomach
Gray: interior, heat or cold-damp patterns
Black: interior, extreme heat or extreme cold patterns
Thin: impaired Spleen or Stomach cannot evaporate and transform
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ThicknessThicknessAntipathogenic Qi or
depth of disease
dampness; Kidney and Stomach Yin deMciency cannot send up Body
Fluids or damp turbidity is sent up.
Thick: Spleen and Stomach are stagnated by food or phlegm damp
and turbid damp steam rises
MoistureMoistureCondition of Body
Fluids
Dry: excessive pathogenic heat injures Body Fluids; internal organ
dysfunction leads to Yin deMciency
Wet: water damp attacks body due to Spleen or Kidney Yang
deMciency cannot transform Body Fluids
StickinessStickiness
Distinguishes
pathogenic factors,
Quid metabolism
Damp, phlegm, water or food stagnates and accumulates and the
Stomach Qi produces excess turbidity that steams upwards
DistributionDistributionLocation and depth of
disease
Even: widespread pathogen, dampness obstructs middle jiao
Uneven: certain body parts or organs are affected, there will be
uneven distribution
PeelingPeelingState ofStomachQi &
Yin
DeMcient Stomach Qi or Yin results in exuberant rising of turbid
dampness or Stomach Yang, burning Quids.
Rooted: sufMcient Stomach Qi that is attached to tongue tightly,
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RootingRooting
Pathogen severity,
condition of Stomach
Qi & antipathogens
difMcult to scrape off
Unrooted: insufMcient Stomach Qi due to Qi deMciency in the
Stomach or Kidney
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