Diagnosis Inspection Auscultation and olfaction Inquiring Pulse-feeling and palpation
Diagnosis • Inspection • Auscultation and olfaction • Inquiring • Pulse-feeling and palpation
The principles of diagnosis Observing diseases by taking the human body as a whole Comprehensive analysis of the data gained by all the diagnostic methods Combining diagnosis with differentiation of syndromes
The principles of diagnosis • Observing diseases by taking the human body as a whole • Comprehensive analysis of the data gained by all the diagnostic methods • Combining diagnosis with differentiation of syndromes
Inspection of the tongue Normal Tongue Method of inspection Pathological tongue body and coating
Inspection of the tongue • Normal Tongue • Method of inspection • Pathological tongue body and coating
Normal tongue Proper size Light red Free in motion White thin coating which is neither dry nor over moist,and has root
Normal tongue • Proper size • Light red • Free in motion • White thin coating which is neither dry nor over moist, and has root
Method of inspection Distribution of organs on the tongue tip -heart,lung middle-spleen,stomach root-kidney sides-liver,gall bladder
Method of inspection • Distribution of organs on the tongue tip - heart, lung middle - spleen, stomach root - kidney sides - liver, gall bladder
Method of inspection of the tongue Tongue body ·Tonque coating Color 。Color Shape ·Property State
Method of inspection of the tongue • Tongue body • Color • Shape • State • Tongue coating • Color • Property
Colors of tongue body Pale:deficiency of Qi and blood,cold syndrome Red:heat syndrome Deep-red(crimson):extreme internal heat Purple:heat or cold caused blood stagnation Blue:cold stagnation,blood stagnation
Colors of tongue body • Pale: deficiency of Qi and blood, cold syndrome • Red: heat syndrome • Deep-red(crimson): extreme internal heat • Purple: heat or cold caused blood stagnation • Blue: cold stagnation, blood stagnation
Shapes of tongue body Enlarged tongue:dampness Thin tongue:deficiency of Qi,blood, body fluid Fissured tongue:heat,deficiency of blood,dampness Teeth-mark tongue:deficiency of spleen,dampness Prickly tongue:heat stagnation
Shapes of tongue body • Enlarged tongue: dampness • Thin tongue: deficiency of Qi, blood, body fluid • Fissured tongue: heat, deficiency of blood, dampness • Teeth-mark tongue: deficiency of spleen, dampness • Prickly tongue: heat stagnation
States of tongue body Stiffness:fire effect pericardium,liver wind combining with phlegm Flaccidity:deficiency of Qi and blood,heat burning body fluid,extreme Yin deficiency Tremulousness:Deficiency,wind tiring-up Protrusion and wagging:heat stasis in heart and spleen meridians Deviation:wind,wind-phlegm stasis in meridians Shortening:cold,phlegm,heat,deficiency of Qi and blood
States of tongue body • Stiffness: fire effect pericardium, liver wind combining with phlegm • Flaccidity: deficiency of Qi and blood, heat burning body fluid, extreme Yin deficiency • Tremulousness: Deficiency, wind tiring-up • Protrusion and wagging: heat stasis in heart and spleen meridians • Deviation: wind, wind-phlegm stasis in meridians • Shortening: cold, phlegm, heat, deficiency of Qi and blood
Colors of tongue coating White:exterior syndrome,cold Yellow:interior syndrome,heat Gray:interior heat,cold and dampness Black:extreme heat or cold
Colors of tongue coating • White: exterior syndrome,cold • Yellow: interior syndrome, heat • Gray: interior heat, cold and dampness • Black: extreme heat or cold