Characteristics and TCVM treatment strategies for eight basic tongue quality abnormalities
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Characteristics and TCVM treatment strategies for eight basic tongue quality abnormalities
Description
Am J Tradit Chin Vet Med (2011), Ferguson, Bruce.
Abstract
Tongue diagnosis has long been an integral part of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). The healthy tongue has balancedmobile (Yang)and moist (Yin)qualities. A healthy tongue should also have enough Blood to give the tongue a pink huethat varies with the species and age of the patient. The StomachQishould be strong enough to generate a thin clear or thinwhite coating. Excesses and Deficiencies ofYin,Blood,YangandQihave distinct correlations in the tongue producingrecognizable qualities such as: a thick white coat (YinExcess), red dry tongue body (Yindeficiency), purple tongue body(Blood Excess), pale dry tongue body (Blood Deficiency), thick yellow tongue coat (YangExcess), pale moist tonguebody (YangDeficiency), lavender tongue body (QiExcess) and pale swollen tongue body (QiDeficiency). Patterndifferentiation (Bian Zheng)based upon these tongue qualities can lead to rational treatment strategies and improvedclinical outcomes. Some examples of general acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine prescriptions are presented to treatanimals that have characteristic tongue quality changes associated with different disease Patter
Alternative Title
Am J Tradit Chin Vet Med
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Date
Date Created
6/10/2016
Language
English
Type
Journal Article
issn
1945-7677
issue
1
page end
77
page start
71
volume
6