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Introduction to TCVM Tongue & Pulse Dx Basic TCVM Diagnostic Equipment.

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1 Introduction to TCVM Tongue & Pulse Dx Basic TCVM Diagnostic Equipment

2 Normal Tongue  Pink Red Red White White Blue Blue  Moist  Fits mouth  Good tone

3 Tongue Changes- -Color Pale Pink Red

4 Tongue Changes- -Color  Purple  Dark Red  Black (ashen)  Normal

5 Pale Tongue Wet is Qi deficiency Dry is Blood Deficiency Wet, Swollen (teeth marks) & purple is Yang deficiency

6 Red Tongue HEAT DeficiencyExcess

7 Purple Tongue DeficiencyExcess Yang Deficiency Stagnation Cold

8 Tongue-Organ Relationship Heart Lung Spleen Liver Kidney

9 Tongue Coatings  White Coating Normal Normal Excess Cold Excess Cold  Yellow Coating Heat Heat  Greasy Coating Can’t be Scrubbed off Damp Not as important in animals nor as prominent

10 Pulses Left (Yin & Blood) Right (Qi & Yang) UpperHeartLung MiddleLiverSpleen LowerKidneyYinKidneyYang

11 Pulse Depth Superficial Middle DeepExcessDeficiency

12 Pulse Character SlowFast ColdHot

13 Abnormal Pulses  Slippery Damp Damp Like being in a bogLike being in a bog  Wiry Liver Stagnation Liver Stagnation Tight like a wireTight like a wire  Irregular Heart Qi or Blood Heart Qi or Blood arrhythmiaarrhythmia

14 Using Tongue & Pulse  Pulse looks at current events  Tongue reflects history  Together, they help determine the nature, location and Zang-Fu involvement in the disease process


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