Contents
Preface
Introduction and Preliminary Remarks
- Overview of the Ten Chapters and the Appendices
- The Tongue Reflects all the Basic Phenomena of Chinese Medical Teachings
- Documentary and Clinical Prerequisites
- Significance of the Tongue for the Human Individual and Mankind
- Foundations
History and Scientific Foundations of Tongue Diagnosis
- Historical Aspects
- Relationship between Tongue, Vessel Pathways (Jing Mai), and Internal Organs (Zang Fu)
- Anatomical and Physiological Foundations
- Illustrated Anatomical Structures
- Methodology of Tongue Diagnosis
The Technique of Tongue Diagnosis - 44
Systematic Procedure of Tongue Diagnosis
- The Body of the Tongue - 48
- The Shape of the Body - 54
- The Consistency of the Tongue - 62
- The Coating of the Tongue - 67
- Summary - 81
Clinical Applications
- Preliminary Remarks - 84
- The Light White Tongue - 86
- The Red Tongue (1) - 88
- The Red Tongue (2) - 90
- The Dark Red Tongue - 92
- The Bluish-Green and the Purple Tongue - 94
- The Purple Tongue (2) - 96
- The Wrinkled, Rough Tongue - 98
- The Tender and Fine Tongue - 100
- The Swollen Tongue (1) - 102
- The Swollen and Red Tongue (2) - 104
- The Thin, Small Tongue - 106
- The Dark Red, Thin, and Small Tongue - 108
- The Fissured Tongue - 110
- The Tongue With “Tooth Marks” - 112
- The Granular Tongue (Granular Papillae 1) - 114
- Granular Papillae (2) - 116
- Granular Papillae (3) - 118
- Granular Papillae (4) - 120
- Granular Papillae (5) on the Tip - 122
- The Weak, Frail Tongue - 124
- The Hard, Rigid Tongue (1) - 126
- The Hard, Stiff Tongue (2) - 128
- The Slanting or Oblique Tongue - 130
- The Trembling Tongue - 132
- The Shortened or Shrunken Tongue (1) - 134
- The Shortened or Shrunken Tongue (2) - 136
- The Restless, Protruding Tongue - 138
- The White Coating (1) - 140
- The White Coating (2) - 142
- The White Coating (3) - 144
- The Yellow Coating (1) - 146
- The Yellow Coating (2) - 148
- The Ash-Gray or Black Coating (1) - 150
- The Ash-Gray or Black Coating (2) - 152
- The Thin Coating - 154
- The Thick Coating - 156
- The Moist Coating (1) - 158
- The Very Moist or Watery Tongue - 160
- The Dry Coating (1) - 162
- The Dry Coating (2) - 164
- The Loose Coating - 166
- The Sticky Coating - 168
- Empty Patches on the Tongue (“Map Tongue”) (1) - 170
- Empty Patches on the Tongue (“Map Tongue”) (2) - 172
- Empty Patches on the Tongue (“Map Tongue”) (3) - 174
- The Missing Coating - 176
- The Missing and Black Coating (1) - 178
- The Missing and Black Coating (2) - 180
- The Missing and White Coating - 182
- The Thin, White Coating - 184
- The Missing Coating with Red Tongue Body - 186
- The Red and Dry Tongue - 188
- The Amorphous (Shapeless) Tongue - 190
- Pathological Appearance of the Tongue (1) - 192
- Pathological Appearance of the Tongue (2) - 194
- Pathological Appearance of the Tongue (3) - 196
- Pathological Appearance of the Tongue (4) - 198
- Pathological Appearance of the Tongue (5) - 200
Typical Topographic Changes of the Tongue in Relationship to Syndrome Differentiation (Bian Zheng)
Assessment of the Course of a Disease by Application of Tongue Diagnosis
- Case 1: Life-Threatening NonA, NonB Hepatitis (Fig 145a–i) - 230
- Case 2: Chronic Lower Back Pain Resistant to Treatment (Fig 146a, b) - 234
- Case 3: Hypermenorrhea and Metromenorrhagie (Fig 147a, b) - 236
- Case 4: Hemiplegia after Cerebral Hemorrhage (Fig 148a, b) - 238
Tongue Differentiation in Headache Patients
- A Clinical Study of 14 Cases - 241
- Case 1 (Fig 149) - 242
- Case 2 (Fig 150) - 244
- Case 3 (Fig 151) - 246
- Case 4 (Fig 152) - 248
- Case 5 (Fig 153) - 250
- Case 6 (Fig 154) - 252
- Case 7 (Fig 155) - 254
- Case 8 (Fig 156) - 256
- Case 9 (Fig 157) - 258
- Case 10 (Fig 158) - 260
- Case 11 (Fig 159) - 262
- Case 12 (Fig 160) - 264
- Case 13 (Fig 161) - 266
- Case 14 (Fig 162) - 268
Modern Research on Tongue Diagnosis
- The Appearance of a Normal Tongue - 271
- Changes in the Appearance of the Tongue - 271
- Changes of the Coating of the Tongue - 274
Summary and Outlook- 276
Appendix
Selected Bibliographical References - 280
Figure Sources - 282
Food Groups According to the Five Elements - 283
The Groups of Chinese Materia Medica - 289
List of Chinese Materia Medica - 292
Alphabetical List of the Chinese Materia Medica - 293
Index - 304