Pocket Atlas of Tongue Diagnosis

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

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