19.5cm¡Á26.8cm

120 pages; 12.2002

ISBN

7-117-05767-x

Author, Ding Chenghua

Published by People's Medical Publishing House

CONTENTS

Introduction

1.The origin of the tongue inspection

1.    Brief introduction of tongue inspection monograph in ancient and modern times

Chapter one Abstract

Section 1 The Mechanism of Tongue Inspection

1.    Structures and Physiological Function of Tongue

¢Å Structures

¢Æ Function

2.    The Relationship Between Tongue and Viscera,Meridians Qi-Blood,and Body Fluid

¢Å Tongue, Viscera and Meridians

¢Æ The connection of tongue with, Qi, Blood and Body Fluid

Section 2 Method and Special attention on Observing Tongue

1.      The Method of Tongue-Examination

¢Å Posture

¢Æ The Basic Procedure of Tongue-Observing

¢Ç Aiding Method of Tongue-observing

¢Ù      Toughing and Feeling

¢Ú      Scrubbing and Scraping

2.      Special Attentions on observing Tongue

¢Å Light

¢Æ Diet and Drugs

¢Ç Effect of Buccal Cavity

Section 3 Content of Tongue Inspection and Normal Tongue

1.      Contents of Tongue Inspection

2.      The Normal Tongue Picture

3.      Physiological change of Tongue

      ¢Å Age and Sex

¢Æ Constitution and Congenital Disposition

¢Ç Climate and Environment

¢È Habits and Customs

Chapter Two Observation of the tongue texture

Section 1 Observations of the tongue vitality

1.Full vitality

2.Lacking of vitality (out of vitality)

     Sec      Section Two Observations of The Tongue Color

  1.The Pink Tongue

  2.The Pale Tongue

  3.The Red  Tongue

  4.The Crimson Tongue

  5.The Purple Tongue

  6.The Blue Tongue

      Section 3 Observation of the Tongue Shape

  1.The Tough Tongue

  2.The Tender Tongue

  3.The Swelling Tongue

  4.The Thin Tongue

  5.The Spotted or Prickled Tongue

  6.The Fissured Tongue

  7.The Teeth Printed Tongue

  Section 4 Observation of The Moving State of The Tongue

  1.The Flaccid Tongue

  2.The Stiff Tongue

  3.The Wry Tongue

 4.The Trembling Tongue

  5.The protruding And Licking Tongue

  6.The Shortened Tongue

      Section 5 Observations of The Vessels Bleow Tongue

  1.Methods of Observing The Vessels Below Tongue

  2.The Clinical Significance of Abnormal Hypoglossal Vessels

  Chapter 3 Observations of The Tongue Coating

  Section 1 Observations of The Texture of Tongue Coating

  1.Thickness and Thinness

  2.Moistness and Dryness

  3.Putrid and Greasiness

  4.Exfoliation

  5.Evenness and Unevenness

  6.The True and False Coating

  Section 2 Color Tongue Coating

  1.White Coating

  2.The Yellow Coating

  3.The Gray and Black Coating

  Chapter 4 The Usage and Significance of Tongue Inspection

  Section 1 Significance of Tongue Inspection

  1.To judge the exuberance or decline of the vital-qi and the pathogenic-qi

  2.To distinguish the nature of disease

  3.To detect the shallow or deep location of disease

  4.To infer the Tendency of disease

 5.To Estimate the Prognosis of Disease

  Section 2 Clinical Application of Tongue Inspection

  1.Application of tongue inspection in diagnosing and treating febrile disease

  ¢Å To judge the nature of disease and to detect the location of disease

  ¢Æ To judge Wei-qi-yin-xue and the condition of disease

  2.Application of tongue inspection in diagnosing and treating cardiovascular disease

  ¢Å Myocardial infarction

  ¢Æ Angina pectoris

  ¢Ç Atrial fibrillation

  3.Application of tongue inspection in diagnosing and treating lung disease

  ¢Å Chronic bronchitis ,pulmonary heart disease

  ¢Æ Lung cancer

  4.Application of tongue inspection in diagnosing and treating spleen and stomach disease

  ¢Å Chronic gastritis

  ¢Æ Gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer

  ¢Ç Acute appendicitis

  5.Application of tongue inspection in diagnosing and treating liver and gallbladder disease

  ¢Å B hepatitis and liver cancer

  ¢Æ Cholecystitis, Cholelithiasis

  6.Application of tongue inspection in diagnosing and treating kidney disease

  7.Application of tongue in diagnosing and treating endocrinopathy

   Reference documents