Face & Eye Diagnosis; Excess-Deficiency; 10 Asking Song; Types of deficiency; Yang/Yin/Qi/Blood Differentiation

Which Five-Element body type as curly hair or less hair?

Fire Type

Which Five-Element body type has broad cheeks?

Water Type

Which Five-Element body type has wrinkly skin?

Water Type

In the physiognomy in Su Wen - which area of the face is the LV?

Left cheek

In the physiognomy in Su Wen - which area of the face is the Spleen?

Nose

Which side of the tongue is the GB?

On right

Which side of the tongue is the LV?

On left

On an infant's index finger - which gate is an exterior pathogenic factor and a mild disease?

Gate of Wind

On an infant's index finger - which gate is an interior and rather more severe disease?

Gate of Qi

On an infant's index finger - which gate is serious and a life-threatening Disease

Gate of Life

Which color would you see on an infant's index finger if they have an external contraction of wind cold?

Fresh red

Which color would you see on an infant's index finger if they have fright, pain patterns, or food damage?

Green Blue

Which color would you on an infant's index finger if they had heat patterns?

Purple red

Excess heat

Whole red face

Deficiency heat

Red cheekbones (malar flush)

Blood defiency

Dull white (withered) complexion

Yang deficiency

Bright white (puffy, bloated appearance) complexion

Excessive Cold

Bluish white complexion

SP/ST Deficiency or *Blood Deficiency

Sallow yellow (pale-yellow without brightness) complexion

Damp-heat

Smoky, dull yellow complexion

Long-standing damp

Ash-like yellow complexion

ST Qi recovering after an illness

clear and moist yellow color in between the eyebrows

Poor prognostic sign

Dried-up & withered-looking yellow color in between eyebrows

Jaundice - yang type

Entire body - bright orange

Jaundice - yin type

Entire body - smoky dark

LV patterns, interior cold, pain, or LV wind

Green face

LV Fire

Green complexion with red eyes

Qi stagnation with abdominal pain

Green color on the nose

LV Qi stagnation turning into Heat

Dark-reddish-green complexion

Excess Cold or Chronic pain

white-bluish (pale and blue tinge) complexion

Severe HT Yang Deficiency

Dull-bluish complexion

HT Blood Stasis

Blue-purplish face & lips + intermittent pain in precordial region

LV Wind (infantile convulsion)

Blue-purplish face & lips + *high fever, violent movement of lips

Cold, pain, or KD disease (esp. KD Yin Def)

Black complexion

KD Deficiency

Dark and pale complexion + lumbago, cold feet

Cold

Black and moist complexion

Heat

Dark and dried-up, burned looking complexion

Blood stasis (prolonged)

Dark complexion without brightness + scaly skin

Mind disturbance, weakened five organs, emotional problem

Dull or clouded eyes

HT Fire

red corner of the eye

*Heat

Dull-white corners of eyes

Blood deficiency

Pale-white corners of eyes

LU Heat

red sclera

Damp-heat

Yellow sclera

Wind-heat or LV Fire

Whole eye, red painful, swollen

*KD deficiency

Swelling under the eyes

Injuries causing Qi stagnation

Grey and scattered spots like clouds

Both Qi and Blood injuries

Black spots surrounded by a grey, cloud-like halo

Pain

Red veins clearly visible and are spiral shaped

Wind Wheel

Which Wheel corresponds to the iris, associated with the Liver and is the essence of the sinews?

Blood Wheel

Which wheel corresponds to the two corners of the sclera, associated with Heart and is the essence of the blood?

Qi Wheel

Which wheel corresponds to the sclera, associated with the Lung and is the essence of the Qi?

Muscle Wheel

Which wheel corresponds to the eyelids, associated with the Spleen and Stomach and is the essence of the muscles?

Water Wheel

Which wheel corresponds to the pupils, associated with the Kidneys and is the essence of the bones?

Corner

Which area of the eye is the Heart?

Upper eyelid

Which area of the eye is the Spleen?

Lower eyelid

Which area of the eyes is the Stomach?

Sclera

Which area of the eye is the Lung?

Iris

Which area of the eye is the Liver?

Pupil

Which area of the eye is the Kidney?

Abdominal pain from SP Cold or *LV Qi Stagnation

Green or Blue tip of the nose

SP Damp-heat

Yellow tip nose

Blood deficiency

white tip nose

Impairment of Water movement. Will also see in alcoholics.

Red tip nose

Good prognosis

Nose slightly moist and shiny

ST or LI Heat

Dry nose

Toxic-heat

Dry and black nose

Cold pattern

Clear watery discharge from nose

Heat pattern

Thick yellow discharge from nose

Extreme LU Heat

Flaring of nostrils with high fever

cold pattern

white ears

pain

bluish or dark ears

KD Qi exhaustion (usually KD Yin)

Dry, withered, dark ear lobes

good prognosis

Shiny and moist ear lobes

Poor prognosis

Dry and withered ear lobes

Heat in Shao Yang channels

swelling and pain of middle ear

Qi or Blood deficiency

Thin ear

Strong constitution

Long and full lobe

Poor constitution

small lobe

Normal, good state of SP

pale red, moist and shiny lips

Yang or Blood deficiency

pale lips

SP/ST heat

red and dry lips

Blood stasis

Purple or bluish lips

Empty pattern

mouth slightly open

LU Qi deficiency

breathing through mouth

LV Blood Stasis or LV Qi stagnation

greenish around the mouth

ST Heat

Swollen and painful gums

ST Empty-heat

Swollen but not painful gums

Blood deficiency

Pale gums

Good state of KD

moist teeth

KD Yin Deficiency

Dry teeth

Heat in Yang Ming (febrile disease)

Bright and very dry teeth

Empty-heat from KD Yin deficiency

Dry and grayish teeth

Heat (interior or exterior)

Deep red pharynx

Empty-heat

pale red pharynx

Invasion of Wind-heat

Acute pain, redness and swelling of throat

ST Heat

Chronic pain, redness and swelling of the throat

*LU/KD Yin deficiency with Empty-Heat

Chronically sore and dry throat (not swollen or red)

Empty-heat affecting the LU/KD channels

pale-red throat

Full-heat in ST and intestines

erosion, redness, and swelling in throat