Diagnosis 1

small head, long face, broad shoulders, straight back, tall, sinewy body, small hands/feet

wood type

pointed, small head, wide teeth, wide shoulders, walking briskly, curly hair or less hair

fire type

large head, round face, wide jaws, wide shoulders, large abdomen, large thighs and calf

earth type

small head, square face, small shoulders, flat abdomen, strong voice

metal type

large head, broad cheeks, narrow shoulders, large abdomen, long spine, wrinkly skin

water type

left cheek corresponds to

liver

tip of nose corresponds to

spleen

left side of the tongue corresponds to

liver

right side of the tongue corresponds to

gallbladder

bluish venules

cold pattern

red venules

heat in the blood

fresh red vein

external contraction of wind cold

green blue vein

fright wind, pain pattern or food damage

purple red vein

heat patterns

whole face red

excess heat

red cheekbones (malar flush) and tidal fever, night sweating

deficiency heat

dull white withered face

blood deficiency

bright white puffy bloated face

yang deficiency

bluish white face

excessive cold

smoky dull yellow face

damp-heat with prevalence of damp

dull pale yellow face

cold-damp in sp/st

entire body (yang type: bright orange/ yin type: smoky dark)

jaundice

dull or clouded eye

mind disturbance, weakened five organs, emotional problems

dull white eye corners

heat

pale white eye corners

blood deficiency

yellow sclera

damp heat

whole eye, red painful, swollen

wind heat or liver fire

swelling under the eyes

kidney deficiency

grey and scattered spots like clouds in the eyes

injuries causing qi stagnation

black spots surrounded by a grey, cloud like halo in the eye

both qi and blood injuries

corner of the eye corresponds to

heart

upper eyelid corresponds to

spleen

lower eyelid corresponds to

stomach

sclera corresponds to

lung

iris corresponds to

liver

pupil corresponds to

kidney

green or blue tip of the nose

abdominal pain from spleen cold or liver qi stagnation

dry nose

st or li heat

dry and black nose

toxic heat

clear watery discharge

cold pattern

dry, withered, dark ear lobes

kidney qi exhaustion

dry and withered ear lobes

poor prognosis

swollen and painful gums

stomach heat

swollen but not painful gums

stomach empty heat

pale gums

blood deficiency

bright and very dry teeth

heat in the yangming (febrile disease)

dry and greyish teeth

empty heat from kidney yin deficiency

acute pain, redness and swelling of throat

invasion of wind heat

chronic pain, redness and swelling of the throat

stomach heat

chronically sore and dry throat

lu/kd yin deficiency with empty heat

pitting edema of the hands

lung yang deficiency

pitting edema of the feet

kidney yang deficiency

pitting edema of the four limbs

spleen yang deficiency

edema of the four limbs (damp heat or damp cold)

dampness

edema of the four limbs (non pitting)

qi stagnation

acute edema of the hands and face

wind water invading the lung

purple venules

blood stasis

green venules

pain

blue venules

cold in the blood

papules

heat in lu/st

vesicles

dampness

macules

blood level disharmony

greenish connecting channels

qi stagnation or pain

reddish connecting channels

heat in the channel

bluish connecting channels

cold in the channel

feeling of heat or cold in the connecting channels

retention of heat or cold respectively

muscle flaccidity in the connecting channels

deficient condition; often seen in atrophy syndrome

muscle rigidity or hardness in the connecting channels

excess condition due to cold retention in the channel or to liver qi stagnation

blue purple tongue

blood stasis due to cold or heat

delicate in quality, pale color, toothmarked tongue

spleen or kidney yang deficiency producing harmful water

deep red tongue, occupying the entire space of the mouth

excessive heat in the heart or spleen

bluish purple dark tongue

toxicosis

deep red cracked tongue

excess heat

pale cracked tongue

blood deficiency

normal cracked tongue

not deep and remain there all the time unchanged

red thorny tongue

internal accumulation of pathogenic heat

deviated tongue

wind stroke or early threatening signs of wind stroke

rigid tongue (exogenous)

invasion of the pc by heat, retention of turbid phlegm in the interior, excessive pathogenic heat consuming body fluids

rigid tongue (endogenous)

wind stroke or early signs of wind stroke

flaccid tongue

extreme qi and blood deficiency or consumption of yin fluids

pale flaccid tongue

qi and blood deficiency

deep red flaccid tongue

yin collapse

thin tongue coating

superficial, deficiency of antipathogenic qi

thick tongue coating

deeper progression, retention of damp, food

excessive tongue moisture, saliva dribbles (slippery)

harmful water and damp

granular (coarse, soybean curds, easily scrubbed, pasty) tongue coating

excessive yang heat brings stomach qi upward, also retention of phlegm or food

geographic (partially peeled tongue)

consumption of stomach qi and yin

peeled, mirror, glossy tongue

exhaustion of stomach yin, severe damage of stomach qi

grey tongue coating

interior heat, cold, or damp

black tongue coating

extreme interior condition (extreme heat or extreme cold)

black, yellowish and dry tongue coating, possibly with thorns

extreme heat

pale black and slippery tongue coating

excessive cold due to yang deficiency

effect of antibiotics on the tongue

peeled in patches (tend to injure stomach yin) black and hairy

effect of corticosteroids on the tongue

red and swollen

effect of bronchodilators on the tongue

tongue tip to become red

effect of diuretics on the tongue

peeled

effect of antiinflammatory on tongue

red points, make the tongue body thinner, peeled

effect of neoplastics (cytotoxic drugs) on tongue

very thick brown or even black coating

whole tongue swollen

sp/kd yang deficiency with damp,. sp/st dh, ht/st heat, alcoholic, toxin

swollen sides

liver yang or liver fire