1. Introduction to TCVM Tongue & Pulse Dx Basic TCVM Diagnostic Equipment

2. Normal Tongue  Pink Red Red White White Blue Blue  Moist  Fits mouth  Good tone

3. Tongue Changes- -Color Pale Pink Red

4. Tongue Changes- -Color  Purple  Dark Red  Black (ashen)  Normal

5. Pale Tongue Wet is Qi deficiency Dry is Blood Deficiency Wet, Swollen (teeth marks) & purple is Yang deficiency

6. Red Tongue HEAT DeficiencyExcess

7. Purple Tongue DeficiencyExcess Yang Deficiency Stagnation Cold

8. Tongue-Organ Relationship Heart Lung Spleen Liver Kidney

9. Tongue Coatings  White Coating Normal Normal Excess Cold Excess Cold  Yellow Coating Heat Heat  Greasy Coating Can’t be Scrubbed off Damp Not as important in animals nor as prominent

10. Pulses Left (Yin & Blood) Right (Qi & Yang) UpperHeartLung MiddleLiverSpleen LowerKidneyYinKidneyYang

11. Pulse Depth Superficial Middle DeepExcessDeficiency

12. Pulse Character SlowFast ColdHot

13. Abnormal Pulses  Slippery Damp Damp Like being in a bogLike being in a bog  Wiry Liver Stagnation Liver Stagnation Tight like a wireTight like a wire  Irregular Heart Qi or Blood Heart Qi or Blood arrhythmiaarrhythmia

14. Using Tongue & Pulse  Pulse looks at current events  Tongue reflects history  Together, they help determine the nature, location and Zang-Fu involvement in the disease process