Tcm Diagnosis/assessment

Front 1

Nose: Green or Blue

Back 1

Nose (indication): Abdominal pain from SP Cold

Front 2

Nose: Yellow

Back 2

Nose (indication): SP Damp Heat

Front 3

Nose: White

Back 3

Nose (indication):Blood Deficiency

Front 4

Nose: Red

Back 4

Nose (indication): LU heat, impairment of water movement.

Front 5

Nose: Grey

Back 5

Nose (indication): Water retention

Front 6

Nose: Pale

Back 6

Nose (indication): Blood Deficiency

Front 7

Nose: Dry Nose

Back 7

Nose (indication): Toxic Heat (LI or ST)

Front 8

Nose: Nose slightly moist and shiny

Back 8

Nose (indication): Good Prognosis

Front 9

Nose: Flaring nostrils with high fever

Back 9

Nose (indication): Extreme LU heat

Front 10

Nail Discharge: Clear watery

Back 10

Nail Discharge (indication): Cold Pattern

Front 11

Nail Discharge: Yellow Thick

Back 11

Nail Discharge (indication): Heat Pattern

Front 12

Ears: White

Back 12

Ears (indication): Cold Pattern

Front 13

Ears: Bluish or Dark

Back 13

Ears (indication): Pain

Front 14

Ears: Dry, withered and/ dark

Back 14

Ears (indication): KD Qi exhaustion (usually KD Yin)

Front 15

Ears: Shiny and Moist lobes

Back 15

Ears (indication): Good Prognosis

Front 16

Ears: Swelling and pain of middle ear

Back 16

Ears (indication): Heat in Shao Yang (SJ/GB)

Front 17

Ears: Thin

Back 17

Ears (indication): Qi and Blood deficiency

Front 18

Ears: Long and Full lobe

Back 18

Ears (indication): Strong Constitution

Front 19

Ears: Small lobe

Back 19

Ears (indication): Poor Constitution

Front 20

Lips: Pink, Red, Moist and Shiny

Back 20

Lips (indication): Normal, good state of SP

Front 21

Lips: Pale

Back 21

Lips (indication): Yang or Blood deficiency

Front 22

Lips: Red and Dry

Back 22

Lips (indication): SP/ST heat

Front 23

Lips: Purple and Blue

Back 23

Lips (indication): Blood Stasis (dots)

Front 24

Mouth: Slightly open

Back 24

Mouth (indication): Empty Pattern (usually LU Qi deficiency.)

Front 25

Mouth: Breathing through mouth

Back 25

Mouth (indication): LU Qi deficiency

Front 26

Mouth: Greenish around the mouth

Back 26

Mouth (indication): LV Blood stasis or LV Qi stagnation.

Front 27

Gums: Swollen and painful gums

Back 27

Gums (indication): ST heat

Front 28

Gums: Swollen but not painful

Back 28

Gums (indication): ST empty heat

Front 29

Gums: Pale

Back 29

Gums (indication): Blood Deficiency

Front 30

Teeth: Moist

Back 30

Teeth (indication): Good state of KD

Front 31

Teeth: Bright and very dry

Back 31

Teeth (indication): Heat in Yang Ming (febrile disease)

Front 32

Teeth: Dry and greyish

Back 32

Teeth (indication): Empty heat from KD Yin deficiency.

Front 33

Throat (Pharynx): Deep Red

Back 33

Throat (indication): Heat (interior or exterior)

Front 34

Throat (Pharynx): Pale Red

Back 34

Throat (indication): Empty Heat affecting the LU/KD channels.

Front 35

Throat (Pharynx): Acute pain, redness and swelling of the throat.

Back 35

Throat (indication): Invasion of Wind-Heat

Front 36

Throat (Pharynx): Chronic pain, redness and swelling of throat.

Back 36

Throat (indication): ST Heat

Front 37

Throat (Pharynx): Chronic sore and dry throat (not swollen or red.)

Back 37

Throat (indication): LU/KD Yin deficiency with empty heat.

Front 38

Throat (Pharynx):Erosion, redness and swelling

Back 38

Throat (indication): Full Heat in ST and intestines

Front 39

Throat (Pharynx): Erosion, swelling, yellowish red

Back 39

Throat (indication): Toxic Heat

Front 40

Throat (Pharynx): Chronic erosion that comes and goes

Back 40

Throat (indication): Empty Heat

Front 41

Throat (Pharynx): Chronic dryness and erosion with greyish ulcers.

Back 41

Throat (indication): Severe Yin deficiency

Front 42

Throat (Pharynx): Chronic erosions with ulcers that are raised.

Back 42

Throat (indication): Blood stasis with Phlegm-Heat

Front 43

Tonsils: Swollen tonsils of a normal colour

Back 43

Tonsils (indication): Damp/Phlegm retention with Qi deficiency.

Front 44

Tonsils: Chronically red and swollen

Back 44

Tonsils (indication): Heat or Toxic-Heat often in ST/LI

Front 45

Tonsils: Acute red and swollen tonsils

Back 45

Tonsils (indication): Invasion of Wind-Heat with accompanying Toxic-Heat.

Front 46

Tonsils: Chronic red and swollen tonsils

Back 46

Tonsils (indication): Either chronic Heat in ST/LI or Empty-Heat in LU.

Front 47

Tonsils: Acutely red and swollen with exudate

Back 47

Tonsils (indication): Wind-Heat complicated by Toxic-Heat in ST/LI channels.

Front 48

Tonsils: Greyish

Back 48

Tonsils (indication): Acute stages if glandular fever (mononucleosis.)