Traditional Chinese Medicine Tongue Inspection: An Examination of the Inter- and Intrapractitioner Reliability for Specific Tongue Characteristics

2008 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 527-536 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minah Kim ◽  
Deirdre Cobbin ◽  
Christopher Zaslawski
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Tongue Inspection

Quantitative analysis on tongue inspection in traditional Chinese medicine using optical coherence tomography

2008 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 011004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haixin Dong ◽  
Zhouyi Guo ◽  
Changchun Zeng ◽  
Huiqing Zhong ◽  
Yonghong He ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Optical Coherence Tomography ◽  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Optical Coherence ◽  
Tongue Inspection

A novel approach based on OCT for tongue inspection in traditional Chinese medicine

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haixin Dong ◽  
Zhouyi Guo ◽  
Changchun Zeng ◽  
Huiqing Zhong ◽  
Xin Gong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Tongue Inspection

scholarly journals Tongue inspection

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-214
Author(s):  
Gislaine Cristina Abe ◽  
Paulo Eduardo Ramos ◽  
Sissy Veloso Fontes ◽  
Márcia Pradella Hallinan ◽  
Acary Souza Bulle Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Western Medicine ◽  
Cochrane Library ◽  
Diagnosis And Prognosis ◽  
Prognostic Assessment ◽  
Examination Protocol ◽  
Tongue Inspection ◽  
Four Levels ◽  
Selection Of

Background. Tongue inspection (TI) is important for diagnosis and prognosis in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Tongue evalua­tion models vary among countries; however, no systematic protocol is in place. Objective. To propose a systematic protocol for TI to be used in neurology. Method. 1) A review of the books in English, Portuguese, and Spanish, and of papers in English, Portuguese, Span­ish, and French retrieved from the databases Pubmed, Lilacs, and Cochrane Library using the following descriptors: tongue, diagnosis, prognosis, traditional Chinese medicine; 2) Selection of the major tongue characteristics; search for a tongue examination protocol, and search for descriptions of features related to prognostic assessment. Results. In total, 26 articles were selected; however, none of them provided information pertaining to the object of the present study, or the information was inaccurate and vague. The same occurred with the Western medicine books, as none of them outlined a protocol. A TCM-based TI protocol was prepared, comprising four levels of severity and complexity. Conclusion: A systematic TI protocol was created for use in integrative medicine (Western and Chinese medi­cine), eliminating the divergent points and simplifying the items to be assessed during tongue inspection.

scholarly journals The ancient, Present and Future Prospects of Tongue Manifestation

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 409-414
Author(s):  
Yu-Hui Ma ◽  
Lin-Feng Li ◽  
Hao-Nan Wu ◽  
Yu-Xuan Zhang ◽  
Yu Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Clinical Research ◽  
Western Medicine ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
Medical Doctors ◽  
Future Prospects ◽  
Tongue Manifestation ◽  
Tongue Inspection

Tongue inspection with a long history is one of the most distinctive methods in diagnosis of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). The emergence and improvement of tongue inspection theory is the crystallization of countless ancient medical doctors' wisdom. We should combine the theory of tongue inspection and modern technology and interchange TCM and western medicine, which is conducive to clinical research and promotes the objective development of tongue inspection, achieving the inheritance of TCM and creating TCM of our time. Keywords: tongue inspection; ancient; modern; future prospects

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