Red Tongue with No Coating Is Not Necessarily Yin Deficiency and Fluid Deficiency

Red Tongue with No Coating Is Not Necessarily Yin Deficiency and Fluid Deficiency

Generally speaking, a red tongue with no coating, or even a mirror-like tongue, is considered a manifestation of Yin deficiency and fluid deficiency. According to “Diagnosis of Tongue Quality in Traditional Chinese Medicine,” a tongue that is dark red and moist indicates a condition of excess Yang fire due to internal injury, often accompanied by … Read more

Red Tongue with No Coating May Not Necessarily Indicate Yin Deficiency and Fluid Deficiency

Red Tongue with No Coating May Not Necessarily Indicate Yin Deficiency and Fluid Deficiency

Generally speaking, a red tongue with no coating, or even a mirror-like tongue, is a manifestation of yin deficiency and fluid deficiency. According to “Diagnosis of Tongue Quality in Traditional Chinese Medicine”, a tongue that is dark red and moist indicates a condition of yin deficiency with excess heat in internal injuries, often accompanied by … Read more

Red Tongue with No Coating is Not Necessarily Yin Deficiency and Fluid Deficiency

Generally speaking, a red tongue with no coating, or even a mirror-like tongue, is considered a manifestation of Yin deficiency and fluid deficiency. According to “Diagnosis of Tongue Quality in Traditional Chinese Medicine,” a tongue that is dark red and moist indicates a condition of excess Yang fire due to internal injury, often accompanied by … Read more

Understanding the Pathogenesis of Hypertension: The Role of Qi Stagnation, Blood Stasis, and Water Retention

Understanding the Pathogenesis of Hypertension: The Role of Qi Stagnation, Blood Stasis, and Water Retention

Pathogenesis of Hypertension Through extensive clinical practice with classical formulas and reflective thinking, I believe that the human body operates primarily through the movement of Qi, Blood, and Water. The mechanism behind elevated blood pressure can be attributed to three pathological mechanisms: Qi stagnation, Blood stasis, and Water retention. (1) Blood stasis is fundamental: The … Read more

Understanding TCM Patterns: Qi Stagnation, Blood Stasis, Phlegm-Damp, and Accumulation

Understanding TCM Patterns: Qi Stagnation, Blood Stasis, Phlegm-Damp, and Accumulation

Author: Ji Linghui In the world of diseases, they can be categorized as either cold or hot; either deficiency or excess. In this issue, we will continue discussing “excess”. Excess refers to the presence of pathogenic factors, meaning that evil qi is retained. The syndromes caused by pathogenic excess are called excess syndromes. In Traditional … Read more