What is the status of a normal tongue?
The status of a normal tongue is as follows: it has medium size, moderate thickness, proper moisture, and a light white coating like fog, without pits and bumps...
Manifestation of the tongue
When the whole body is in an optimum situation, the transformation of matter and energy inside the body is in relative balance, and hence the manifestation of t...
Manifestation of the Tongue-Coating of the tongue
The tongue body is the musculature, as it is composed of abundant capillaries and nerves. Due to the saliva circulation, the capillaries and musculature create ...
Manifestation of the Tongue-Body of the tongue
The tongue body is the musculature, as it is composed of abundant capillaries and nerves. Due to the saliva circulation, the capillaries and musculature create ...
Spatial Division of the Tongue
Dividing lines for the tongue map In the tongue map, the segments of the tongue are as follows: BSM tongue diagnosis map. (1) Upper Jiao line, (2) Middle Jiao ...
General Information of the Tongue
BSM tongue-reading should be applied in the following three steps: observing the tongue, inquiring about symptoms, and diagnosing the problem. Observing: observ...
Body Palpation（chu 触诊）-Palpation Technique
There is palpation, feeling, light and heavy pressing, and tapping. Palpation is the use of the fingers or palm to feel the forehead, limbs, chest, or abdomen s...
Body Palpation（chu 触诊）-Methods of Palpation and Its Significance
According to the purpose and regions of palpation, the doctor can ask the patient to sit or supinate and relax. The doctor can then touch, seek, and press the l...
Inquiry (Wen, 问诊)
The practitioner will document certain answers of the patient to specific organized questions. Traditionally, these questions were organized into 12 categories ...
Auscultation and Olfaction(Wen, 闻诊)
(1) Auscultation refers to listening to the quality of noises that the patient makes. The practitioner will take note of the tone and volume of the voice, payin...