1.Japanese Literature Survey of Tongue Findings for the Purpose of Creating a Unified Multicenter Description of Clinical Tongue Diagnoses
Takeshi OJI ; Takao NAMIKI ; Kazuo MITANI ; Keigo UEDA ; Toshiya NAKAGUCHI ; Mosaburou KAINUMA ; Naotoshi SHIBAHARA ; Tadamichi MITUMA ; Hiroshi ODAGUCHI ; Kenji WATANABE ; Yasushi FUJII ; Toshiaki KITA ; Toshiaki KOGURE ; Keiko OGAWA ; Eiichi TAHARA ; Keisuke OGIHARA ; Shuji YAKUBO ; Kiyoshi MINAMIZAWA ; Shinichi MURAMATSU ; Tadashi WATSUJI ; Toshihiko HANAWA
Kampo Medicine 2014;65(3):224-230
In Kampo medicine, a tongue examination, whereby the shape and color of the tongue is observed, is thought to reveal the constitution and condition of the patient. In Japan, numerous books on this tongue examination have been published. However, tongue findings are expressed differently in these books, and a standard description for such findings has yet to be established. A standard description would be useful when examining the tongue, and when educating students of Kampo medicine. We therefore compared how tongue colors and shapes were expressed in the Japanese literature on tongue examinations (12 publications).
Using these results, we have arrived at a standardized description for tongue findings in accordance with Kampo specialists of tongue diagnoses at many facilities. In the process, we focused on easily recognizable findings that can be noted with short clinical examination times, and that can also be understood by beginners.
Result Analysis
Print
Save
E-mail