Abstract: | Tongue inspection is an important method of
diagnosis in traditional Chinese medicine. It has
developed with the application of modern science
and technology, such as micro-circulation, hemorrheo-
logy, pathology, electromicroscopy, histological
chemistry, microradiography and photoelectric trans
formation. This paper describes and discusses the
innovations in the method of researching tongue in-
spection, the mechanism of various tongue features.
The paper also reports the clinical study of tongue
inspection and research into tongue features of
various diseases. |