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KMID : 0895820130230030149
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Journal of Oriental Rehabilitation Medicine
2013 Volume.23 No. 3 p.149 ~ p.157
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A Study on Clinical Application of Tongue Diagnosis
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Kim Bit-Na-Ra
Oh Min-Seok
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Abstract
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Objectives : This study was designed to: (1) investigate the clinical feature of tongue diagnosis, (2) make an observation of significant changes in tongue diagnosis according to the patient`s physical condition and laboratory result and (3) identify clinical efficacy of tongue diagnosis.
Methods : 300 patients` tongue diagnosis results were analyzed and the patients were divided to each group according to the physical condition and laboratory result. Then, chi-square test was performed to assess statistical significance between tongue diagnosis results of each group.
Results : As a result of analyzing the spread of tongue diagnosis according to the patient`s physical condition and laboratory result, 18 groups had statistical significance related to specific tongue color and tongue coating.
Conclusions : Even if there would be possible misinterpretations in one-to-one match between the tongue diagnosis and certain diseases, we identified that tongue diagnosis results were changed somewhat related to patient`s physical condition with some tendency and tongue diagnosis could be used for meaningful clinical diagnostic tool.
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KEYWORD
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Tongue diagnosis, Tongue coating, Tongue color, Tongue fur
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