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Objectification of Tongue Diagnosis in Traditional Medicine, Data Analysis, and Study Application
Published on: April 14, 2023
Problems and prospects of current studies on the microecology of tongue coating
Juan Ye, Xueting Cai, Peng Cao1
1Jiangsu Branch of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Nanjing 210028, China. pcao79@yahoo.com.
Abstract:
Tongue diagnosis in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) assesses the health by investigation of tongue coating. The science and technology of tongue coating analysis have become a significant issue for modernization of TCM. The relationship between microecology of tongue coating and TCM was relevant to the syndrome differentiation in TCM, such as the cold/hot syndrome may exhibit different specific microbiota patterns in the tongue coating. This article provides a review on the microbiota research of tongue coating.
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