Application value of tongue coating microflora in integration of traditional Chinese medicine and modern medicine

• 作者: Juan Wu Jun Qian Jun-Feng Zhang Li-Yun Shi Zhen Zhan
• 来源期刊: TMR理论与假说
• 学科: 工学
• 关键词: TONGUE coating MICROFLORA INTEGRATION of traditional and western MEDICINE
• 年，卷（期）: 2019,（4）
• 页码范围: 229-240
• 页数: 12页
• 分类号: TG1

摘要

Observation of tongue coating is the characteristic content of traditional Chinese medicine syndrome differentiation and treatment. The microflora is the important component of tongue coating besides the desquamated epithelial cells. Tongue coating microflora might be an important linkage between the modern medical research and the classic traditional Chinese medicine theory. Therefore, the present paper summarised the application value of tongue coating microflora in health and disease to enrich the scienti fic connotation of traditional Chinese medicine tongue diagnosis and promote the development of integration of traditional Chinese medicine and modern medicine.