Jiangsu Branch of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Nanjing 210028, China.
Chin Med. 2014 Mar 5;9(1):9. doi: 10.1186/1749-8546-9-9.
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.
中医(TCM)的舌诊通过观察舌苔来评估健康状况。舌苔分析的科学技术已成为 TCM 现代化的重要问题。舌苔微生物群与 TCM 的关系与 TCM 的辨证论治有关,例如寒/热证可能在舌苔中表现出不同的特定微生物群模式。本文对舌苔微生物群的研究进行了综述。