[FWD: RE: Artificial Lighting for Tongue Diagnosis]

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Hi Pete:

 

I have a web based email which apparently does not accept my HTML

script. Could you please post this reply on the TCM users group?

 

Thanks,

 

Raman Basha, LAC

 

 

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RE: Artificial Lighting for Tongue Diagnosis

basha

Sun, March 05, 2006 7:02 am

Chinese Medicine

 

Hello David , Pete & Others:

 

Regarding lighting & tongue diagnosis, I take a digital picture in

natural light of every patient's tongue. The location is either next to

a window in the treatment room or just outside the clinic in open shade.

The photos are then uploaded to a computer where the image is more

closely studied. Progress can then be effectively charted throughout the

course of treatment.

 

Hope the above information is helpful.

 

Raman Basha, LAC

Center For Natural Medicine

Encinitas/San Diego

 

 

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Re: Artificial Lighting for Tongue Diagnosis

petetheisen <petetheisen

Sun, March 05, 2006 2:18 am

Chinese Medicine

 

David Gordon wrote:

> I've been working in a particular clinic on and off for the

last year

> and have stopped observing any purple hues within the tongue

bodies.

> I used to observe pale purple tongues quite often - we have a

lot of

> qi deficiency, yang deficiency and stagnation here in London UK.

>

> There is no natural light in the clinic and I feel that the spot

> lights on the ceiling might be responsible and am thinking of

buying

> a portable light that throws natural (or as close to natural as

> possible) light on the tongue.

>

> I'm also unsure whether to get:

> 1. a lamp on a high stand that points down at the tongue;

> 2. a lamp that shines up at the ceiling; or

> 3. a lamp that just illuminates the whole room.

 

Hi David!

 

Daylight varies between 4500 and 7000 Kelvin. I would try to

find as

small a light as I could that produced this color temperature

of light,

even a flashlight that you could keep in your pocket. If you find

something like that, post it to the list. I don't have one of

these, but

I have florescent lights in the room - see purple hues easily.

 

Regards,

 

Pete