Tongue features of patients with coronavirus disease 2019: a retrospective cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been widely used in the treatment of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Tongue features should be referred for diagnosis and treatment of diseases in TCM. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze the tongue features of the patients suffered from COVID-19.

Methods

COVID-19 Symptom Database (established by Evidence-based Medicine Center of Tianjin University of TCM) was searched for eligible tongue pictures. The tongue pictures were assessed by TCM experts to extract the data of tongue color, coating color, tongue body shape and coating proper feature. The relationship between tongue features and patient's condition was analyzed.

Results

Patients diagnosed as mild and moderate COVID-19 commonly had light red tongue and wh

SUBMITTER: Pang W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7424212 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature