[Purple-bluish tongue is associated with platelet counts, and the recurrence of epithelial ovarian cancer].

CONCLUSION: The ratio of P(B) to P(R) greater than 0.71 could serve as an indicator for purple-bluish tongue diagnosing used in symptom pattern identification in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Purple-bluish tongue, associated with increased platelet counts, was also closely correlated with the recurrence of epithelial ovarian cancer. PMID: 27468546 [PubMed - in process]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27468546?dopt=Abstract

Source: Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine - May 31, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Hao J, Zhu C, Cao R, Yang X, Ding X, Man Y, Wu X Tags: J Tradit Chin Med Source Type: research