Tongue state
Crimson Tongue without Coating
Schematic illustration, not a photograph
Schematic illustration, not a photograph.
Description
Tongue deep crimson, bright and vivid, with a smooth surface devoid of coating.
Significance
Indicates warm-disease heat entering the nutritive level; nutritive yin is scorched and the blood vessels disturbed—a critical turning point in febrile disease progression.
Related tongue states
Take a tongue photo and see which pattern is closest.
Open tongue check