Tongue state
Pale Tongue with Thin White Coating
Schematic illustration, not a photograph
Schematic illustration, not a photograph.
Description
Tongue paler than normal, sometimes nearly bloodless, covered by a thin, moist white coating; overall size is unchanged.
Significance
Indicates dual vacuity of qi and blood, where insufficient nutritive blood fails to reach the tongue; common in chronic debility, blood loss, and wasting diseases.
Related tongue states
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