Tongue state
Pale Tongue with Slippery Moist Coating
Schematic illustration, not a photograph
Schematic illustration, not a photograph.
Description
Tongue pale, surface so wet it appears about to drip, with an overly moist or slippery white coating, sometimes pooling saliva.
Significance
Indicates spleen yang vacuity with internal water-damp retention, or yang-vacuity cold; unprocessed fluids rise and flood the tongue surface.
Related tongue states
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Open tongue check