tongue coating; medical diagnostic sign
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 2 examplesnoun
tongue coating; fur on the tongue
technicalIn Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), the color, thickness, and moisture of the tongue coating serve as important diagnostic indicators of internal health conditions.
Zhōng中
yī医
tōng通
guò过
guān观
chá察
shé舌
tāi苔
de的
yán颜
sè色
hé和
hòu厚
báo薄
lái来
pàn判
duàn断
bìng病
qíng情
。
Traditional Chinese doctors diagnose conditions by observing the color and thickness of the tongue coating.
Zhèng正
cháng常
rén人
de的
shé舌
tāi苔
yīng应
gāi该
shì是
báo薄
bái白
ér而
shī湿
rùn润
de的
。
A healthy person's tongue coating should be thin, white, and moist.