What Traditional Chinese Medicine Says About Your Tongue & Pulse

👅 Your Tongue = Your Internal Map

In TCM, your tongue is like a mirror of your internal organs.
Practitioners look at:

• Color (Is it pale? Red? Purple?)

• Coating (Thick, thin, white, yellow, gone?)

• Shape & Moisture (Swollen? Dry? Cracked?)

• Location of changes (Different sections = different organ systems)

This helps determine if you're dealing with heat, dampness, deficiency, stagnation—aka, the patterns that guide herbal recommendations.

💓 Your Pulse = Your Inner Vibe Check

A TCM pulse reading isn’t just “fast or slow”—there are 28 pulse qualities, like slippery, wiry, thin, or choppy.

Each wrist has 3 pulse positions that correspond to different organ systems. The feel of each tells a story about qi, blood, yin, and yang imbalances.

Translation? Your pulse + tongue help herbalists craft personalized herbal formulas that address your actual root imbalances—not just your symptoms.

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Your tongue is talking.
Your pulse is pulsing.
And your body is full of plant-loving potential.

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