Refers to an intermediate stage of an illness where the Pathogenic Factors remain between the exterior and interior. Pulse is tight. Tongue has sticky coating. Pulse is slippery. Tongue is pale with a thin white coating.
Pulse is empty, weak, or thready.
Tongue is pale with a white coating. Pulse is deep and slow. Tongue coating is sticky and pulse is slippery. Tongue is pale. Pulse is weak and empty especially in the Middle position of the right hand.