Tongue is scarlet red on tip and sides, with yellow coating. Pulse is wiry and rapid. Marked by mental irritability, bitter taste in mouth, thirst, etc. Similar to Fire but not as severe. Manifests in irritability, tendency to anger, dizziness, abdominal and hypochondriac pain and distension, fullness in chest, excessive sighing, breast distension, belching, loss of appetite, nausea, sensation of a foreign body in throat, menstrual disorders.
Pulse is thready and taut.
Tongue is reddened with little coating. Marked by cough with thick or yellow phlegm, pain in the chest and shortness of breath. Tongue is red with little coating. Pulse is thready and rapid. Qi from food, and Qi from air.