Pale red tongue, thin yellow moss, and fine stringy pulse may be the manifestation of Liver-depression and Spleen-deficiency, which turns into heat (evil qi transforms into heat if it stays for too long).
Fine stringy pulse is usually seen in liver and kidney yin deficiency or blood deficiency, liver depression and spleen deficiency. Thin yellow moss suggests that the heat is mild or shallow, mostly seen in wind-heat symptoms, or wind-cold transforming heat into the interior. Light red tongue is common in normal people, if the sick person is mostly light. To summarize, a light red tongue, thin yellow moss, and a fine pulse may be a sign of liver depression and spleen deficiency, which turns heat into depression.
Liver depression and spleen deficiency is a kind of evidence that the liver is not detoxified and the spleen is not healthy, which is mainly manifested by abdominal pain and desire for diarrhea, pain reduction after diarrhea, chest and hypochondrium distension and pain, abdominal distension, loose stools, depression, and irritability. This syndrome is mostly caused by emotional disorders, depression and anger that injure the liver, and the liver’s loss of organization that multiplies the spleen and the earth. In addition, this syndrome can also be caused by diet and fatigue that damage the spleen qi, the spleen is not healthy, the earth is congested and insults the wood, and the liver is not detoxified.
When liver qi is stagnant for a long period of time, it will turn into fire, which can be seen in headache, dizziness, redness of the face, irritability and other manifestations.
If you feel unwell, it is recommended that you consult a professional doctor for diagnosis and treatment in order to avoid delaying your condition.