Wuxing Wellness Symptom check

Sign · 口中黏腻

Sticky sensation in the mouth

A clammy mouth that water does not really clear.

This page is a reference entry, not an assessment. It says which patterns the sign belongs to in the table this site is built on, at what weight, and where else on the site it appears. Having a sign is not having a pattern — most people have several of these at once, and the self-check is where they are weighed against each other.

What weight it carries

Every sign in the table is filed against one or more patterns at one of three weights. The weight is about diagnostic usefulness, not severity: a defining sign is one the pattern cannot be argued without, which is a different thing from a sign that is dangerous.

Pattern 中文 Weight
Dampness 湿证 Common
Damp-heat 湿热证 Common

Common for 2 patterns

Usually present, and its absence counts against the pattern. ×2.

Dampness·Damp-heat

Where it appears on the site

The condition pages that list this sign as one of the things to look for:

Other sensation signs

The table groups signs by the part of the body or the kind of observation they come from. These are the other entries in the same group.

Part of the sign index — 118 entries weighted across twelve patterns. How the weights are used is set out in the methodology.