Table 1 Code comparative table of various insomnia related symptoms

Tongue

color

Normal

0

Insomnia course

 ≤ 3 months

1

Sleep duration

Normal

0

Pale

1

3 months-1 year

2

Pernoctation

1

Red

2

1–3 years

3

0–1 h

2

Dark

3

3–5 years

4

1–2 h

3

Others

4

 > 5 years

5

2–3 h

4

Cold and heat

Normal

0

Asthenia and sthenia

Normal

0

3–4 h

5

Cold

1

Asthenia

1

4–5 h

6

Heat

2

Sthenia

2

5–6 h

7

Cold and heat complex

3

Asthenia and sthenia Complex

3

6–7 h

8

Others

4

Others

4

 > 7 h

9

Five zang-organs

Normal

0

Pathogenic factors

Normal

0

Taking medicine to sleep

A

Heart

1

Phlegm

1

Emotional

status

Normal

0

Liver

2

Fire

2

Anxious

1

Spleen

3

Blood stasis

3

Fear

2

Lung

4

Asthenia

4

Nervous

3

Kidney

5

Others

5

Restlessness

4

Tongue proper

Normal

0

Sleeping

status

Normal

0

Timidity

5

Enlarged tongue

1

Difficult to fall asleep

1

Irritability

6

Thin tongue

2

Dysphylaxia

2

Depressed

7

Teeth print on tongue

3

Festless sleep

3

Flusteredness

8

Cleft tongue

4

Hard to fall asleep again after waking up

4

Others

9

The vessels of sublingual purple

5

Dreaminess

5

Concomitant symptoms

Normal

0

The tongue with ecchymosis

Others

6

Others

6

Headache

1

Six fu-organs

Normal

0

Others

Normal

0

Dizziness

2

Stomach

1

Sallow complexion

1

Lethargic

3

Gallbladder

2

Flushed cheeks

2

Aversion to cold

4

Large intestine

3

Redness of the eyes

3

Aversion to heat

5

Small intestine

4

Dark lip

4

Aversion to cold or heat Irregular

6

Bladder

5

Halitosis

5

Tidal fever

7

Sanjiao

6

Eyes bright

6

Night sweat

8

Others

7

Snoring

9

Pulse

conditions

Normal

0

The tongue coating

Normal

0

Nocturia

A

Thin

1

Yellow

1

Fatigue

B

Wiry

2

Thin

2

Dry mouth

C

Slippery

3

Slimy

3

Bitter taste in

the mouth

D

Rapid

4

White

4

Abnormal stool and urine

E

Deep

5

Scanty

5

Others

F

Floating

6

Thick

6

Others

7

Dye

7

Others

8