Body colour: red slightly tending to purple, redder tip.
Body shape: swollen tip, tip curling up, Heart crack.
Coating: normal but there is a slightly peeled patch without coating on the left side towards the root.
The red body colour indicates Heat and the slight purple colour indicates that there is some Blood stasis. The red tip indicates Heart-Fire and the swelling of the tip and its curling up confirm and reinforce this diagnosis. The presence of the Heart crack indicates that this patient had a constitutional tendency to Heart patterns and to emotional problems. The small patch without coating indicates the beginning of Stomach-Yin deficiency.