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Valley Health Clinic, Acupuncture Clinic in Albany, Oregon

Klaros AI Tongue Diagnosis

Bring Traditional Chinese Medicine into the Digital Age with Advanced Tongue Analysis

Traditional Chinese Medicine has used tongue diagnosis for centuries to uncover hidden health patterns

Now, with Klaros, you can discover what your tongue reveals about your health from the comfort of your own home. 

Whether you’re new to Chinese medicine or an experienced practitioner, Klaros helps you better understand your body, track progress, and receive tailored recommendations in the comfort of your own home

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Take Your Tongue Photos

Snap a clear photo of your tongue in natural light. This image is all Klaros needs to start analyzing your health.

How to Use Klaros

Simply take a photo of your tongue, let Klaros’ AI analyze it using Traditional Chinese Medicine principles, and receive personalized recommendations for herbs, diet, and lifestyle

Analyzes Patterns

Klaros will guide you through a short series of health questions. Your answers help refine the analysis and ensure the recommendations are safe, accurate, and tailored to your unique needs.

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Step by Step Guide

Here‘s a step-by-step guide (with tips!) to do it right the first time.

Step 1

Take Your Tongue Photos

  • Use natural lighting: Stand by a window or stand outdoors in an area with bright, indirect sunlight. Avoid harsh artificial lights if possible!
  • Keep your head straight: Don’t tilt your head or look down at your phone. It can be tempting if you’re trying to see if you‘re taking a good picture!
  • Ask for help: If possible, have someone else take the photos for you for the best shot!
  • Take breaks if needed: Don’t stick your tongue out for too long. If you do that, your tongue can change color and skew your results.
  • Avoid taking photos right after eating or after drinking coffee: Wait at least 30 minutes after eating, drinking coffee, or smoking to prevent discoloration. Drink water to help flush out any discoloration.

Take the Best Images for Klaros

  • Top of the tongue: Stick your tongue out and tilt the phone downward 15–30° so you’re capturing the surface with light hitting from above.
  • Bottom of your tongue: Place the tip behind your upper teeth, then tilt the phone 15° upward or shoot straight on to capture the sublingual veins.

Step 2

Analyzes Patterns

After taking and submitting your photos, Klaros will assess health issues and next steps using a series of questions to evaluate indicators. Here are the three questions you can expect

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Do you have a puffy face or water retention?

Answer Yes if

  • You don’t feel thirsty and don’t drink much water.
  • Your eyelids or face look puffy in the morning.
  • Your fingers, ankles, or legs swell by the end of the day.
  • When you press on your skin (like the shin), does it leave a dent (pitting edema)?
  • You often feel heavy in your body, like you’re carrying extra weight?

If a part of your body is uncomfortable (like your tummy or lower back) does it feel better when heavy pressure is applied to it?

Answer Yes if

  • Your Symptoms worsen with exertion/activity (e.g., fatigue after mild exercise, shortness of breath.
  • You have gradual, persistent symptoms (e.g., lingering fatigue, dull pain).
  • Your Symptoms persist or worsen slowly.

Do you have trouble falling asleep at night?

Answer Yes if

  • You find your mind racing or overthinking when you lie down.
  • You feel restless in your body, unable to get comfortable.
  • You need to look at your phone, TV, or distract yourself to fall asleep.
  • You have palpitations, anxiety, or chest tightness when trying to fall asleep.
  • You have hot flashes, night sweats, or a dry throat at night.

Last Questions

medications and diagnoses

Here‘s where you share your primary concern and any medications you’re taking and or diagnoses you have received

other symptoms

Let Klaros know if you have any of the following problems:

  • Cardiovascular system – including your heart and blood pressure.
  • Respiratory system – regarding your breathing and allergies.
  • Digestive system – with follow-up questions about bloating and bowel movements.
  • Urinary and Reproductive health – frequency, pain, and menstruation

Final Step

Get Treatment Plan

  1. Enter your email address to receive your results. You can also enter your provider’s email to send them results.
  2. Review the personalized insights generated by Klaros.
  3. Feel free to explore suggested remedies or products— forward me the results so we can discuss!

Why Choose Klaros for Your Chinese Medicine Diagnosis?

Klaros offers an accessible way to understand your health through traditional diagnostics combined with AI technology. It’s perfect for those seeking natural health insights without visiting a clinic.

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General Understanding

In TCM, the tongue reflects the state of your internal organs, fluids, and circulation. Changes in color, coating, or shape can reveal patterns like dampness, heat, or deficiency before blood tests or scans show anything.

Tongue diagnosis comes from thousands of years of clinical observation. Modern research has begun to correlate tongue features with measurable conditions like digestion, circulation, and metabolic health. Klaros uses AI to bring consistency and objectivity to these observations.

Some changes happen within hours (e.g., after eating spicy food), while others reflect chronic patterns and take weeks or months to shift. Checking regularly gives the clearest picture.

Practical Use

Yes. Coffee, tea, candy, or colored foods may temporarily stain the coating. It’s best to take photos first thing in the morning, before brushing your teeth or eating.

Minor variations are normal, especially depending on diet, sleep, or stress. Klaros looks for recurring patterns rather than one-time changes.

Klaros provides explanations in plain language, but results are most useful when combined with professional guidance from a TCM practitioner

Limitations

No. Tongue diagnosis is a complementary tool that highlights imbalances and guides holistic treatment. It should be used alongside, not instead of, medical evaluation.

Klaros uses an extensive database of tongue images to reduce human error and bias. Still, lighting, angle, and image quality can affect results. That’s why following the photo instructions is important.

Absolutely. TCM doesn’t just label the disease it looks at the underlying pattern. Two people with migraines, for example, might have completely different tongue presentations, leading to other treatments. 

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