No device needed
No device? Start with your tongue.
A guided tongue capture and a short wellness check give you a report without any hardware.
Android app · paid per session from your wallet · reports in English or Kannada
Tradition, verified
Why the tongue?
Tongue examination, Jihva Pariksha, is one of the traditional examinations in Ayurveda, and looking at the tongue is part of assessment in Traditional Chinese Medicine too. Practitioners have long read it alongside the pulse, because it is visible, quick and needs nothing but good light.
Nadiswara checks that the photo is a clear tongue image, then reads it on our servers zone by zone — root, sides, centre, front and tip — noting features such as colour, coating, moisture, shape, marks and cracks. Those readings are combined with your symptoms and your answers to work out a wellness score and the patterns that need attention, and the report shows you what it saw on your tongue, in each zone.
In the app
From photo to report
Four moments of a tongue session. Pick a step, or let it play.
Step 1 of 4: Capture your tongue. The app shows a dashed outline, asks you to hold the phone above your face, then opens a cropper to fit the tongue in the frame.
Hold the phone above your face
Step 1 of 4
Capture your tongue
Take a clear photo of your tongue in good lighting so it fills the frame. Hold the phone above your face and frame only from below your nose to your jaw; the photo can also come from your gallery.
Then the cropper — “Fit your tongue”: keep only the tongue inside the frame. Drag to move, pinch to zoom, and use the photo.
- Sit in a well-lit area, preferably near natural light.
- Keep the camera close enough so the tongue fills the frame.
- Keep only the tongue inside the frame
- Do not include eyes or forehead.
The journey
Four steps in the Nadiswara app
Each title below is the screen you will see.
- Symptoms
How are you feeling?
Type or speak — in your own words. Describe your symptoms in English or ಕನ್ನಡ; tap the mic to record and the app transcribes what you said. Returning members first rate each symptom from last time: Better, Same or Worse.
- Summary
Symptoms summary
Review the extracted summary and symptoms before continuing. The app turns your words into a structured list of symptoms, shown as chips under “What you said”.
- Tongue
Capture your tongue
Take a clear photo of your tongue in good lighting so it fills the frame, then fit it in the cropper: “Keep only the tongue inside the frame”. The photo is required here — no pulse is recorded, so the report is based on your tongue.
- Assessment
A few questions about you
Your answers help us understand your health better. It takes about a minute. One answer or several per card, with a count of how many are left.
Then the app checks the photo — “Checking your tongue photo”, up to a minute — asks a few quick yes/no questions, and prepares the report: “Reading your tongue insights”, “Mapping your meridians”, “Writing your summary”.
Capture guide
How to take the photo
The same guide the app shows before you take the photo. A good photo is the whole input, so it is worth a minute.
The correct way
- Hold the phone above your face.
- Frame only from below your nose to your jaw.
- Open your mouth and stretch your tongue out fully.
- Ensure good lighting and clear focus.
- Do not include eyes or forehead.
Follow the correct method so the photo passes the check and the session has a clear image to work from.
Fit your tongue
Keep only the tongue inside the frame
After the photo, the app opens a cropper so you can drag and zoom until only the tongue is inside the frame. The zones are read from what you keep, so leave out lips and teeth where you can.
Checking your tongue photo
This can take up to a minute. Thanks for waiting.
A photo that is not accepted shows “Tongue photo not accepted” with “Try again” and “Retake photo”, and no report is written until a clear photo passes.
Avoid
- Too much face (includes eyes and forehead)
- Too close (not showing nose to jaw)
- Blurry or Dark (unclear image)
Tips for Perfect Capture
- Sit in a well-lit area, preferably near natural light.
- Stick your tongue out fully and hold it steady.
- Keep the camera close enough so the tongue fills the frame.
Tip from the app: Tongue photos are clearest in natural light, before eating or brushing.
On your tongue
What the report sees on your tongue
Every tongue report shows the zones it looked at, what it noted in each and how much each pattern shows — in the app's own words. This is a sample member, not a real reading.
What we saw on your tongue
5 findings · tap a zone
Sample member
Tap a zone to see what the reading noted there.
Sides
Reflects Liver & Gallbladder
Slightly red edges are traditionally read as a touch of heat on the Liver side.
- Side edges slightly red
Whole tongue
A slightly swollen tongue with tooth marks along the edges points to fluids sitting where they should move.
- Slightly swollen
- Tooth-marked edges
Pattern contribution
How much each pattern shows on your tongue
- Spleen · Dampness44%
- Liver · Heat34%
- Heart · Heat22%
Worked out from your tongue scores
The report
What you get
The Tongue Wellness Report shares its score card and tabs with the pulse report; where that one shows the pulse trace, this one shows the tongue reading.
The top of the report
Sample member
Steady overall, with a little dampness to clear.
Your main patterns
What your reading points to
- MAIN FOCUSSpleen · DampnessModerate
- SECONDARYLiver · HeatMild
- TERTIARYHeart · HeatMild
Illustrative values; every report is written from its own photo and answers.
What we saw on your tongue
Your photo, in a Photo or Zones view, and a tongue map you can tap: Root, Sides, Centre, Front and Tip, plus the whole tongue, each with what the reading noted there — or “Nothing notable in this zone”.
A written tongue reading
The “Tongue reading” section puts the photo analysis into plain sentences, zone by zone, before any score.
Pattern contribution
A donut of how much each pattern shows on your tongue, in percentages, with a slice to tap for each one.
A wellness score and 6 areas
A score out of 100 with its status, a one-line headline, “In short”, and “Wellness at a glance”: 6 areas such as Digestion, Sleep and Stress, weakest first.
Your main patterns, with levels
The three patterns your reading points to — Main focus, Secondary and Tertiary — each with a level chip: Healthy, Mild, Moderate or High. Returning members also see “Since your last visit”.
Mind, Food and Therapies
A thought pattern and small steps for your routine; a food guide with Eat and Avoid by food group; and the therapy reports you can add to the session.
The Wellness Report PDF
A multi-page PDF built on our servers in English and Kannada, ready to read in the app or save to the phone. A healer can add written suggestions to it.
Share on WhatsApp
Share the PDF on WhatsApp or save it to the phone. The app reminds you that anyone you send it to can forward it.
Pulse or tongue?
Two ways to the same wellness report
Both sessions end in the same wellness report with the same tabs and add-ons. The difference is what goes in — and the tongue report shows its tongue reading where the pulse report shows its trace.
| Aspect | Nadi Pariksha Wellness ReportNeeds the device | Tongue Wellness ReportNo device needed |
|---|---|---|
| Needs the device | Yes. The Nadiswara pulse sensor, connected to the phone by USB-C. | No. An Android phone and the app are enough. |
| Steps | Symptoms → Summary → Tongue photo (optional) → A few questions about you → Pulse reading. Five steps on the app’s own step bar. | Symptoms → Summary → Tongue photo, fitted in the cropper (required) → A few questions about you. Four steps on the app’s own step bar, then the photo check. |
| What is read | The pulse signal from the sensor, the tongue photo if you took one, your symptoms and your answers. | The tongue photo, zone by zone — colour, coating, moisture, shape, marks and cracks — with your symptoms and your answers. |
| What the report shows | A wellness score and 6 areas, the pulse recording with its trace and the Five Elements, your main patterns with levels, since your last visit, and the Mind, Food and Therapies tabs. | A wellness score and 6 areas, the tongue photo with the zone map and written reading, pattern contribution, your main patterns with levels, since your last visit, and the Mind, Food and Therapies tabs. |
| Add-ons | Therapy reports, listed on the Therapies tab and paid per report from the wallet once the Wellness PDF is ready. A healer can add written suggestions to the PDF. | Therapy reports, listed on the Therapies tab and paid per report from the wallet once the Wellness PDF is ready. A healer can add written suggestions to the PDF. |
| Best for | Practitioners who own the device and want the pulse signal in the report. | Families, a first session before buying the device, and members who are far away. |
- Needs the device
- Nadi Pariksha Wellness ReportYes. The Nadiswara pulse sensor, connected to the phone by USB-C.
- Tongue Wellness ReportNo. An Android phone and the app are enough.
- Steps
- Nadi Pariksha Wellness ReportSymptoms → Summary → Tongue photo (optional) → A few questions about you → Pulse reading. Five steps on the app’s own step bar.
- Tongue Wellness ReportSymptoms → Summary → Tongue photo, fitted in the cropper (required) → A few questions about you. Four steps on the app’s own step bar, then the photo check.
- What is read
- Nadi Pariksha Wellness ReportThe pulse signal from the sensor, the tongue photo if you took one, your symptoms and your answers.
- Tongue Wellness ReportThe tongue photo, zone by zone — colour, coating, moisture, shape, marks and cracks — with your symptoms and your answers.
- What the report shows
- Nadi Pariksha Wellness ReportA wellness score and 6 areas, the pulse recording with its trace and the Five Elements, your main patterns with levels, since your last visit, and the Mind, Food and Therapies tabs.
- Tongue Wellness ReportA wellness score and 6 areas, the tongue photo with the zone map and written reading, pattern contribution, your main patterns with levels, since your last visit, and the Mind, Food and Therapies tabs.
- Add-ons
- Nadi Pariksha Wellness ReportTherapy reports, listed on the Therapies tab and paid per report from the wallet once the Wellness PDF is ready. A healer can add written suggestions to the PDF.
- Tongue Wellness ReportTherapy reports, listed on the Therapies tab and paid per report from the wallet once the Wellness PDF is ready. A healer can add written suggestions to the PDF.
- Best for
- Nadi Pariksha Wellness ReportPractitioners who own the device and want the pulse signal in the report.
- Tongue Wellness ReportFamilies, a first session before buying the device, and members who are far away.
Curious about the pulse version? See what a Nadi Pariksha Wellness Report contains
Made for
Who it is for
Families
Add members, track every session and share reports — for yourself, your family or the people you care for.
A first session before the device
Run a complete wellness session and see the report format for yourself before you buy the Nadiswara pulse sensor.
Members who are far away
The photo can come from the gallery, so a practitioner can run a session with a photo a member sent from another town.
Questions
Tongue Wellness FAQs
Try a session today
Install the app, add a member and take the photo. See the full report before you ever buy a device.
Disclaimer: This content is shared for educational and wellness awareness purposes only. It is not medical advice or treatment. Please consult a qualified doctor for any health condition.