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1. Lesser Yang Stage
Clinical manifestations: Alternating waves of chills and fever, bitter taste in the mouth, fullness and tightness along the ribcage, nausea and loss of appetite, irritability and a desire to be left alone.
Tongue: Normal or slightly red body, red sides possible, thin white or thin yellow coating. Pulse: Wiry and fine, like a taut guitar string.
Treatment principle: Harmonize the Shao Yang, soothe the Liver and regulate Qi, restoring smooth Qi flow through the half-exterior half-interior gateway.
Note: no moxa, even technique throughout given the mixed half-exterior half-interior nature. This is a Six-Stages concept rather than a Zang-Fu organ pattern, and no deck on this site has a Shao-Yang/Lesser-Yang-stage slide, so no pattern link is given here.
Clinical manifestations: Pain or distension below the ribs especially on the right side, persistent bitter taste in the mouth, nausea or aversion to greasy food, dark yellow scanty urine, a heavier more persistent quality to the alternating temperature sensation.
Tongue: Red body with red sides and a thick yellow greasy coating. Pulse: Wiry, slippery and rapid.
Treatment principle: Drain excess Fire from the Liver and Gallbladder, clear Damp-Heat from the Lower Burner, purging stuck Dampness and Heat to restore smooth Qi circulation.
Note: no moxa. Direct match with this site's own Damp-Heat-in-the-Gall-Bladder-and-Liver slide — its core presentation of rib pain, bitter taste, and dark urine is this pattern's own picture.