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Clinical manifestations: Cramping pain shifting to the right lower abdomen; nausea; poor appetite; fever with heaviness; thirst without a desire to drink; scanty, dark urine.
Tongue: Red with thick, yellow, greasy coating, thickest at the centre and root. Pulse: Slippery and rapid.
Treatment principle: Clears Damp-Heat from the intestines and unblocks Qi and Blood flow.
Note: no moxa.
2. Toxic-Heat
Clinical manifestations: Sharp, intense, fixed pain in the right lower abdomen worsening with pressure; a high fever with chills; extreme thirst; restlessness; constipation or foul diarrhea; a red face; a possible palpable mass.
Tongue: Deep red with prickly thorns, thick dry yellow coating. Pulse: Overflowing, rapid, forceful.
Treatment principle: Purges Heat and toxin aggressively and resolves abscess formation.
Note: no moxa. This site's decks have no standalone Toxic-Heat slide — no pattern link is given here.
3. Heat and Blood Stagnation in Lower Burner
Clinical manifestations: Fixed, stabbing pain resisting pressure; a hard, tender mass in the lower right abdomen; fever intensifying at night; dark or black stools; dark purple lips; irritability.
Tongue: Reddish-purple with stasis spots, distended veins, dry yellow coating. Pulse: Deep, choppy, rapid.
Treatment principle: Breaks Blood stasis, clears Heat and dissolves the abscess.
Note: no moxa. No combined Heat-and-Blood-Stagnation-in-the-Lower-Burner slide exists on this site's decks — no pattern link is given here.
4. Qi and Blood Deficiency
Clinical manifestations: A lingering, dull, vague ache in the post-acute phase; profound fatigue; a pale complexion; poor appetite; loose stools; dizziness.
Tongue: Pale, possibly thin or teeth-marked, thin white coating. Pulse: Fine and weak.
Treatment principle: Tonifies Qi and nourishes Blood, strengthens the Spleen and supports healing.
Note: moxa is appropriate. No combined Qi-and-Blood-deficiency slide exists on this site's decks — no pattern link is given here.
Clinical manifestations: A low-grade afternoon fever; night sweats; a dry mouth and throat worse in the evening; a lingering dull ache; heat in the palms, soles and chest; restlessness; insomnia; flushed cheekbones.
Tongue: Red, thin, dry with cracks, little or no coating. Pulse: Fine and rapid, weak on deep pressure.
Treatment principle: Nourishes Yin, clears deficiency Heat and restores body fluids.
Note: no moxa (Yin deficiency with heat signs).