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Clinical manifestations: Dry, flaky, or lichenified skin in flexural creases, itching worse at night, pale complexion, dull brittle nails, aversion to wind or drafts, dizziness, dry rough hair.
Tongue: Pale, thin body with a thin white and slightly dry coat. Pulse: Fine, may be wiry at the left middle position.
Treatment principle: Nourish Blood and moisten dryness, dispel Wind, stop itching, tonify Qi and consolidate the Exterior.
Note: no moxa. Linked to this site's own Liver-Blood-deficiency slide, the closest match, with the external-Wind-invasion component flagged as a gap that slide alone does not cover.
Clinical manifestations: Red, hot, weeping lesions with yellow crusting, heavy body sensation, greasy mouth taste, loose sticky stools, worse in humid weather.
Tongue: Red body with a yellow greasy coating, may be swollen with teeth marks. Pulse: Soggy-rapid or slippery-rapid.
Treatment principle: Clear Heat and dry Dampness, clear Damp-Heat from the Lower Burner, strengthen the Spleen.
Note: no moxa. Matched to this site's own Damp-Heat-invading-the-Spleen slide.
3. Spleen Deficiency With Dampness
Clinical manifestations: Moist, weeping, oozing skin patches, pale or skin-colored lesions rather than bright red, bloating and loose stools, poor appetite, fatigue after eating.
Tongue: Pale and swollen body with teeth marks, white greasy coating, moist surface. Pulse: Soggy and slow, possibly slippery and lacking force.
Treatment principle: Strengthen the Spleen, resolve Dampness.
Note: moxa applicable on ST-36. This site has no combined Spleen-deficiency-with-Dampness slide, a gap confirmed absent many times over this session — no pattern link is given here; points still link fine individually.
Clinical manifestations: Bright red, hot skin lesions, intense itching with burning sensation, irritability and crying (especially at night), disturbed sleep, mouth or tongue ulcers.
Tongue: Red body with a distinctly redder tip, often with swollen red points at the tip and a yellow dry coating. Pulse: Rapid and forceful, overflowing especially at the left front position.
Treatment principle: Clear Heart-Fire, nourish Yin, promote urination and relieve stranguria, calm the Mind.
Note: no moxa. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Heart-Fire-blazing slide.
Clinical manifestations: Dry, scaly, lichenified patches in flexural areas, intense night itching, dry eyes with blurred vision, lower back and knee soreness, night sweats, heat in the palms, soles, and chest.
Tongue: Red, thin, and cracked, with little or no coating and a dry surface. Pulse: Fine and rapid, often wiry, weak at the left Chi (Kidney) position.
Treatment principle: Nourish Kidney-Yin, supplement Liver and Spleen Yin, benefit Essence, fill Marrow.
Note: no moxa. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Kidney-and-Liver-Yin-deficiency slide.