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Clinical manifestations: Deep, persistent cold in the lower back; cold knees and feet, worse at night; frequent night-time urination; extreme fatigue; deep inner chill.
Tongue: Pale, puffy, tender, tooth-marked, wet white coat. Pulse: Deep, slow, weak, especially at the Kidney position.
Treatment principle: Tonifies Kidney Yang, warms the Gate of Life Fire and restores foundational warmth.
Note: moxa is strongly indicated.
2. Cold Invading the Channels, Joints and Muscles
Clinical manifestations: Localized cold pain or deep chill in the back; stiffness and limited movement; back skin cold to the touch; worse in cold, damp weather; improves with warmth.
Tongue: Pale, thin white moist coat. Pulse: Tight, often wiry; may be floating in acute invasion.
Treatment principle: Warms the interior, disperses Cold-Dampness and unblocks the channels.
Note: moxa is appropriate. This site's decks have no Bi-syndrome slide, confirmed absent many times — no pattern link is given here.
3. Wind-Cold
Clinical manifestations: Strong aversion to cold along the back and neck; mild fever without sweating; headache and body aches; nasal congestion with clear discharge; upper-back stiffness.
Tongue: Normal or slightly pale, thin white moist coat. Pulse: Floating and tight.
Treatment principle: Releases the Exterior, disperses Wind-Cold and unblocks the channels.
Note: moxa is appropriate. No non-Lung external Wind-Cold slide exists — no pattern link is given here.
4. Lesser Yin Cold Transformation
Clinical manifestations: Ice-cold hands and feet; severe chills without fever, curling up in bed; constant desire to sleep; diarrhea with undigested food; the back feels cold from the bones.
Tongue: Pale, puffy, tender, tooth-marked, white slippery excessively moist coat. Pulse: Fine, faint, deep and slow; especially weak at the Kidney position.
Treatment principle: Rescues collapsing Yang, warms the channels and disperses internal Cold.
Note: Severe deficiency. moxa is essential on all three points. This is a Six-Stage pattern with no matching deck slide — no pattern link is given here.
Clinical manifestations: Cold between the shoulder blades; cough with thin white frothy sputum; chest oppression, unable to lie flat; puffy face and limbs; cold hands and feet.
Tongue: Pale, puffy, tooth-marked, white slippery excessively moist coat. Pulse: Wiry; may be tight or slippery.
Treatment principle: Warms the Lungs, transforms fluid retention, descends Qi and restores Yang transformation.
Note: moxa is appropriate.
Clinical manifestations: Cold often felt between the shoulder blades; cough with copious thin white watery or frothy phlegm; chest stuffiness; feeling cold in the body and limbs; prefers warm drinks.
Tongue: Pale, swollen, tooth-marked, white greasy slippery coat. Pulse: Deep, slippery, slow.
Treatment principle: Warms the Lungs, transforms Cold-Phlegm, dries Dampness and unblocks the channels.
Note: moxa is appropriate.