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Clinical manifestations: A dragging sensation worse with standing or exertion, improving with rest; fatigue, heaviness, organ prolapse, bloating after eating, loose stools.
Tongue: Pale, puffy, teeth-marked. Pulse: Weak, especially at the right middle position.
Treatment principle: Tonifies Spleen Qi and raises sinking Yang.
Note: moxa is strongly indicated.
Clinical manifestations: A distending pressure that fluctuates with mood or stress; irritability, sighing, rib-side discomfort; the sensation moves around rather than staying fixed.
Tongue: Normal or light red with red sides. Pulse: Wiry, taut.
Treatment principle: Courses Liver Qi, resolves constraint and moves Qi to alleviate pain.
Note: no moxa.
3. Cold-Dampness in the Lower Burner
Clinical manifestations: A cold, heavy dragging sensation, worse in cold or damp weather, improving with warmth; profuse pale discharge, loose stools, cold limbs, pelvic swelling.
Tongue: Pale, swollen, teeth-marked, thick white greasy coating. Pulse: Deep, slow, soggy.
Treatment principle: Warms the interior, dispels Cold, transforms Dampness and strengthens the Spleen.
Note: moxa is strongly indicated. This site's decks have no generalized Cold-Dampness-in-the-Lower-Burner slide distinct from Damp-Cold-in-the-Bladder — no pattern link is given here.
4. Spleen Deficiency with Dampness
Clinical manifestations: A heavy dragging sensation with bloating after eating; loose or unformed stools, heaviness in the limbs, poor appetite.
Tongue: Pale, swollen, teeth-marked, white greasy coating. Pulse: Soggy and slow.
Treatment principle: Tonifies the Spleen, strengthens digestion and drains accumulated Dampness.
Note: moxa is appropriate. No standalone Spleen-Deficiency-with-Dampness slide exists on this site's decks — no pattern link is given here.
Clinical manifestations: A cold, sinking sensation with lower back soreness and cold pain; frequent nighttime urination, fatigue, a cold body especially in the lower half.
Tongue: Pale, puffy, wet coating, teeth-marked. Pulse: Deep, slow, weak, at the rear position.
Treatment principle: Tonifies Kidney Yang, warms the Gate of Life Fire and restores foundational warmth.
Note: moxa is strongly indicated.
Clinical manifestations: Fixed, stabbing bearing-down pain worsening at night and with pressure; dark menstrual clots, a purple tongue with stasis spots.
Tongue: Purple or dusky, stasis spots. Pulse: Choppy or wiry.
Treatment principle: Invigorates Blood, dispels stasis, warms the channels and moves Qi to stop pain.
Note: no moxa. Linked to this site's own Liver-Blood-stasis slide per the discoloration-marker rule.