↑ reinforcing ↓ reducing ⊥ even method.
1. Spleen Deficiency with Dampness
Clinical manifestations: Heavy, swollen legs with numbness, loose stools or diarrhea, poor appetite with bloating after meals, fatigue especially after eating.
Tongue: T Pulse: o
Treatment principle: pale, swollen body with teeth marks, white greasy coating, moist surface,soggy and slow
2. Damp-Heat in the Lower Burner
Clinical manifestations: Feet red, swollen, and hot to the touch, interdigital maceration with oozing yellow or cloudy fluid, burning or stinging pain, heavy dragging sensation in the legs, thirst with no desire to drink much.
Tongue: C Pulse: l
Treatment principle: red body, yellow greasy coating thickest at the root, slightly swollen,slippery and rapid, more pronounced at the rear position
3. Heart and Spleen Deficiency
Clinical manifestations: Palpitations or racing heart, severe fatigue and lack of energy, poor appetite with bloating, difficulty falling asleep or vivid dreams, sallow or pale complexion, shortness of breath on mild exertion.
Tongue: T Pulse: o
Treatment principle: pale, tender body with teeth marks, thin white coating,fine and weak, left forward and right middle positions especially feeble
4. Water Qi Intimidating the Heart
Clinical manifestations: Palpitations worse when lying down, swelling of the lower legs or whole body, feeling of cold in the limbs and body, sensation of fullness or stuffiness in the chest, shortness of breath worse with exertion.
Tongue: W Pulse: a
Treatment principle: pale, swollen, tender body with teeth marks, white slippery water-slick coating,wiry and slippery, or deep and fine