↑ reinforcing ↓ reducing ⊥ even method.
Clinical manifestations: Gums bleed bright red blood with swelling and pain, foul breath, bitter or sour taste, strong thirst for cold drinks, burning sensation in the stomach area, frequent hunger, constipation with dry hard stools.
Tongue: Red body with a deeper red centre and possible red prickles, thick dry yellow coating. Pulse: Rapid, slippery and forceful, especially strong at right Guan.
Treatment principle: Clear Stomach-Heat, cool the Blood, nourish Yin — addresses Heat rising along the Stomach channel.
Note: no moxa. Direct match with this site's own Stomach-Heat-(or-Phlegm-Heat) slide.
Clinical manifestations: Mild, oozing gum bleeding, teeth feel loose or wobbly, dry mouth worse at night, heat sensation in palms, soles and chest, lower back soreness, tinnitus, night sweats.
Tongue: Red, thin, dry body with little or no coating and possible cracks. Pulse: Fine and rapid, especially weak at rear positions.
Treatment principle: Nourish Kidney-Yin and clear Empty-Heat by addressing the body's depleted cooling reserve that allows unanchored Yang to flare upward.
Note: no moxa given the Empty-Heat. Direct match with this site's own Kidney-Yin-deficiency-Empty-Heat-blazing slide.
3. Heat in the Blood
Clinical manifestations: Bright red spontaneous gum bleeding, bleeding from multiple sites (nose, skin), internal heat sensation worsening at night, restlessness and irritability, thirst for cold drinks.
Tongue: Deep red body with red spots or prickles, thin yellow dry coating. Pulse: Rapid, often wiry and forceful.
Treatment principle: Clear Heat from the Blood level and stop reckless Blood movement that forces Blood out of the vessels systemically.
Note: no moxa. No standalone Heat-in-the-Blood slide exists on this site, a confirmed and recurring absence, so no pattern link is given here.
Clinical manifestations: Pale, chronically oozing gums with no redness or swelling, fatigue, weakness, shortness of breath, poor appetite and loose stools, pale or sallow complexion.
Tongue: Pale, puffy body with teeth marks and thin white coating. Pulse: Fine and weak, especially at right Guan.
Treatment principle: Tonify Spleen-Qi to restore its ability to contain Blood within the vessels, addressing passive seepage rather than active inflammation.
Note: moxa strongly indicated throughout. Direct match with this site's own Spleen-not-controlling-Blood slide.