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Clinical manifestations: Sudden eyelid redness and swelling; itching and a burning sensation; an aversion to wind or mild chills.
Tongue: Red tip and edges, thin yellow coating. Pulse: Floating and rapid.
Treatment principle: Disperse Wind-Heat, clear Heat, resolve toxicity.
Note: no moxa. Matches
Invasion of Lungs by Wind-Heat on the exterior-invasion level — sudden onset, an aversion to wind/chills and a floating-rapid pulse are shared.
Clinical manifestations: Sticky yellow discharge and crusting on the eyelashes; heaviness and bloating in the upper abdomen; a sticky or bitter taste in the mouth; loose, sticky bowel movements; poor appetite.
Tongue: Red body with thick yellow greasy coating, especially at the centre and root. Pulse: Soggy, rapid, often slippery.
Treatment principle: Clear Heat and dry Dampness from the digestive system, preventing turbidity from rising to the eyelids.
Clinical manifestations: Red, swollen, painful eyelids, possibly with cracking or bleeding; intense irritability and a short temper; a bitter taste in the mouth; a throbbing headache at the temples or crown; a dry mouth and throat.
Tongue: Red body with redder sides, dry yellow coating, possible red prickles. Pulse: Wiry and rapid, full and forceful.
Treatment principle: Drain excess Liver-Fire, clear Heat from the Liver channel.
4. Toxic-Heat
Clinical manifestations: Pus-filled crusts or ulcers on the eyelid margin; intense, throbbing pain and burning; a feeling of heat or low-grade fever.
Tongue: Red body with prickly thorns and dry yellow coating. Pulse: Rapid and forceful, often slippery.
Treatment principle: Powerfully clear Heat and resolve toxicity, reduce tissue damage and pus formation.
Note: no moxa. No deck on this site has a Toxic-Heat/Fire-poison category, so no pattern link is given here.
Clinical manifestations: A dry, gritty sensation in the eyes; blurred vision, worse at night; chronic low-grade redness and irritation; soreness and weakness of the lower back and knees; night sweats with heat in the palms and soles.
Tongue: Red, thin body with cracks, little or no coating, dry surface. Pulse: Fine, rapid, wiry, weak in the left Chi position.
Treatment principle: Nourish Liver and Kidney Yin, anchor deficiency Heat, brighten the eyes.
Clinical manifestations: Red, burning eyelids with a sensation of heat; mouth or tongue ulcers with red edges; palpitations and mental restlessness; insomnia with vivid dreams; a bitter taste in the mouth.
Tongue: Red body with a distinctly redder tip, red points on the tip, yellow dry coating. Pulse: Rapid, forceful, overflowing at the left Cun position.
Treatment principle: Clear Heart-Fire, calm the Mind, direct Heat downward.