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Clinical manifestations: Fixed, stabbing pain at the bruise site, dark purple bruises that don't fade quickly, pain worse at night and with pressure.
Tongue: Purple or dusky body with stasis spots, distended dark sublingual veins. Pulse: Choppy or wiry.
Treatment principle: Invigorate Blood and eliminate stagnation, move Qi and relieve pain.
Note: no moxa. Direct match with this site's own Liver-Blood-stasis slide via the well-established dark/purple stasis-spot-tongue marker.
2. Qi and Blood Stagnation
Clinical manifestations: Distending or pressure-like pain that may shift, bruising worsens with emotional stress, irritability, chest/rib tightness.
Tongue: Dark purple body with stasis spots, distended sublingual veins. Pulse: Wiry and choppy.
Treatment principle: Soothe Liver-Qi, move Qi and Blood, disperse stagnation.
Note: this near-duplicate of Pattern 1's own stasis picture (mechanism differs by emotional trigger only) is left without its own pattern link to avoid a third/fourth duplicate link to the same Liver-Blood-stasis slide on one page — see Pattern 1's link above and its note.
3. Qi Deficiency Causing Blood Stagnation
Clinical manifestations: Easy bruising from minor contact, persistent fatigue, bruises fade very slowly, pale or slightly purplish tongue.
Tongue: Pale body with purplish tinge, possible stasis spots and teeth marks. Pulse: Deep, fine, choppy.
Treatment principle: Tonify Qi and invigorate Blood gently, propelling stagnant Blood without further depletion.
Note: moxa applicable on the tonifying points. This is a deficiency-dominant presentation (teeth marks and pale tongue outweigh the merely \"possible\" stasis spots, and the point set is almost entirely tonifying), distinct enough from the site's excess-framed Liver-Blood-stasis slide that no pattern link is given here.
4. Qi and Blood Deficiency
Clinical manifestations: Pale, lingering bruises, easy bruising from minor bumps, fatigue, pale complexion, dizziness, shortness of breath on exertion.
Tongue: Pale body, possibly thin with teeth marks, thin white coating. Pulse: Fine and weak, lacking force.
Treatment principle: Tonify both Qi and Blood to strengthen vessel integrity and capacity for repair.
Note: moxa applicable throughout. This site's decks have no combined Qi-and-Blood-deficiency slide (confirmed absent many times before), so no pattern link is given — points still link fine individually.
Clinical manifestations: Bruise is red, swollen, and hot to the touch, fixed stabbing pain worsening at night, internal heat sensation, possible pus or infection.
Tongue: Reddish-purple body with stasis spots, distended sublingual veins, thin dry yellow coating. Pulse: Choppy and rapid.
Treatment principle: Cool Blood, clear Heat, invigorate circulation to resolve stasis and reduce inflammation.
Note: no moxa given the Heat. Linked to the same Liver-Blood-stasis slide as Pattern 1, extended to its Heat-layered variant — the same convention already used for Folliculitis, Skin Abscess and Paronychia.
6. Cold Invading the Channels, Joints and Muscles
Clinical manifestations: Bruises on joints or exposed limbs, area feels cold to touch, pain and stiffness worsen in cold weather, deep fixed joint pain, aversion to cold.
Tongue: Pale body with thin white coat, moist surface. Pulse: Tight and wiry, possibly slow.
Treatment principle: Dispel Cold, warm the channels, promote circulation to resolve Cold-induced stasis.
Note: moxa/warming needle applicable on SP-10 and ST-36. This is the generic Cold-invading-the-channels/joints/muscles Bi-syndrome picture, already confirmed absent as a standalone slide on this site (established for Muscle Spasm) — no pattern link is given here; points still link fine individually.