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1. Qi and Blood Deficiency
Clinical manifestations: Deep fatigue unrelieved by rest; a pale or sallow complexion; heart palpitations; dizziness; pale lips and nails; numbness or tingling in the limbs.
Tongue: Pale, thin or teeth-marked, thin white coating. Pulse: Fine, weak, especially weak at the right middle position.
Treatment principle: Tonifies Qi and nourishes Blood to rebuild fundamental reserves depleted by cancer and its treatments.
Note: moxa is appropriate. No combined Qi-and-Blood-deficiency slide exists on this site's decks — no pattern link is given here.
2. Qi and Yin Deficiency
Clinical manifestations: Persistent fatigue and weakness; shortness of breath worsening with exertion; a dry mouth and throat with minimal thirst; night sweats with warm palms, soles and chest; scanty dark urine or dry stools; heart palpitations.
Tongue: Red or pale-red, thin or absent coating, possibly cracked. Pulse: Fine, weak, often rapid.
Treatment principle: Tonifies Qi and nourishes Yin to replenish both energy and cooling fluids burned away by radiation and chemotherapy.
Note: moxa is appropriate. No combined Qi-and-Yin-deficiency slide exists on this site's decks — no pattern link is given here.
Clinical manifestations: Poor appetite with early satiety; abdominal bloating worsening after eating; loose stools or diarrhea; fatigue worse after meals; a pale or sallow complexion.
Tongue: Pale, puffy, teeth-marked, thin white coating. Pulse: Weak and soft, especially empty at the right middle position.
Treatment principle: Strengthens Spleen and Stomach Qi to restore the digestive engine's ability to transform food into usable energy.
Note: moxa is appropriate.
Clinical manifestations: Lower back and knee soreness and weakness; dizziness and tinnitus; dry eyes with blurred vision; night sweats with warm extremities and chest; insomnia or restless sleep with vivid dreams.
Tongue: Red, thin with cracks, little or no coating, dry surface. Pulse: Fine, rapid, often wiry, weak at the left rear position.
Treatment principle: Nourishes Kidney and Liver Yin to replenish the foundational cooling and moistening reserves depleted by prolonged illness and harsh treatments.
Note: no moxa (Yin deficiency with heat signs).
Clinical manifestations: Fixed, stabbing pain that does not move around, worse at night or with pressure; a dark or purplish tongue with stasis spots; palpable hard lumps or masses; dark lips and nails or a dusky complexion.
Tongue: Purple or dusky with stasis spots, distended dark sublingual veins, thin white coat. Pulse: Choppy or wiry.
Treatment principle: Invigorates Blood and disperses stagnation to break up congealed Blood residue from the tumor or surgical scarring, moving Qi to relieve pain.
Note: no moxa. Linked to this site's own Liver-Blood-stasis slide per the discoloration-marker rule.