↑ reinforcing ↓ reducing ⊥ even method.
Clinical manifestations: Distension worse with emotional upset; frequent sighing; distending rib pain; irritability; lump-in-the-throat sensation.
Tongue: Normal colour, thin white coat. Pulse: Wiry.
Treatment principle: Courses the Liver, resolves constraint, moves Qi and relieves pain.
Note: no moxa. Linked to this site's own Qi-stagnation-in-the-Pericardium slide, the closest chest-focused match.
2. Phlegm in the Chest
Clinical manifestations: Heavy, suffocating fullness; abundant white sticky phlegm cough; nausea or vomiting.
Tongue: Pale, swollen, tooth-marked, thick greasy white coat. Pulse: Slippery.
Treatment principle: Unblocks Yang in the chest, resolves Phlegm, regulates Qi and widens the chest.
Note: Mixed Deficiency/Excess. This site's decks have no Phlegm-in-the-Chest slide — no pattern link is given here.
Clinical manifestations: Fixed stabbing or pressing pain radiating to the shoulder and arm; worse with exertion; purplish lips; cold sweating.
Tongue: Purple or dark with stasis spots, distended sublingual veins. Pulse: Wiry, choppy or knotted.
Treatment principle: Invigorates Blood, dispels stasis, moves Qi, relieves pain and opens the chest.
Note: no moxa unless cold signs predominate.
Clinical manifestations: Mild, persistent stuffiness (not sharp); shortness of breath worse with activity; palpitations; fatigue; spontaneous sweating; pale complexion.
Tongue: Pale, soft, slightly puffy, thin white coat. Pulse: Empty — soft and disappearing under pressure.
Treatment principle: Tonifies Qi, warms Yang and disperses Cold; greatly tonifies Source Qi.
Note: moxa is appropriate.
5. Qi and Yin Deficiency
Clinical manifestations: Dull, vague distension; fatigue; night sweats; dry mouth with little thirst; palpitations.
Tongue: Red or pale-red, thin or absent coat, possibly cracked and dry. Pulse: Fine, weak, often rapid.
Treatment principle: Tonifies Qi, generates fluids and nourishes Yin.
Note: no moxa (Yin deficiency with heat signs). No combined Qi-and-Yin-deficiency slide exists — no pattern link is given here.