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Clinical manifestations: Distending, bloating pain in the right hypochondrium, worsens with emotional stress, anger, or frustration, frequent sighing and irritability, belching and discomfort after fatty or greasy meals, poor appetite and abdominal bloating.
Tongue: Normal or slightly dark body, red or slightly purple sides, thin white coat. Pulse: Wiry, like a taut guitar string, most prominent at the left middle position.
Treatment principle: Soothe the Liver, regulate Qi, relieve distending pain in the hypochondrium.
Note: no moxa. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Liver-Qi-stagnation slide.
Clinical manifestations: Sudden, severe right-sided rib pain or distension, bitter taste in the mouth, nausea and vomiting especially after fatty meals, dark scanty urine and a heavy sluggish feeling.
Tongue: Red body, often slightly swollen, with redder sides, yellow greasy coating. Pulse: Wiry, slippery, rapid, most wiry at the left middle position.
Treatment principle: Clear interior Heat, drain Dampness, unblock the bowels to relieve pain.
Note: no moxa. Direct exact-name match with this site's own plain Damp-Heat-in-the-Gall-Bladder slide.
Clinical manifestations: Distending or burning pain in the right hypochondrium, irritability and explosive anger, bitter taste in the mouth, worsens with emotional stress or upset.
Tongue: Red body, especially redder at the sides, with a yellow coating. Pulse: Wiry and rapid, forceful at the left middle position.
Treatment principle: Soothe the Liver, clear stagnant Heat, restore the free flow of bile.
Note: no moxa. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Stagnant-Liver-Qi-turning-into-Heat slide.
4. Toxic-Heat
Clinical manifestations: High, persistent fever, intense constant right hypochondriac pain, jaundice, restlessness and irritability, dark scanty urine and constipation.
Tongue: Red body with prickly thorns and dry yellow coating. Pulse: Rapid and forceful, often full or overflowing.
Treatment principle: Drain Fire and resolve toxicity, clear Heat from the three burners.
Note: no moxa; high fever with jaundice needs urgent medical evaluation regardless. This site has no standalone Toxic-Heat slide on any deck — no pattern link is given here; points still link fine individually.
Clinical manifestations: Fixed, stabbing pain in the right hypochondrium, pain worsens at night and with pressure, dark purple tongue with stasis spots, dark facial complexion or purplish lips.
Tongue: Purple or dusky body, possible stasis spots, distended dark sublingual veins. Pulse: Choppy, or wiry and choppy.
Treatment principle: Invigorate Blood and dispel stasis, move Qi and alleviate pain.
Note: no moxa. Direct match with this site's own Liver-Blood-stasis slide.
Clinical manifestations: Dull, persistent ache rather than sharp or stabbing pain, worsens after eating especially heavy or fatty meals, poor appetite and loose stools, fatigue and lack of energy.
Tongue: Pale, puffy, tender body with tooth marks and a thin white coating. Pulse: Weak and soft, especially at the right middle (Spleen) position.
Treatment principle: Tonify Qi and strengthen the Spleen, harmonize the Stomach.
Note: moxa applicable on ST-36/BL-20. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Spleen-Qi-deficiency slide.