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Clinical manifestations: Profuse watery diarrhea resembling rice water, vomiting of clear fluids, dull cold abdominal pain, heavy sensation in the body and limbs, no thirst or preference for warm drinks.
Tongue: W Pulse: a
Treatment principle: pale, swollen body with teeth marks and a thick white greasy coating that is excessively moist,soggy or slippery and slow, especially soft at the right middle position
2. Damp-Heat in Stomach and Spleen
Clinical manifestations: Sudden foul-smelling yellow or brown watery diarrhea, vomiting of sour, bitter or foul material, intense thirst desiring cold fluids, bitter or sticky taste in the mouth, heavy aching sensation in the limbs and head.
Tongue: C Pulse: l
Treatment principle: red body, possibly swollen with teeth marks, thick yellow greasy coating especially at the center and root,soggy and rapid, often slippery
3. Collapse of Yin
Clinical manifestations: Hot sticky sweat beading like oil, burning hot body with warm hands and feet, intense restlessness and agitation, extreme thirst desiring cold drinks, dry cracked lips and throat, sunken eye sockets with wrinkled skin.
Tongue: R Pulse: e
Treatment principle: deep red or crimson body, completely dry with no coating, possibly cracked and shrunken,fine, rapid, and weak, often racing or scattered
4. Collapse of Yang
Clinical manifestations: Profuse cold sweating that does not stop, ice-cold hands and feet extending past the elbows and knees, extreme desire to curl up under blankets, watery diarrhea with undigested food, ashen-white or greyish complexion.
Tongue: W Pulse: a
Treatment principle: pale, moist, flaccid body with a thin white slippery coating,minute, extremely faint, deep, or completely impalpable
5. Qi and Yin Deficiency
Clinical manifestations: Persistent tiredness and weakness after the acute phase, poor appetite and weak digestion, dry mouth with little desire to drink, night sweats or spontaneous sweating.
Tongue: T Pulse: o
Treatment principle: pale-red or red body with a thin or absent coating, possibly cracked and dry,fine and weak, often rapid