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1. Spleen Deficiency With Dampness
Clinical manifestations: Pale, swollen tongue with teeth marks and white greasy coating, heaviness in the body and limbs, loose stools, abdominal bloating after eating, fatigue, drowsiness after meals, poor appetite, nausea.
Tongue: Pale, swollen body with teeth marks, moist white greasy coating. Pulse: Soggy and slow, possibly slippery.
Treatment principle: Tonifies Qi, strengthens the Spleen, drains Dampness.
Note: moxa applicable on ST-36/BL-20. This site has no combined Spleen-deficiency-with-Dampness slide, a gap confirmed absent many times over this session — no pattern link is given here; points still link fine individually.
Clinical manifestations: Thick yellow greasy tongue coating, bloating and fullness in the upper abdomen, sticky or incomplete stools, bitter or sticky taste, heaviness in the body and limbs.
Tongue: Red body, possibly swollen with teeth marks, thick yellow greasy coating especially at center and root. Pulse: Soggy and rapid, often slippery.
Treatment principle: Clears Heat and drains Dampness, regulates Qi and harmonizes the Middle Burner.
Note: no moxa. Matched to this site's own Damp-Heat-invading-the-Spleen slide.
3. Damp-Phlegm
Clinical manifestations: Thick white greasy tongue coating hard to scrape off, heaviness in the body and limbs, chest stuffiness and upper abdominal bloating, brain fog, dizziness, or muzzy-headedness, poor appetite, nausea, or loose sticky stools.
Tongue: Pale, swollen body with teeth marks, thick white greasy wet coating. Pulse: Slippery and possibly soggy, especially at the right middle position.
Treatment principle: Dries Dampness and transforms Phlegm, regulates Qi and harmonizes the Middle Burner.
Note: no moxa. This site has no plain body-wide Damp-Phlegm slide on any deck, a gap confirmed absent many times over this session — no pattern link is given here; points still link fine individually.
Clinical manifestations: Thick greasy curd-like coating thickest in the center, sour rotten-smelling belching, epigastric bloating and pain worse after eating, nausea or vomiting of sour undigested food, aversion to food and its smell.
Tongue: Normal body with thick greasy curd-like coating thickest in the center. Pulse: Slippery and full, especially at the right middle position.
Treatment principle: Promotes digestion and resolves food stagnation, harmonizes the Stomach, moves Qi.
Note: no moxa. Direct match with this site's own Retention-of-Food-in-the-Stomach slide.
Clinical manifestations: Burning sensation in the stomach area, constant hunger or large appetite, foul breath, swollen painful or bleeding gums, thirst with desire for cold drinks, red tongue body with central prickles.
Tongue: Red body with possible central prickles, thick dry yellow coat. Pulse: Rapid, slippery, and forceful, especially in the right Guan position.
Treatment principle: Clears Stomach-Heat, cools the Blood, nourishes Yin.
Note: no moxa. Matched to this site's own Stomach-Heat-(or-Phlegm-Heat) slide.