↑ reinforcing ↓ reducing ⊥ even method.
Clinical manifestations: Cold hands and feet; profound fatigue; poor appetite with bloating; loose stools; clear, frequent urination; salt-wasting episodes.
Tongue: Pale, swollen, tooth-marked, white slippery coat. Pulse: Deep, weak, slow; feeble at the Kidney and Spleen positions.
Treatment principle: Warms and tonifies Kidney Yang to reignite the body's warming fire and strengthen Spleen Yang.
Note: moxa is strongly indicated. A salt-wasting crisis is a medical emergency. Linked to this site's own Kidney-and-Spleen-Yang-deficiency slide.
Clinical manifestations: Explosive anger and irritability; bitter taste; rib-side distending pain; red face and eyes; acne and excess hair growth; early pubic hair development; restless sleep.
Tongue: Red with redder sides, yellow coat. Pulse: Wiry and rapid, especially at the left middle position.
Treatment principle: Courses Liver Qi to resolve constraint and clears Heat from the Liver and Blood.
Note: no moxa.
Clinical manifestations: Night sweats; five-palm heat; malar flushing; dry throat at night; dark scanty urine; irritability and restlessness; lower-back soreness and weakness.
Tongue: Red, thin, dry, little or no coat, possible cracks. Pulse: Fine and rapid, weak at the rear positions.
Treatment principle: Nourishes Kidney Yin to anchor Yang and clears Empty-Heat without injuring Yin reserves.
Note: no moxa (Yin deficiency with heat signs).
4. Phlegm-Dampness in the Middle Burner
Clinical manifestations: Upper-abdominal heaviness and bloating after eating; edema or puffiness; nausea; a heavy sensation in the head and limbs; poor appetite with a sticky taste.
Tongue: Pale, swollen, tooth-marked, thick white greasy excessively moist coat. Pulse: Slippery, often slow or soggy, especially at the right middle position.
Treatment principle: Dries Dampness and transforms Phlegm to regulate Qi and harmonize the Middle Burner.
Note: This site's decks have no Phlegm-Dampness-in-the-Middle-Burner slide — no pattern link is given here.
5. Qi and Blood Deficiency
Clinical manifestations: Persistent fatigue and weakness; dull, pale complexion; dizziness or lightheadedness; palpitations; poor appetite; spontaneous sweating.
Tongue: Pale, possibly thin with tooth marks, thin white coat. Pulse: Fine, weak, empty; especially weak at the right middle position.
Treatment principle: Tonifies Spleen Qi and raises clear Yang, while indirectly supporting Blood production.
Note: moxa is appropriate. No combined Qi-and-Blood-deficiency slide exists on this site's decks — no pattern link is given here.