↑ reinforcing ↓ reducing ⊥ even method.
Clinical manifestations: Burning pain or sensation in the upper stomach, excessive hunger or constant appetite, bad breath, swollen, painful, or bleeding gums, strong constant thirst with desire for cold drinks, acid reflux, bitter taste.
Tongue: Red body, often with red prickles in the center, thick dry yellow coating. Pulse: Rapid, slippery, and forceful, especially strong at the right Guan position.
Treatment principle: Clear Stomach-Heat, cool the Blood, nourish Yin.
Note: no moxa. Matched to this site's own Stomach-Heat-(or-Phlegm-Heat) slide.
Clinical manifestations: Dry mouth and throat worse in the evening, desire to sip small amounts of cold water, five-palm heat, night sweats, restlessness and difficulty sleeping.
Tongue: Red, thin, dry body with cracks, little or no coating. Pulse: Fine and rapid.
Treatment principle: Nourish Yin, clear deficiency Heat, anchor Empty-Fire.
Note: no moxa. Matched to this site's own Kidney-Yin-deficiency-Empty-Heat-blazing slide.
3. Qi and Yin Deficiency
Clinical manifestations: Dry mouth craving cold drinks but drinking doesn't fully relieve it, fatigue and lack of strength, shortness of breath worse with exertion, night sweats or spontaneous daytime sweating, warm sensation in the palms, soles, and chest.
Tongue: Red or pale-red body, thin or absent coating, dry surface, possibly cracked. Pulse: Fine, weak, and often rapid.
Treatment principle: Tonify Qi, nourish Yin, generate fluids.
Note: moxa applicable on ST-36. This site has no combined Qi-and-Yin-deficiency slide, a gap confirmed absent many times over this session — no pattern link is given here; points still link fine individually.
Clinical manifestations: Thirst with little desire to drink, sticky or greasy taste in the mouth, feeling of heaviness in the body, nausea or vomiting, upper belly fullness and stuffiness, craves cold drinks but doesn't feel satisfied after drinking.
Tongue: Red body with a thick, yellow, greasy coating. Pulse: Slippery and rapid, strongest at the right middle position.
Treatment principle: Clear Heat, drain Dampness, regulate Qi, harmonize the Middle Burner.
Note: no moxa. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Damp-Heat-in-the-Stomach slide.