↑ reinforcing ↓ reducing ⊥ even method.
Clinical manifestations: Night sweats, heat in the palms/soles/chest, dry mouth and throat especially at night, lower back and knee soreness/weakness, afternoon tidal flushing, insomnia with vivid dreams.
Tongue: Red, thin body with little or no coating, dry surface with possible cracks. Pulse: Deep, thin, rapid, notably weak at the left rear (Chi) position.
Treatment principle: Nourish Kidney Yin, subdue empty Heat.
Note: no moxa. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Kidney-Yin-deficiency slide.
Clinical manifestations: Cold, aching lower back and knees, feeling cold overall (worse in the lower body), frequent urination especially at night, low energy and desire to sleep.
Tongue: Pale, puffy, tender body with teeth marks, wet white coating. Pulse: Deep, slow, weak, especially soft at the Chi (rear) position.
Treatment principle: Warm and tonify Kidney Yang.
Note: moxa applicable throughout. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Kidney-Yang-deficiency slide.
Clinical manifestations: Poor appetite, abdominal bloating after eating, loose or soft stools, fatigue and lack of energy, dull pale or yellowish complexion.
Tongue: Pale, puffy body with tooth marks, thin white coating. Pulse: Deep, thin, weak, especially soft at the right middle position.
Treatment principle: Tonify Spleen Qi, strengthen digestion.
Note: moxa applicable on ST-36. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Spleen-Qi-deficiency slide.
Clinical manifestations: Pale face/lips/nail beds, dizziness or light-headedness, scanty pale menstrual flow, heart palpitations.
Tongue: Pale, thin body with thin white coating. Pulse: Deep, thin (thready), weak.
Treatment principle: Replenish Blood volume, fill the vessels.
Note: moxa applicable on ST-36. Matched to this site's own Liver-Blood-deficiency slide.
5. Interior Cold
Clinical manifestations: Cold limbs slow to warm, abdominal pain relieved by warmth or pressure, no thirst with a preference for warm drinks, loose stools or clear urination.
Tongue: Pale, puffy body with teeth marks, white moist coating. Pulse: Deep, slow, tight (or deep and weak if severe Yang deficiency).
Treatment principle: Warm the interior, disperse Cold, restore Yang's upward movement.
Note: moxa applicable throughout. This site has no organ-nonspecific Interior-Cold slide, a gap in the same family as the established Wind-Cold/Cold-Bi absences — no pattern link is given here; points still link fine individually.
6. Wind-Cold Invading With Yang Deficiency
Clinical manifestations: Severe chills unrelieved by warm clothing, extreme fatigue with a desire to sleep constantly, cold hands and feet, low back soreness or coldness, pale complexion.
Tongue: Pale, puffy, teeth-marked body, thin white moist coating. Pulse: Deep and weak.
Treatment principle: Assist Yang, release the exterior, warm the channels.
Note: moxa applicable throughout. This is a combined exterior-Wind-Cold/interior-Yang-deficiency presentation with no matching slide on any deck of this site — no pattern link is given here; points still link fine individually.