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Clinical manifestations: Dull, dry eyes with blurred vision, pale face/lips/nails, brittle nails, scanty menstruation.
Tongue: Pale body (especially the sides), thin, slightly dry. Pulse: Fine and choppy with a wiry quality.
Treatment principle: Nourish Liver-Blood to restore eye brightness.
Note: moxa applicable on the tonifying points. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Liver-Blood-deficiency slide.
Clinical manifestations: Dull, lackluster eyes with dryness, night sweats, heat in the palms/soles, lower back soreness, dry mouth especially at night.
Tongue: Red, thin, dry with little coating. Pulse: Fine and rapid, weak at the left rear position.
Treatment principle: Nourish Kidney-Yin to moisten and brighten the eyes.
Note: no moxa given the Yin deficiency. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Kidney-Yin-deficiency slide.
3. Qi and Blood Deficiency
Clinical manifestations: Dull, lifeless eyes with pale conjunctiva, persistent fatigue, pale complexion, poor appetite, dizziness.
Tongue: Pale, thin or with teeth marks. Pulse: Fine, weak, thready.
Treatment principle: Tonify Spleen-Qi and Blood to nourish the eyes.
Note: moxa applicable on the tonifying points. This site's decks have no combined Qi-and-Blood-deficiency slide (confirmed absent many times before), so no pattern link is given — points still link fine individually.
Clinical manifestations: Dull eyes with a heavy sensation or pressure, rib-side distension, frequent sighing, irritability, worsens with stress.
Tongue: Normal or slightly dark, red sides. Pulse: Wiry, taut.
Treatment principle: Course Liver-Qi to restore smooth Blood flow to the eyes.
Note: no moxa. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Liver-Qi-stagnation slide.
5. Spleen Deficiency With Dampness
Clinical manifestations: Dull eyes with heaviness, bloating and loose stools, poor appetite, greasy taste, drowsiness after meals.
Tongue: Pale, swollen with teeth marks, white greasy coating. Pulse: Soggy, slowed.
Treatment principle: Strengthen the Spleen and drain Dampness to allow clear Yang to ascend.
Note: no moxa given the Dampness needing to be drained rather than warmed. This pattern's own presentation has no Cold marker, so — consistent with the precedent set for Gastroparesis — it is not forced onto this site's Cold-Dampness-invading-the-Spleen slide, which requires a genuine Cold picture. No pattern link is given here; points still link fine individually.
Clinical manifestations: Dark circles under the eyes, blurred vision worse at night, dark menstrual blood with clots, purplish tongue with stasis spots.
Tongue: Purplish/dusky with stasis spots, distended veins under the tongue. Pulse: Choppy.
Treatment principle: Invigorate Blood and dispel stasis to unblock the eye vessels.
Note: no moxa. Direct match with this site's own Liver-Blood-stasis slide via the well-established dark/purple stasis-spot-tongue marker.