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Clinical manifestations: Thin yellow or purulent ear discharge, ear redness swelling and pain, fever with mild chills or wind aversion, sore red throat, headache and nasal congestion with yellow discharge.
Tongue: Red tip and edges with a thin yellow (or thin white turning yellow) coating. Pulse: Floating and rapid.
Treatment principle: Disperse Wind-Heat, relieve the exterior, and clear Heat from the upper body including the ear.
Note: no moxa. Direct match with this site's own Invasion-of-Lungs-by-Wind-Heat slide.
2. Damp-Heat in the Liver Channel
Clinical manifestations: Thick yellow sticky ear discharge with possible foul odour, bitter taste in the mouth, feeling of heaviness in the body, pain or fullness along the ribs.
Tongue: Red body with redder sides, yellow greasy coating thicker at centre and root. Pulse: Wiry, slippery and rapid.
Treatment principle: Drain excess Fire from the Liver and Gallbladder, clear Damp-Heat from the Lower Burner.
Note: no moxa. This site's own Damp-Heat-in-the-Liver slide is genital/vaginal-discharge-specific (checked directly), not a match for an ear presentation, so no pattern link is given here.
Clinical manifestations: Yellow-green ear discharge, bitter taste in the mouth, irritability and short temper, throbbing temple headache, loud tinnitus resembling rushing water.
Tongue: Red body with redder sides and dry yellow coating. Pulse: Wiry and rapid, forceful.
Treatment principle: Drain Liver-Fire and clear Damp-Heat from the Liver and Gallbladder channels.
Note: no moxa. Direct match with this site's own Liver-Fire-blazing slide.
4. Spleen Deficiency with Dampness
Clinical manifestations: Clear or sticky ear discharge (chronic), heaviness of the body and limbs, abdominal bloating worse after eating, loose or unformed stools, fatigue and lack of energy.
Tongue: Pale, swollen body with teeth marks, white greasy coating, moist surface. Pulse: Soggy and slow, soft and lacking force.
Treatment principle: Strengthen Spleen-Qi and leach out Dampness, addressing the root of chronic ear discharge.
Note: moxa applicable on the tonifying points. No deck on this site combines Spleen-Qi deficiency with Dampness into one slide, so no pattern link is given here.
5. Phlegm-Heat
Clinical manifestations: Thick, sticky, yellow-green ear discharge, chest fullness and nausea, restlessness and irritability, sensation of something stuck in the throat.
Tongue: Red body, swollen, with thick yellow greasy coating. Pulse: Slippery and rapid.
Treatment principle: Clear Heat and resolve Phlegm, particularly where Phlegm-Heat obstructs the ear channel.
Note: no moxa. This pattern is generic Phlegm-Heat without naming a specific organ, and no deck on this site has an organ-nonspecific Phlegm-Heat slide, so no pattern link is given here.
Clinical manifestations: Scanty sticky dark yellow ear discharge, lower back soreness and weakness, night sweats and five-palm heat, dizziness and tinnitus, dry throat worse at night.
Tongue: Red, thin, dry body with little or no coating, possible cracks. Pulse: Fine and rapid.
Treatment principle: Nourish Kidney-Yin and clear Empty-Heat to address the internal heat drying out normal fluids.
Note: no moxa given the Empty-Heat. Direct match with this site's own Kidney-Yin-deficiency-Empty-Heat-blazing slide.