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Clinical manifestations: Timidity and lack of courage, easily startled by small noises or movements, indecisiveness, restless sleep with vivid or frightening dreams, palpitations triggered by fright.
Tongue: Pale, thin body with thin white coating. Pulse: Fine, weak and often wiry, especially weak at left Guan.
Treatment principle: Strengthen Gall-Bladder-Qi to restore courage and decisiveness, calm the spirit.
Note: moxa applicable on tonifying points. Direct match with this site's own Gall-Bladder-deficient slide.
Clinical manifestations: Palpitations or racing heart, pale face, lips and nail beds, poor memory and forgetfulness, dizziness or lightheadedness, easily startled by small noises, insomnia with vivid dreaming.
Tongue: Pale body, possibly slightly thin, thin white coating. Pulse: Fine and weak, especially at left Cun, may be choppy.
Treatment principle: Nourish Heart-Blood to anchor the Shen, reducing restlessness and the exaggerated startle response.
Note: moxa applicable on tonifying points. Direct match with this site's own Heart-Blood-deficiency slide.
3. Liver-Qi Deficiency
Clinical manifestations: Dull heaviness or mild distension along the ribs, frequent sighing, fatigue worsening with exertion, timidity and fearfulness, blurred vision or eye floaters, easily startled by small noises.
Tongue: Pale, slightly puffy with teeth marks, thin white coating. Pulse: Weak overall, thin and wiry without force, especially at left Guan.
Treatment principle: Tonify Liver-Qi and nourish Liver-Blood to anchor the Hun, restore courage and reduce jumpiness.
Note: moxa applicable throughout. 'Liver-Qi deficiency' is a non-standard category — this site's Liver deck has no such slide at all (only Liver-Blood and Liver-Yin deficiency are recognized), a newly confirmed absence, so no pattern link is given here.
4. Qi and Blood Deficiency
Clinical manifestations: Persistent fatigue and lack of energy, pale or sallow yellowish complexion, dizziness or lightheadedness, heart palpitations and poor sleep, numbness or tingling in the limbs, easily startled by small noises.
Tongue: Pale body, may be thin or show teeth marks, thin white coating. Pulse: Fine and weak, lacking force.
Treatment principle: Tonify both Qi and Blood to nourish the Heart and Liver, stabilizing both the Shen and Hun.
Note: moxa applicable throughout. No deck on this site combines Qi and Blood deficiency into one slide, so no pattern link is given here.