↑ reinforcing ↓ reducing ⊥ even method.
Clinical manifestations: Poor appetite; bloating after meals; loose stools; fatigue; weak limbs; sallow complexion.
Tongue: Pale, puffy, tooth-marked, thin white coat. Pulse: Weak, soft, forceless.
Treatment principle: Tonifies Qi, strengthens the Spleen and harmonizes the Stomach.
Note: moxa is appropriate.
Clinical manifestations: Five-palm heat; night sweats; dry mouth, especially at night; flushed cheekbones; restlessness; insomnia.
Tongue: Red, thin, dry, cracked, little or no coat. Pulse: Fine and rapid.
Treatment principle: Nourishes Yin, clears deficiency Heat and cools the internal fire.
Note: no moxa (Yin deficiency with heat signs).
3. Qi and Blood Deficiency
Clinical manifestations: Dizziness; palpitations; pale lips and nails; numbness or tingling; dry skin; poor sleep; deep fatigue.
Tongue: Pale, possibly thin or tooth-marked, thin white coat. Pulse: Fine, weak, empty.
Treatment principle: Tonifies Qi and Blood simultaneously, strengthening the Spleen's generative capacity.
Note: moxa is appropriate.
4. Liver Qi Stagnation with Spleen Qi Deficiency Transforming into Heat
Clinical manifestations: Distending rib pain worse with stress; bloating with loose stools; poor appetite; irritability; bitter taste; frequent sighing.
Tongue: Red with redder sides, tooth marks, thin-to-thick slightly greasy yellow coat. Pulse: Wiry and rapid.
Treatment principle: Courses the Liver, resolves constraint, strengthens the Spleen and clears Heat from the stagnation.
Note: Mixed Deficiency/Excess. This site's decks have no slide combining Liver-Qi-stagnation with Spleen-Qi-deficiency turning into Heat — no pattern link is given here.