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Clinical manifestations: Floaters appear as black spots or threads; dry eyes with blurred vision; night sweats with heat in palms and soles; dizziness and ringing in the ears; soreness of lower back and knees.
Tongue: Red, thin body with cracks, little or no coating, dry surface. Pulse: Fine and rapid, often wiry, weak at left Chi.
Treatment principle: Nourish Liver and Kidney Yin, brighten the eyes.
Note: no moxa. Direct match — dizziness, tinnitus, backache and dry throat/night sweating are the same markers named on this site's Kidney- and Liver-Yin deficiency slide.
2. Qi and Blood Deficiency
Clinical manifestations: Floaters worsen with fatigue and improve with rest; pale or sallow complexion; dizziness and lightheadedness; heart palpitations; fatigue, shortness of breath.
Tongue: Pale body, may be thin or show teeth marks, thin white coating. Pulse: Fine and weak, especially at right Guan.
Treatment principle: Tonify Qi, nourish Blood, strengthen the Spleen.
Note: moxa applicable throughout. No deck on this site combines Qi and Blood deficiency into one slide, so no pattern link is given here.
Clinical manifestations: Dark, fixed spots or cobweb-like floaters; stabbing eye or head pain worsening with pressure; chest and rib-side distension; irritability; purplish complexion or dark lips.
Tongue: Dark purple body with stasis spots, distended sublingual veins, thin white coat. Pulse: Wiry and choppy.
Treatment principle: Invigorate Blood and dispel stasis, move Qi.
Note: no moxa. Direct match — purplish complexion/dark lips and a dark purple tongue with stasis spots are the same discoloration markers named on this site's Liver-Blood stasis slide.
4. Damp-Phlegm
Clinical manifestations: Hazy, murky vision with floating dust-like or thread-like spots; heavy sensation in head or limbs; chest stuffiness and upper abdominal bloating; poor appetite, nausea, or loose sticky stools.
Tongue: Pale, swollen body with teeth marks, thick white greasy coat, wet surface. Pulse: Slippery, like a bead rolling through oil.
Treatment principle: Tonify Qi, strengthen Spleen, dry Dampness, transform Phlegm.
Note: no moxa except on tonifying points. No deck on this site has a generic Damp-Phlegm slide outside the Lungs, so no pattern link is given here.