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Clinical manifestations: Redness and heat sensation on the face, itching worsens with heat/sun/spicy food, thirst, sore throat or yellow nasal discharge.
Tongue: Red tip and edges with thin yellow coating. Pulse: Floating and rapid.
Treatment principle: Dispel Wind, clear Heat, cool the Blood, stop itching.
Note: no moxa. Matched to this site's own Invasion-of-Lungs-by-Wind-Heat slide on the exterior-invasion level, the same convention already used for many other Wind-Heat-framed conditions.
2. Damp-Heat in the Liver Channel
Clinical manifestations: Itch is sticky and persistent, with oozing or crusting after scratching, bitter taste, rib pain/fullness, dark scanty urine.
Tongue: Red body with redder sides, yellow greasy coating. Pulse: Wiry, slippery, rapid.
Treatment principle: Drain excess Fire from Liver/Gallbladder, clear Damp-Heat, clear Liver channel Heat.
Note: no moxa. This site's genital-specific Damp-Heat-in-the-Liver slide was checked directly and declined — a facial presentation with no genital component is not a fit, consistent with Ear Pain, Ear Discharge, Big Toe Pain, Eye Pain and Swollen Eyes. No pattern link is given here; points still link fine individually.
3. Blood Deficiency With External Wind
Clinical manifestations: Dry, flaky, or rough skin, itching worse at night, pale/sallow complexion, aversion to wind, dizziness.
Tongue: Pale, thin body with thin white, slightly dry coating. Pulse: Fine, wiry.
Treatment principle: Nourish Blood, moisten Dryness, dispel Wind, stop itching, tonify Qi.
Note: moxa applicable on the tonifying points. This dermatological Blood-deficiency-generating-Wind pattern is distinct from the organ-level Liver-Blood-deficiency slide on this site (confirmed absent as its own category since Itchy Ears), so no pattern link is given here; points still link fine individually.
4. Spleen Deficiency With Dampness
Clinical manifestations: Sticky, heavy itch on the face, puffy/sallow complexion, poor appetite, loose stools, heaviness in the body/limbs.
Tongue: Pale, swollen with teeth marks, white greasy coating. Pulse: Soggy and slowed.
Treatment principle: Tonify Qi, strengthen the Spleen, drain Dampness, stop the itch.
Note: moxa applicable on the tonifying points. This pattern's own presentation has no Cold marker, so it is not forced onto this site's Cold-Dampness-invading-the-Spleen slide, consistent with the precedent set across this and the last several batches. No pattern link is given here; points still link fine individually.
Clinical manifestations: Itching worsens with cold exposure, improves with warmth, pale or slightly red face, chills, clear runny nose or sneezing.
Tongue: Normal or slightly pale body with thin white moist coating. Pulse: Floating and tight.
Treatment principle: Disperse Wind-Cold, release the Exterior, drain Dampness.
Note: no moxa. Matched to this site's own Invasion-of-Lungs-by-Wind-Cold slide on the exterior-invasion level.
6. Dry-Wind
Clinical manifestations: Dry, scaly, or flaky facial skin, itching worse in dry weather/heated rooms, dry mouth/nose/throat, mild wind aversion, low-grade fever.
Tongue: Slightly red body, dry surface, thin white dry coating with possible fine cracks. Pulse: Floating and rapid.
Treatment principle: Gently disperse warm Dryness, moisten the Lungs, stop itching.
Note: moxa applicable on KI-6 only. This site's Dry-Wind category is confirmed absent (first found for Dry Lips), so no pattern link is given here; points still link fine individually.