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1. Qi and Blood Deficiency
Clinical manifestations: Numbness worsens with fatigue and improves with rest, persistent exhaustion, pale complexion, dizziness, heart palpitations, poor appetite, gradual onset with a vague woolly sensation.
Tongue: Pale body, may be thin or have teeth marks, with a thin white coating. Pulse: Fine and weak, lacking force.
Treatment principle: Tonify Qi and Blood, warm the channels, nourish Blood and dispel obstruction.
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: Fixed stabbing numbness in a specific location, purplish or dark skin discoloration, symptoms worsen at night and with pressure, pain does not move around.
Tongue: Purple or dusky body with stasis spots and distended dark sublingual veins. Pulse: Choppy or wiry.
Treatment principle: Invigorate Blood and dispel stasis, unblock channels, alleviate pain, move Qi.
Note: no moxa. Matches this site's Liver-Blood stasis slide — a purple/dusky tongue with stasis spots is the same discoloration marker named there.
Clinical manifestations: Numbness worsens at night, lower back and knee weakness and soreness, burning sensation in the foot soles, dry eyes, blurred vision, night sweats, tinnitus.
Tongue: Red, thin body with cracks and little or no coating, dry surface. Pulse: Fine, rapid and often wiry.
Treatment principle: Nourish Kidney and Liver Yin, moisten the sinews and bones, benefit Essence and fill Marrow.
Note: no moxa. Direct match, reusing the well-established Kidney-and-Liver-Yin-deficiency slide.
4. Phlegm in the Channels, Joints and Muscles
Clinical manifestations: Heavy numb sensation like being wrapped in cotton, purplish or dark skin, fixed stabbing pain, stiffness and firm swelling in the ankle or toe joints, deep stubborn numbness.
Tongue: Purple body with stasis spots and a white greasy coating, sublingual veins distended. Pulse: Wiry and choppy, or wiry and slippery.
Treatment principle: Disperse Wind-Cold, drain Dampness, transform Phlegm, unblock the collaterals, invigorate Blood.
Note: no moxa. No deck on this site has a dedicated Phlegm-in-the-channels Bi-syndrome category, a confirmed and recurring absence, so no pattern link is given here.
5. Painful Obstruction due to Damp Heat in Channels
Clinical manifestations: Feet feel red, hot and swollen, heavy hot aching pain often overshadows numbness, symptoms improve with cold and worsen with warmth, bodily heat sensation, thirst, dark urine.
Tongue: Red body, slightly swollen, with a yellow greasy coating. Pulse: Slippery and rapid.
Treatment principle: Clear Heat and dry Dampness, clear Damp-Heat from the Lower Burner, strengthen the Spleen and resolve Dampness.
Note: no moxa. No deck on this site has a dedicated Damp-Heat-in-channels Bi-syndrome category, a confirmed and recurring absence, so no pattern link is given here.