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Clinical manifestations: Greasy, sticky, yellow-oozing pustules; heavy, bloated abdominal sensation after eating; sticky or greasy taste in mouth; heavy sensation in body and limbs; loose, sticky stools feeling incomplete.
Tongue: Red body with a yellow, greasy coating, thickest at the centre and root. Pulse: Soggy and rapid, or slippery and rapid.
Treatment principle: Resolve dampness and clear heat, directly targeting Spleen-dampness rising to the skin.
Note: no moxa. Direct name match with this site's own Damp-Heat-invading-the-Spleen slide.
2. Toxic-Heat
Clinical manifestations: Large, deep, painful boils or carbuncles; pus formation with surrounding redness and swelling; local heat sensation and tenderness; fever and chills; intense thirst for cold drinks; dark scanty urine or constipation.
Tongue: Red body with prickly thorns, dry yellow coating. Pulse: Rapid and forceful, often slippery.
Treatment principle: Clear intense heat and resolve toxin, cool blood and reduce swelling.
Note: no moxa. No standalone Toxic-Heat slide exists on this site, so no pattern link is given here.
Clinical manifestations: Hard, dark-red or purplish nodules that are slow to heal; fixed stabbing pain worse at night and with pressure; restlessness and heat sensation especially at night; lesions feel hard and knotted to touch.
Tongue: Reddish-purple body with stasis spots, distended sublingual veins, thin dry yellow coating. Pulse: Choppy and rapid, often wiry.
Treatment principle: Move blood, dispel stasis, and clear heat.
Note: no moxa. Matches
Liver-Blood stasis — the dark/purplish discoloration and stasis-spot tongue are the same core markers named there, with Heat added on top.
Clinical manifestations: Burning, itchy sensation in bumps; symptoms worsen in evening or at night; dry mouth and throat especially at night; night sweats; feeling of heat in palms, soles, and chest; flushed cheekbones.
Tongue: Red, thin, dry body with cracks, little or no coating. Pulse: Fine and rapid.
Treatment principle: Nourish Yin and clear deficiency heat.
Note: no moxa. Direct match, reusing the well-established Kidney-Yin/Empty-Heat slide.
5. Qi and Blood Deficiency
Clinical manifestations: Pale or pinkish bumps, not very red or hot; lesions heal very slowly and may ooze thin, clear fluid; deep fatigue and shortness of breath on exertion; pale lips, nail beds, and sallow complexion.
Tongue: Pale body, may be slightly thin or have teeth marks, thin white coating. Pulse: Fine and weak, easily compressed.
Treatment principle: Tonify Qi and Blood while gently clearing lingering toxins.
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: Poor appetite and bloating after meals; loose or poorly formed stools; fatigue and physical weakness; pale, small, recurrent pustules that heal slowly; sallow complexion.
Tongue: Pale, puffy, and tooth-marked with a thin white coating. Pulse: Weak and soft, especially at the right middle position.
Treatment principle: Tonify Spleen Qi and drain dampness.
Note: moxa applicable. Direct name match — poor appetite, bloating, loose stools, tiredness and pale complexion are the same markers named there.