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1. Qi-Phlegm
Clinical manifestations: Sensation of a lump in the throat that cannot be swallowed or coughed up, abdominal bloating, nausea, frequent sighing, worse with emotional stress, chest fullness.
Tongue: Normal pink-red body, possibly slightly swollen, white greasy or slippery coating. Pulse: Wiry and slippery.
Treatment principle: Move Qi and dissipate nodules, descend Qi, resolve Phlegm.
Note: no moxa. No deck on this site combines Liver-Qi stagnation with Phlegm into one slide, so no pattern link is given here.
Clinical manifestations: Symptoms worsen with emotional stress, frequent sighing, irritability or low mood, chest oppression and rib distension, sensation comes and goes with mood fluctuations.
Tongue: Normal or slightly dark body with red or purplish sides, thin white coat. Pulse: Wiry, taut like a guitar string.
Treatment principle: Course the Liver and resolve constraint.
Note: no moxa. Direct match on the core distension/irritability/sighing picture.
Clinical manifestations: Lump sensation worsens after eating or with emotional stress, abdominal bloating, sticky/incomplete bowel movements or loose stools, heaviness of body and limbs, irritability or low mood.
Tongue: Pale and swollen with teeth marks, white greasy coating, excessively moist. Pulse: Slippery and wiry.
Treatment principle: Harmonize the Shao Yang, dry Dampness, transform Phlegm.
Note: no moxa except tonifying points. Direct name match with this site's own Obstruction-of-Spleen-by-Dampness-with-stagnation-of-Liver-Qi slide.
Clinical manifestations: Lump sensation worsens after eating or with emotional stress, frequent belching or burping, nausea, sensation of Qi rising from stomach to throat, loss of appetite.
Tongue: Normal body colour with a white coating. Pulse: Wiry, often slippery, full and taut at the right middle.
Treatment principle: Descend Qi, resolve Phlegm, tonify Qi.
Note: no moxa. Direct match — nausea, belching, vomiting, and difficulty swallowing are named on this site's Stomach-Qi-rebelling-upwards slide.
5. Phlegm-Heat
Clinical manifestations: Sensation of a hot, sticky lump in the throat, thick yellow phlegm, thirst for cold drinks, irritability, red flushed face, chest fullness.
Tongue: Red body, swollen with a thick yellow greasy coating. Pulse: Slippery and rapid.
Treatment principle: Clear Heat and transform Phlegm, clear Liver and Gallbladder Heat.
Note: no moxa. No deck on this site combines Liver/Gallbladder Heat with Phlegm specifically in the throat, so no pattern link is given here.
Clinical manifestations: Fixed, stabbing pain in throat or chest, sensation of a hard, immovable lump, chest oppression and rib distension, chronic presentation.
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 and alleviate pain.
Note: no moxa. Matches this site's Liver-Blood stasis slide — a dark purple tongue with stasis spots is the same discoloration marker named there.