↑ reinforcing ↓ reducing ⊥ even method.
1. Damp-Heat in the Bladder
Clinical manifestations: Burning or stinging sensation during urination, dark yellow cloudy or turbid urine, frequent urination with urgency, fullness or pain in the lower abdomen, thirst with little desire to drink.
Tongue: C Pulse: l
Treatment principle: red body with yellow greasy coating thickest at the root,slippery and rapid
Clinical manifestations: Urine milky or pale white like rice-water, chronic lingering discharge without much burning pain, bearing-down or dragging sensation in the lower abdomen, fatigue and exhaustion worse with exertion, poor appetite with bloating.
Tongue: T Pulse: o
Treatment principle: pale, puffy, tender body with teeth marks, thin white coating,weak, especially at the right middle position, may be deep and forceless
Clinical manifestations: Red or blood-tinged turbid urine, sharp burning pain during urination, intense irritability and quick temper, bitter taste in the mouth, throbbing headache especially at the temples.
Tongue: D Pulse: r
Treatment principle: red body with redder sides and dry yellow coating,wiry and rapid, forceful especially at the left middle position
Clinical manifestations: Scanty, oily or reddish turbid urine, night sweats, soreness and weakness of the lower back and knees, dizziness and dry mouth, heat in the palms, soles and chest.
Tongue: N Pulse: o
Treatment principle: red, thin body with little or no coating, dry surface, possible cracks,fine and rapid
Clinical manifestations: Persistent white or milky turbid urine like rice water or fat, cold and aching lower back and knees, frequent urination especially at night, feeling cold all over especially in the lower body, deep fatigue and low spirits.
Tongue: T Pulse: o
Treatment principle: pale, puffy, tender with teeth marks and wet white coating,deep, slow, and weak, especially at the rear position