↑ reinforcing ↓ reducing ⊥ even method.
Clinical manifestations: Frequent sighing, chest tightness and rib-side distension or pain, sensation of a lump in the throat, emotional depression and mood swings, digestive upset with poor appetite and bloating.
Tongue: Normal or slightly dark body, red or slightly purplish sides, thin white coating. Pulse: Wiry, taut like a guitar string.
Treatment principle: Course the Liver and resolve constraint, nourish Blood and soften the Liver.
Note: no moxa. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Liver-Qi-stagnation slide.
Clinical manifestations: Irritability and explosive anger, bitter taste in the mouth, distending or burning pain along the ribs, dry mouth and throat, red face and eyes, dark yellow urine.
Tongue: Red body with redder sides and yellow coating. Pulse: Wiry and rapid.
Treatment principle: Course the Liver and resolve constraint, clear Heat, cool the Blood, calm the mind.
Note: no moxa. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Stagnant-Liver-Qi-turning-into-Heat slide.
3. Qi-Phlegm
Clinical manifestations: Sensation of a lump in the throat that cannot be swallowed or coughed out, chest and upper abdominal oppression, symptoms worsen or ease with emotional stress, frequent sighing, nausea or queasiness, throat clearing or frequent swallowing.
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. This site has no dedicated Qi-Phlegm slide separate from this site's own Globus Sensation match (Stomach-Qi-rebelling-upwards) — since this pattern's own emphasis is Qi-and-Phlegm together rather than pure rebellious Stomach Qi, no pattern link is given here; points still link fine individually.
Clinical manifestations: Palpitations with anxiety and feeling easily startled, poor appetite with bloating and loose stools, extreme fatigue worsening after eating or exertion, difficulty falling asleep with vivid disturbing dreams, sallow pale complexion and poor memory.
Tongue: Pale, tender, puffy body with teeth marks and thin white coating. Pulse: Fine and weak, especially at the left Cun (Heart) and right Guan (Spleen) positions.
Treatment principle: Tonify Qi, nourish Blood, strengthen the Spleen, anchor the mind.
Note: moxa applicable throughout. Matched to this site's own Spleen-and-Heart-Blood-deficiency slide.
Clinical manifestations: Palpitations or pounding heartbeat, night sweats, insomnia with vivid restless dreams, low back soreness and weakness, tinnitus or ringing in the ears, dizziness, warm palms/soles/chest, mental restlessness and anxiety.
Tongue: Red especially at the tip, thin body, little or no coating, dry surface, possible cracks. Pulse: Fine and rapid, weak at the left Kidney position.
Treatment principle: Nourish Yin and Blood, clear Empty Heat, tonify Heart Qi, anchor the mind.
Note: no moxa. Matched to this site's own Kidneys-and-Heart-not-harmonized slide.