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Clinical manifestations: Frequent sighing and chest tightness, rib-side distension or pain, mood swings (irritability and depression alternating), feeling of a lump in the throat, constraint of emotions, tendency to suppress feelings.
Tongue: Normal or slightly dark body with red or slightly purple sides, thin white coat. Pulse: Wiry, taut like a guitar string, most noticeable at the left middle position.
Treatment principle: Spread Liver Qi, resolve constraint, move Qi to alleviate pain.
Note: no moxa. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Liver-Qi-stagnation slide.
Clinical manifestations: Throbbing headache at the temples or crown, red/painful/burning eyes, bitter taste in the mouth and dry throat, intense irritability with anger outbursts, flushed red face, guilt or remorse following angry outbursts.
Tongue: Red body (especially sides) with dry yellow coating and possible red prickles. Pulse: Wiry, rapid, forceful, especially at the left middle position.
Treatment principle: Drain excess Fire from the Liver and Gallbladder.
Note: no moxa. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Liver-Fire-blazing slide.
Clinical manifestations: Poor appetite or no desire to eat, abdominal bloating (worse after eating), loose or soft stools, fatigue and heaviness in the limbs, dull yellowish or pale complexion, overthinking and mental fatigue.
Tongue: Pale, puffy, tender with tooth marks, thin white coating. Pulse: Soft and weak, especially at the right middle position.
Treatment principle: Tonify Qi, strengthen the Spleen, harmonize the Stomach.
Note: moxa applicable on ST-36/BL-20. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Spleen-Qi-deficiency slide.
Clinical manifestations: Palpitations with a racing heart, mouth or tongue ulcers, insomnia with vivid/disturbing dreams, feeling of heat in the chest, red flushed face, mental restlessness and agitation, inability to stop replaying guilty events.
Tongue: Red body with a noticeably redder tip (often with red points), yellow dry coating, midline crack to the tip in chronic cases. Pulse: Rapid, forceful, overflowing, at the left front (Heart) position.
Treatment principle: Clear Heart Fire, nourish Yin, calm the agitated mind.
Note: no moxa. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Heart-Fire-blazing slide.
Clinical manifestations: Lower back and knee soreness, night sweats, five-center heat (palms, soles, chest), dry mouth and throat, insomnia with vivid dreams, guilt that feels like a hollow depleted ache rather than sharp tension.
Tongue: Red, thin, dry with little or no coating, cracks may appear. Pulse: Fine and rapid, especially weak at the left rear (Kidney) position.
Treatment principle: Nourish Kidney Yin, supplement Liver and Spleen Yin, benefit Essence.
Note: no moxa. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Kidney-Yin-deficiency slide.