↑ reinforcing ↓ reducing ⊥ even method.
Clinical manifestations: Fever with mild chills or aversion to wind, sore red throat, distending or throbbing head heat sensation, thirst with desire to drink, nasal congestion with yellow or thick discharge, sweating that does not relieve heat.
Tongue: Red tip and edges with thin yellow (or white-to-yellow) coating. Pulse: Floating and rapid.
Treatment principle: Disperses Wind-Heat from the exterior, cools the throat, relieves head heat and fever.
Note: no moxa. Linked to this site's own Invasion-of-Lungs-by-Wind-Heat slide via the established exterior-invasion convention, regardless of body location.
Clinical manifestations: Throbbing headache at the temples or crown, intense head or face heat, red flushed face, bitter taste in the mouth, irritability and quick temper, red painful or burning eyes, dark yellow urine and constipation.
Tongue: Red body with redder sides, dry yellow coating, possible red prickles. Pulse: Wiry and rapid, full and forceful, especially at the left middle (Guan) position.
Treatment principle: Drains excess Fire from Liver and Gallbladder, clears Heat from the Liver channel.
Note: no moxa. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Liver-Fire-blazing slide.
Clinical manifestations: Distending or throbbing head heat sensation, heat at the temples or top of head, dizziness with heavy head and light feet feeling, irritability and quick temper, soreness and weakness of the lower back and knees.
Tongue: Red body with redder sides, thin dry yellow or scanty coat, may tremble slightly. Pulse: Wiry, may also be fine and rapid.
Treatment principle: Calms the Liver, extinguishes Wind, subdues Yang, clears Heat.
Note: no moxa. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Liver-Yang-rising slide.
Clinical manifestations: High fever with no chills, thirst with desire to drink, sweating that does not relieve heat, red flushed face, intense head and face heat.
Tongue: Red body with a yellow, dry coating, early cracks may appear. Pulse: Overflowing and surging, rapid, strong in all positions, especially the right middle position.
Treatment principle: Clears Heat from the Qi level, clears Stomach-Heat, generates fluids.
Note: no moxa. Matched to this site's own Stomach-Heat-(or-Phlegm-Heat) slide — the same excess Stomach/Yangming Heat framing.
Clinical manifestations: Heavy, stuffy head heat sensation, feeling of oppression or fullness in the chest, thick sticky yellow phlegm or sensation of a stuck throat, nausea or vomiting, restlessness and irritability.
Tongue: Red body, swollen, with a thick yellow greasy coating. Pulse: Slippery and rapid.
Treatment principle: Clears Heat and transforms Phlegm, particularly effective when Phlegm-Heat disturbs the head and chest.
Note: no moxa. Direct match with this site's own Phlegm-Heat-in-the-Lungs slide.
Clinical manifestations: Head heat worse in the evening or night, night sweats, dry mouth and throat with desire to sip water, heat sensation in the palms, soles, and chest, flushed cheekbones, restlessness and difficulty sleeping.
Tongue: Red, thin, dry body with cracks, little or no coating. Pulse: Fine and rapid, weak on deep pressure.
Treatment principle: Nourishes Yin, clears deficiency Heat, nourishes Kidney-Yin.
Note: no moxa. Matched to this site's own Kidney-Yin-deficiency-Empty-Heat-blazing slide.