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Clinical manifestations: Irritability with explosive outbursts, bitter taste, distending or burning rib pain, flushed face and red eyes, constipation with dry stools, difficulty falling asleep from racing thoughts.
Tongue: Red body with redder sides, yellow coating. Pulse: Wiry and rapid, especially strong at the left middle position.
Treatment principle: Soothes Liver-Qi stagnation and clears the resulting Heat, calms the Mind.
Note: no moxa. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Stagnant-Liver-Qi-turning-into-Heat slide.
Clinical manifestations: Throbbing or distending headache at the temples or crown, red burning eyes, bitter taste, irritability with explosive outbursts, restless driven agitation, flushed red face, constipation with dark yellow urine.
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 the Liver and Gallbladder, clears Damp-Heat, calms the Mind.
Note: no moxa. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Liver-Fire-blazing slide.
Clinical manifestations: Throbbing or distending headache at the temples or crown, flushed face and red eyes, irritability and quick temper, dizziness with a heavy head and light, unsteady feet, insomnia with vivid disturbing dreams.
Tongue: Red body, redder at the sides, with a thin dry yellow or scanty coat, possibly slightly trembling. Pulse: Wiry, especially at the left middle position, may be fine and rapid if Yin deficiency is prominent.
Treatment principle: Subdues Liver-Yang, clears Heat, anchors Yin, calms the Spirit.
Note: no moxa. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Liver-Yang-rising slide.
Clinical manifestations: Restless and anxious despite exhaustion, insomnia with vivid disturbing dreams, night sweats and five-centre heat, low back soreness and dizziness, red tongue with little or no coating.
Tongue: Red, especially at the tip, thin body, little or no coating, dry surface, possible cracks. Pulse: Fine (thin) and rapid, weak at the left Kidney position, left Heart position thin and slightly floating.
Treatment principle: Nourishes Heart and Kidney Yin, clears Empty-Heat, settles the restless Spirit.
Note: no moxa. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Kidneys-and-Heart-not-harmonized slide.
5. Qi and Yin Deficiency
Clinical manifestations: Fatigue and weakness, restless and anxious despite exhaustion, dry mouth with little desire to drink, night sweats, warm sensation in the palms, soles, and chest, heart palpitations.
Tongue: Red or pale-red body with a thin or absent coating, dry and possibly cracked. Pulse: Fine (thin) and weak, often rapid.
Treatment principle: Tonifies Qi and Yin, generates fluids, calms the Spirit.
Note: no moxa. This site's decks have no organ-nonspecific combined Qi-and-Yin-deficiency slide — no pattern link is given here; points still link fine individually.