↑ reinforcing ↓ reducing ⊥ even method.
Clinical manifestations: Irritability and anger outbursts, bitter taste in the mouth, distending or burning pain along the ribs, red face and eyes, sexual urges flaring with anger or frustration.
Tongue: C Pulse: l
Treatment principle: red body with redder sides, yellow coating,wiry and rapid, forceful
Clinical manifestations: Heat in the palms, soles and chest; night sweats; lower back soreness and weakness; dry throat especially at night; tinnitus; mental restlessness and irritability.
Tongue: N Pulse: o
Treatment principle: red, thin, dry with little or no coating, sometimes cracked,fine and rapid, weak at the rear position
3. Damp-Heat in the Lower Burner
Clinical manifestations: Thick, sticky semen or foul-smelling yellow discharge; heavy, dragging sensation in the pelvis or legs; dark, cloudy urine with burning; lower abdominal fullness; scrotal dampness or itching.
Tongue: C Pulse: l
Treatment principle: red, slightly swollen with yellow greasy coating thickest at the root,slippery and rapid
Clinical manifestations: Frequent strong erections and nocturnal emissions; dream-disturbed sleep with vivid dreams; mental restlessness and irritability; palpitations and heat sensation in the chest; red face and thirst for cold drinks.
Tongue: D Pulse: r
Treatment principle: red body with a distinctly redder tip, red points on the tip, yellow dry coating,rapid, forceful, overflowing at the left forward position
Clinical manifestations: Throbbing headache at the temples or crown; red, burning or painful eyes; bitter taste in the mouth; irritability and anger outbursts; flushed red face; constipation and dark yellow urine.
Tongue: D Pulse: r
Treatment principle: red body with redder sides, dry yellow coating with possible small red prickles,wiry and rapid, forceful at the left middle position
Clinical manifestations: Frequent but mild, nagging sexual urges; abdominal bloating and loose stools; fatigue and heaviness in the limbs; poor appetite; pale, sallow complexion.
Tongue: T Pulse: o
Treatment principle: pale, puffy body with tooth marks and thin white coating,deep, weak, soft, especially at the right middle position