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Clinical manifestations: Sudden onset eye pain and redness, distending pain around the eye, photophobia with tearing, constricted pupil, mild fever or aversion to wind.
Tongue: Red tip and edges with thin white or slightly yellow coating. Pulse: Floating and rapid.
Treatment principle: Dispel Wind and clear Heat from the surface.
Note: no moxa. Matched to this site's own Invasion-of-Lungs-by-Wind-Heat slide on the exterior-invasion level, the established convention.
Clinical manifestations: Severe, throbbing eye pain worsening with pressure, deep eye redness around the iris, bitter taste, intense irritability and short temper, dry mouth and throat, dark urine, constipation.
Tongue: Red body with redder sides, dry yellow coating with possible red prickles. Pulse: Wiry, rapid, forceful, especially at the left middle position.
Treatment principle: Clear Liver Fire and drain Heat downward.
Note: no moxa. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Liver-Fire-blazing slide.
3. Damp-Heat in the Liver Channel
Clinical manifestations: Constricted or irregularly shaped pupil, heavy brow or temporal ache, blurry vision with a foggy sensation, bitter taste — a less common but stubborn presentation.
Tongue: Red body with red sides and thick greasy yellow coating. Pulse: Wiry, slippery, rapid.
Treatment principle: Clear Heat and dry Dampness simultaneously, drain turbidity through urination.
Note: no moxa. This site's own Damp-Heat-in-the-Liver slide is genital/vaginal-discharge-specific, confirmed by re-reading its content — not a fit for this eye-specific presentation, the same finding as Uveitis this same batch — no pattern link is given here; points still link fine individually.