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Clinical manifestations: Fixed, stabbing pain that does not move, worse at night and with pressure, dark or purplish discoloration of the leg (varicose or spider veins), history of trauma, surgery or chronic poor circulation.
Tongue: Purple or dusky body with stasis spots, distended dark sublingual veins, thin white coat. Pulse: Choppy or wiry.
Treatment principle: Invigorate Blood and dispel stasis, unblock the channels.
Note: no moxa. Direct match with this site's own Liver-Blood-stasis slide via the discoloration-marker rule.
Clinical manifestations: Dull, aching leg pain worse with exertion, soreness and weakness of the lower back and knees, dry eyes with blurred vision, night sweats and heat in the palms/soles/chest, dizziness and tinnitus, insomnia with vivid dreams.
Tongue: Red, thin body with cracks, little or no coating. Pulse: Fine and rapid, often wiry, weak in the left Chi and Guan positions.
Treatment principle: Nourish Kidney Yin, supplement Liver and Spleen Yin, benefit Essence.
Note: no moxa. Direct match with this site's own Kidney-and-Liver-Yin-deficiency slide.
Clinical manifestations: Heavy, burning leg pain, swollen/red/hot legs, worse in damp humid weather, dark scanty or painful urination, feeling of heaviness in the lower body.
Tongue: Red body with yellow greasy coating, thickest at the root, slightly swollen. Pulse: Slippery and rapid.
Treatment principle: Clear Heat and dry Dampness, strengthen the Spleen.
Note: no moxa. Matched to this site's own Damp-Heat-in-the-Bladder slide via the established Lower-Burner organ-system convention.
Clinical manifestations: Dull, aching, weak leg pain worse at night or after overwork, night sweats, heat in the palms and soles, dry mouth and throat, sore weak lower back and knees, frequent nighttime urination.
Tongue: Red, thin, dry with little or no coating, possible cracks. Pulse: Fine and rapid.
Treatment principle: Nourish Kidney Yin, benefit Essence and fill the Marrow.
Note: no moxa. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Kidney-Yin-deficiency slide.
Clinical manifestations: Deep, cold aching pain in the legs, improves with warmth and worsens with cold, soreness and weakness in the lower back and knees, frequent urination especially at night, feeling cold all over.
Tongue: Pale, puffy, tender with teeth marks and a wet white coating. Pulse: Deep, slow, weak, especially at the rear (Kidney) position.
Treatment principle: Tonify Kidney Yang, warm the Ming Men Fire.
Note: moxa applicable throughout, especially on BL-23/DU-4. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Kidney-Yang-deficiency slide.