↑ reinforcing ↓ reducing ⊥ even method.
1. Qi and Blood Deficiency
Clinical manifestations: Persistent, deep fatigue and lack of energy, pale or sallow yellowish complexion, dizziness or lightheadedness, heart palpitations, shortness of breath especially on exertion, poor appetite.
Tongue: T Pulse: o
Treatment principle: pale body, may be thin or show teeth marks on the edges, thin white coating,fine and weak, especially in the right middle position
2. Toxic-Heat
Clinical manifestations: High fever often with chills, bleeding gums, nosebleeds or blood in the stool, purplish-red skin spots that do not fade under pressure, intense thirst with strong desire for cold drinks, restlessness and flushed face.
Tongue: C Pulse: l
Treatment principle: red or deep red body with prickly raised papillae and a dry yellow coating,rapid and forceful, often overflowing or full
3. Qi and Yin Deficiency
Clinical manifestations: Profound fatigue and weakness, shortness of breath worse with exertion, dry mouth and throat with little desire to drink, night sweats and low-grade afternoon fever, warm sensation in the palms, soles and chest.
Tongue: T Pulse: o
Treatment principle: red or pale-red body with a thin or absent coating, possibly cracked and dry,fine, weak, and often rapid
4. Empty-Heat caused by Yin Deficiency
Clinical manifestations: Afternoon or evening low-grade fever, night sweats that may drench the pillow, heat sensation in the palms, soles and chest, dry mouth and throat, flushed cheekbones, restlessness and difficulty sleeping.
Tongue: N Pulse: o
Treatment principle: red, thin, and dry, often with cracks and little or no coating,fine and rapid, weak at the deep level
Clinical manifestations: Fixed, stabbing bone pain that worsens at night, enlarged liver or spleen, dark purplish spots on the skin, dusky or dark facial complexion, dark purple lips and nails.
Tongue: I Pulse: n
Treatment principle: dark purple or dusky body with stasis spots, distended dark sublingual veins, thin white coat,choppy or wiry