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Clinical manifestations: Poor appetite with early satiety, abdominal bloating or fullness after eating, loose stools, fatigue and low energy, pale complexion.
Tongue: Pale, puffy, and tender with tooth marks, thin white coating. Pulse: Weak and soft, especially at right middle.
Treatment principle: Strengthen Spleen Qi and improve digestive transformation.
Note: moxa applicable throughout. Direct match — poor appetite, loose stools, fatigue and pale complexion are the same markers named there.
Clinical manifestations: Distending pain in upper abdomen radiating to ribs, frequent belching or acid reflux, worse with stress or frustration, irritability, frequent sighing, sensation of a lump in the throat.
Tongue: Normal or slightly red body with redder sides, thin white coating. Pulse: Wiry, most pronounced at left middle.
Treatment principle: Course Liver Qi to restore smooth flow and harmonize Stomach function.
Note: no moxa. Direct name match with this site's own Rebellious-Liver-Qi-invading-the-Stomach slide.
3. Spleen Deficiency with Dampness
Clinical manifestations: Heaviness in body and limbs, sticky or greasy sensation in mouth, abdominal bloating after eating, loose stools, drowsiness after meals.
Tongue: Pale, swollen body with teeth marks, white greasy coating, moist surface. Pulse: Soggy and slow, weak at right Guan, may be slippery.
Treatment principle: Strengthen Spleen Qi and drain accumulated Dampness.
Note: moxa applicable on the tonifying points. No deck on this site combines Spleen deficiency with Dampness in one slide, so no pattern link is given here.
Clinical manifestations: Upper abdominal bloating and distension, sour rotten-smelling belching, aversion to food and its smell, abdominal fullness after eating.
Tongue: Normal body with a thick, greasy, curd-like coating, thickest in the centre. Pulse: Slippery and full, especially at right Guan.
Treatment principle: Promote digestion and resolve food retention.
Note: no moxa. Direct match with this site's own Retention-of-Food-in-the-Stomach slide.
Clinical manifestations: Feels hungry but lacks desire to eat, dry mouth and throat, dull burning pain or gnawing discomfort in upper abdomen, thirst preferring small sips, dry stools.
Tongue: Red, thin body, dry centre, little or no coating, possibly cracked. Pulse: Fine and rapid, weak at right middle.
Treatment principle: Nourish Stomach Yin and generate fluids.
Note: no moxa (Yin-deficiency pattern). Direct name match with this site's own Stomach-Yin deficiency slide.
Clinical manifestations: Palpitations or fluttering chest sensation, insomnia with excessive dreaming, poor appetite with tiredness after eating, forgetfulness and poor concentration, pale yellowish complexion.
Tongue: Pale, puffy, teeth-marked body with a thin white coating. Pulse: Fine and weak overall, empty at left Cun, soft at right Guan.
Treatment principle: Restore Spleen Qi and Heart Blood to rebuild digestive capacity and mental clarity.
Note: moxa applicable throughout. This site's Spleen- and Heart-Blood deficiency slide is the closest match — poor appetite, tiredness and insomnia are named there, though it's framed as Blood deficiency rather than combined Qi-and-Blood.