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1. Toxic-Heat
Clinical manifestations: A high fever (often 39°C or above); a vivid red butterfly rash or widespread red skin lesions; intense thirst with craving for cold drinks; restlessness, irritability, and agitation; dark, scanty urine and constipation; red, swollen, painful joints.
Tongue: Red body with prickly thorns and dry yellow coating. Pulse: Rapid and forceful, often full or overflowing.
Treatment principle: Clear Heat and cool the Blood, resolve toxins during acute flares.
Note: no moxa. No deck on this site has a Toxic-Heat/Fire-poison category, so no pattern link is given here.
Clinical manifestations: Low-grade fever, worse in the afternoon or evening; night sweats; a heat sensation in the palms, soles, and chest; a malar flush (butterfly rash); a dry mouth and throat, especially in the evening.
Tongue: Red, thin, dry with cracks, little or no coating. Pulse: Fine and rapid, weak on deep pressure.
Treatment principle: Nourish Yin fluids while clearing smoldering deficiency Heat between flares.
Clinical manifestations: Dull, aching lower back and knee soreness; dizziness and tinnitus; dry, gritty eyes with blurred or cloudy vision; night sweats with heat in the palms, soles, and chest; hair loss and brittle nails.
Tongue: Red, thin body with cracks, little or no coating, dry surface. Pulse: Fine, rapid, slightly wiry; the left Chi position especially weak.
Treatment principle: Replenish Kidney and Liver Yin reserves to anchor deficiency Heat.
Clinical manifestations: Feeling cold and an aversion to cold; swollen ankles and legs; loose stools or watery morning diarrhea; a sore, cold lower back and weak knees; profound fatigue and lack of energy.
Tongue: Pale, swollen, puffy body with teeth marks, white slippery coating. Pulse: Deep, weak, slow; both rear positions and the right middle position particularly feeble.
Treatment principle: Warm the body's core fire to restore Spleen and Kidney Yang function.
5. Qi and Blood Deficiency
Clinical manifestations: Profound, persistent fatigue; a pale or sallow complexion; hair loss and brittle nails; heart palpitations; dizziness or lightheadedness; poor appetite and weak digestion.
Tongue: Pale body, may be slightly thin or have teeth marks, thin white coating. Pulse: Fine and weak, easily collapsing under pressure.
Treatment principle: Strengthen Spleen function to rebuild foundational Qi and Blood reserves.
Note: moxa applicable. No deck on this site combines Qi and Blood deficiency into one slide, so no pattern link is given here.
Clinical manifestations: Dark purplish skin patches; fixed, stabbing joint pain, worse at night; dry, rough, or scaly skin; thirst without desire to swallow; irritability and restlessness.
Tongue: Reddish-purple body with stasis spots, thin dry yellow coating. Pulse: Choppy and rapid, often wiry.
Treatment principle: Clear Heat-toxins and invigorate Blood circulation to resolve stasis-related dark lesions.
Note: no moxa. Matches
Liver-Blood stasis — dark purplish skin patches and a purple tongue with stasis spots are the same discoloration markers named there.