↑ reinforcing ↓ reducing ⊥ even method.
Clinical manifestations: Hot flashes striking in the afternoon or evening, night sweats soaking bedclothes, hot palms soles and chest, dry mouth with desire to sip water, flushed cheekbones, restlessness and difficulty sleeping.
Tongue: Red, thin, dry body with cracks and little to no coating. Pulse: Fine and rapid, often weak at left rear (Kidney) position.
Treatment principle: Nourish Yin, clear deficiency Heat, nourish Kidney-Yin.
Note: no moxa given the Empty-Heat. Direct match with this site's own Kidney-Yin-deficiency-Empty-Heat-blazing slide.
Clinical manifestations: Hot flashes triggered by anger or frustration, irritability and explosive anger, bitter taste in the mouth, distending rib-side pain, red face and eyes during flashes, dry mouth and throat.
Tongue: Red body, redder at the sides, yellow coating. Pulse: Wiry and rapid, especially pronounced at left middle position.
Treatment principle: Course the Liver and resolve constraint, clear Heat from the Liver and Blood, nourish Blood.
Note: no moxa. Direct match with this site's own Stagnant-Liver-Qi-turning-into-Heat slide.
Clinical manifestations: Sudden waves of heat rising to the face and head, dizziness or light-headedness, irritability and short temper, throbbing temple headache, flushed face and red eyes.
Tongue: Red, especially at the sides, thin dry yellow or scanty coating. Pulse: Wiry, often fine and rapid.
Treatment principle: Calm the Liver and extinguish Wind, calm the Liver and subdue Yang, clear Heat and drain Fire.
Note: no moxa. Direct match with this site's own Liver-Yang-rising slide.
Clinical manifestations: Palpitations or racing heart during hot flashes, insomnia with difficulty falling asleep and vivid dreams, mental restlessness and irritability, night sweats soaking bedclothes, soreness and weakness of the lower back and knees.
Tongue: Red, thin body with a redder tip, little or no coating, often a midline crack. Pulse: Fine and rapid, weaker at rear positions, more noticeable at left front.
Treatment principle: Nourish Yin, nourish Blood, tonify Heart-Qi.
Note: no moxa. Direct match with this site's own Kidneys-and-Heart-not-harmonized slide, the Yin-deficiency/Empty-Heat variant established elsewhere on this site.
5. Damp-Heat in Stomach and Spleen
Clinical manifestations: Heavy smothering hot flash not relieved by sweating, bloating and fullness in the upper abdomen, sticky or incomplete bowel movements, bitter or sticky mouth taste, head feels heavy or foggy.
Tongue: Red body, possibly swollen with teeth marks, thick yellow greasy coating at centre and root. Pulse: Soggy and rapid, often slippery.
Treatment principle: Clear Heat and drain Dampness, regulate Qi and harmonize the middle burner.
Note: no moxa. No deck on this site combines Damp-Heat across both the Stomach and Spleen into one slide — only single-organ versions exist — so no pattern link is given here.