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Clinical manifestations: Irritability alternating with low mood, frequent sighing, distension or tightness along the ribs, feeling of a lump in the throat, symptoms clearly worsen with emotional stress.
Tongue: Normal or slightly dark body with red sides, thin white coat. Pulse: Wiry, at the left middle position.
Treatment principle: Soothe Liver-Qi, move stagnant energy, relieve chest and rib distension.
Note: no moxa. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Liver-Qi-stagnation slide.
Clinical manifestations: Fatigue, poor appetite with bloating, palpitations, anxiety, pale complexion, difficulty falling asleep with vivid dreams.
Tongue: Pale, tender body with teeth marks, thin white coating. Pulse: Fine and weak.
Treatment principle: Nourish Heart-Blood and strengthen Spleen-Qi to anchor the Mind.
Note: moxa applicable throughout. Linked to this site's Spleen-and-Heart-Blood-deficiency slide via its own palpitations/poor-sleep symptom set, the same match used for Delayed Speech Development, Hallucinations and Apathy.
Clinical manifestations: Throbbing or distending headache especially at the temples, dizziness or lightheadedness, irritability and quick temper, flushed face or sensation of heat rising, dry mouth and throat.
Tongue: Red body with red sides, thin dry yellow coating. Pulse: Wiry and possibly fine rapid.
Treatment principle: Subdue rising Yang, anchor Yin, cool excess Heat.
Note: no moxa. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Liver-Yang-rising slide.
Clinical manifestations: Irritability and restlessness, bitter taste in the mouth, pain or distension below the ribs, dark yellow scanty urine, nausea or aversion to greasy food.
Tongue: Red body with thick yellow greasy coating. Pulse: Wiry, slippery, rapid.
Treatment principle: Clear Heat and drain Dampness from the Liver and Gallbladder, restore smooth emotional flow.
Note: no moxa. Matched to this site's own Damp-Heat-in-the-Gall-Bladder-and-Liver slide via the core bitter-taste/rib-pain presentation.
Clinical manifestations: Mental restlessness and agitation, chest oppression with thick yellow phlegm, flushed red face and red eyes, bitter taste in the mouth, severe insomnia.
Tongue: Red, swollen body with a red prickly tip, thick yellow greasy coating. Pulse: Slippery and rapid.
Treatment principle: Clear Phlegm-Fire from the Heart and Gallbladder, calm the disturbed Mind.
Note: no moxa. Direct match with this site's own Phlegm-Fire-harassing-the-Heart slide.
Clinical manifestations: Soreness and weakness of the lower back and knees, tinnitus or gradual hearing loss, poor memory and difficulty concentrating, general fatigue and lack of vitality, emotional lability with a hollow, exhausted feeling.
Tongue: Pale, thin body with little or no coating. Pulse: Deep, fine, weak at the rear positions.
Treatment principle: Nourish Kidney-Essence and Marrow to stabilize the Mind and restore the foundation.
Note: moxa applicable throughout. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Kidney-Essence-deficiency slide.