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1. Toxic-Heat Stagnation
Clinical manifestations: Intense headache with a heat sensation, nasal obstruction with thick yellow or bloody discharge, severe dry mouth with thirst for cold drinks, a sore swollen burning throat, restlessness and irritability, red eyes.
Tongue: Deep red or crimson with a thick dry yellow coating, prickly papillae visible. Pulse: Rapid and forceful, may be wiry if Liver Fire is involved.
Treatment principle: Clear Fire and resolve toxins, draining excess Heat from all three Burners.
Note: Confirmed absent again: standalone Toxic-Heat-Stagnation has no matching deck slide on this site.
Clinical manifestations: Blood-tinged nasal mucus, a dry hacking cough with yellow sputum, irritability and a quick temper, a bitter taste, rib pain or distension, red eyes.
Tongue: Red with redder sides, thin dry yellow coating. Pulse: Wiry and rapid, especially at the left middle position.
Treatment principle: Drain Liver-Fire while descending rebellious Lung-Qi and clearing Heat from the throat.
3. Phlegm-Heat
Clinical manifestations: Cervical lymph node enlargement, coughing up thick sticky yellow sputum, chest tightness or a throat-obstruction sensation.
Tongue: Red, slightly swollen, thick yellow greasy coating. Pulse: Slippery and rapid.
Treatment principle: Clear Heat and transform Phlegm, regulating Qi to restore normal Lung function.
Note: Confirmed absent again: this generic, non-Lung-specific Phlegm-Heat category has no matching deck slide on this site.
4. Qi Deficiency Causing Blood Stagnation
Clinical manifestations: Fixed stabbing neck or head pain, a hard immovable neck mass, profound fatigue and shortness of breath, a dark dusky complexion with purple skin spots, numbness or tingling in the limbs.
Tongue: Pale-purple with stasis spots, teeth marks, distended sublingual veins. Pulse: Deep, fine, choppy.
Treatment principle: Tonify Qi to propel Blood circulation, gently resolving the stasis without depleting reserves.
Note: Confirmed absent again: no deck on this site names a Qi-Deficiency-causing-Blood-Stagnation category on its own.
Clinical manifestations: Poor appetite or early satiety, bloating and dull post-meal discomfort, loose or poorly-formed stools, nausea especially after chemotherapy or radiation, overwhelming fatigue and weakness.
Tongue: Pale, puffy with tooth marks, thin white coating. Pulse: Weak, soft, forceless, especially weak at the right middle position.
Treatment principle: Strengthen Spleen-Qi, resolve Dampness, and restore digestive transformation.
6. Qi and Yin Deficiency
Clinical manifestations: Extreme dry mouth and throat, night sweats, tidal fever, persistent fatigue and weakness, a weak voice with reluctance to speak, dry cracked nasal passages.
Tongue: Red or pale-red, thin or absent coating, dry, possibly cracked. Pulse: Fine, weak, often rapid.
Treatment principle: Tonify Qi while nourishing Yin fluids, moistening the dryness and cooling the mild empty-heat.
Note: Confirmed absent again (matches this site's own Chest Tightness and Hoarse Voice pages): no deck slide combines Qi-and-Yin-Deficiency as a standalone category.