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Clinical manifestations: Low-grade fever rising in the afternoon and evening; night sweats; heat in the palms, soles and chest; dry mouth with a desire to sip; flushed cheekbones; restlessness; insomnia.
Tongue: Red, thin, dry, cracked, little or no coat. Pulse: Fine and rapid, weak on deep pressure, especially at the left rear position.
Treatment principle: Nourishes Yin, clears deficiency Heat and anchors floating Yang.
Note: no moxa (Yin deficiency with heat signs).
2. Blood Deficiency
Clinical manifestations: Mild, low-grade nighttime fever; pale or sallow complexion; pale lips and nails; dizziness; scanty, pale menstruation; palpitations; difficulty staying asleep.
Tongue: Pale, thin, thin white coat. Pulse: Fine, weak, forceless.
Treatment principle: Tonifies Qi and Blood and strengthens the Spleen's Blood-generating capacity.
Note: moxa is appropriate. No combined Qi-and-Blood-deficiency slide exists on this site's decks — no pattern link is given here.
3. Qi Deficiency Fever
Clinical manifestations: Low-grade fever worse with exertion; extreme fatigue; shortness of breath; reluctance to speak; poor appetite; loose stools; spontaneous sweating; pale or sallow complexion.
Tongue: Pale, puffy, tooth-marked, thin white coat. Pulse: Weak, empty, fine; collapses under pressure.
Treatment principle: Tonifies Spleen Qi, raises clear Yang and extinguishes stagnant Heat.
Note: moxa is appropriate.
Clinical manifestations: Irritability or explosive anger; bitter taste; distending rib-cage pain; a red face and eyes; fever worse with emotional stress; restlessness.
Tongue: Red with redder sides, yellow coat. Pulse: Wiry and rapid, forceful at the left middle position.
Treatment principle: Soothes Liver Qi, clears Heat and cools irritability.
Note: no moxa.
Clinical manifestations: Low-grade nighttime fever; insomnia with difficulty falling asleep; lower-back and knee soreness and weakness; five-palm heat; night sweats; palpitations; mental restlessness.
Tongue: Red body and tip, thin, little or no coat. Pulse: Fine and rapid, weaker at the rear position.
Treatment principle: Nourishes Kidney Yin, anchors Heart Fire and calms the Spirit.
Note: no moxa (Yin deficiency with heat signs).
Clinical manifestations: Chest oppression with copious sticky phlegm; mental restlessness and agitation; nighttime fever with thirst; bitter taste; difficulty sleeping.
Tongue: Red, often swollen with a red prickly tip, thick yellow greasy coat. Pulse: Slippery and rapid, full and forceful.
Treatment principle: Clears Heat, transforms Phlegm and calms the Mind.
Note: no moxa.