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1. Greater Yang Attack of Wind
Clinical manifestations: Mild stiffness and pain at the nape; mild sweating; aversion to wind and drafts; mild chills; low-grade fever; nasal congestion with clear discharge.
Tongue: Normal colour, thin white moist coat. Pulse: Floating and moderate.
Treatment principle: Releases the Exterior, expels Wind-Cold and harmonizes Defensive and Nutritive Qi.
Note: This site's decks have no Six-Stage patterns — no pattern link is given here.
2. Greater Yang Attack of Cold
Clinical manifestations: Sudden severe, board-like stiffness; no sweating despite fever; strong chills worse with cold; widespread body aches.
Tongue: Normal colour, thin white moist coat. Pulse: Floating and tight.
Treatment principle: Releases the Exterior with force, induces sweating, expels Cold and relaxes the sinews.
Note: moxa is appropriate. No Six-Stage slide exists — no pattern link is given here.
3. Painful Obstruction with Wind-Cold-Damp
Clinical manifestations: Aching, heavy neck and shoulder pain; worse in cold, damp weather; heaviness or numbness; limited range of motion that improves with movement.
Tongue: Pale, swollen, tooth-marked, white greasy coat. Pulse: Wiry and tight, or soggy.
Treatment principle: Dispels Wind, Cold and Dampness, tonifies Qi and invigorates the channels.
Note: moxa is appropriate. This site's decks have no Bi-syndrome slide, confirmed absent many times — no pattern link is given here.
Clinical manifestations: Fixed, stabbing pain; stiffness worse at night; dark or purplish complexion, lips and nails; history of injury or repetitive strain.
Tongue: Purple or dusky, stasis spots, distended sublingual veins. Pulse: Choppy or wiry.
Treatment principle: Invigorates Blood, dispels stasis, moves Qi and relieves pain.
Note: no moxa. Linked to this site's own Liver-Blood-stasis slide per the discoloration-marker rule.
5. Phlegm in the Channels
Clinical manifestations: Heavy, numb sensation; a feeling of a lump or obstruction; puffy eyelids; chest tightness; excessive phlegm.
Tongue: Purple with stasis spots, white greasy coat, distended sublingual veins. Pulse: Wiry-choppy or wiry-slippery.
Treatment principle: Dispels Wind-Damp, drains Dampness, transforms Phlegm and unblocks the collaterals.
Note: Mixed Deficiency/Excess. This site's decks have no Phlegm-in-the-channels slide, confirmed absent many times — no pattern link is given here.
Clinical manifestations: Dull persistent stiffness worse with fatigue; dizziness; tinnitus; dry eyes and blurred vision; night sweats; heat in the palms, soles and chest.
Tongue: Red, thin, cracked, dry, little or no coat. Pulse: Thin, rapid and wiry.
Treatment principle: Nourishes Liver and Kidney Yin, moistens the sinews and clears deficiency Heat.
Note: no moxa (Yin deficiency with heat signs).