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Clinical manifestations: Gradual painless vision loss with normal-appearing eyes, dry blurred vision, dizziness with ringing ears, night sweats, heat in palms/soles/chest, soreness and weakness of the lower back and knees, insomnia with vivid dreams.
Tongue: Red, thin body with cracks, little or no coating, dry surface. Pulse: Fine and rapid, often wiry, weak at the left Chi position.
Treatment principle: Nourish Liver and Kidney Yin to restore deep ocular nourishment.
Note: no moxa. Direct match with this site's own Kidney-and-Liver-Yin-deficiency slide.
2. Qi and Blood Deficiency
Clinical manifestations: Pale or sallow complexion, fatigue and lack of energy, dizziness, heart palpitations, poor appetite, numbness or tingling in the limbs, slow painless vision dimming with a dull gaze.
Tongue: Pale body, possibly thin with teeth marks, thin white coating. Pulse: Fine and weak, especially the right Guan position.
Treatment principle: Tonify Spleen and Stomach to produce adequate Qi and Blood.
Note: moxa applicable on ST-36. This site has no combined Qi-and-Blood-deficiency slide, a gap confirmed absent many times over — no pattern link is given here; points still link fine individually.
Clinical manifestations: Vision dims or fluctuates with emotional stress, rib-side distension or pain, frequent sighing, irritability or mood swings, sensation of pressure around the eyes.
Tongue: Normal or slightly dark body with red or purple sides, thin white coat. Pulse: Wiry, especially at the left middle position.
Treatment principle: Smooth and course Liver Qi to restore unobstructed flow to the eyes.
Note: no moxa. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Liver-Qi-stagnation slide.
Clinical manifestations: Gradual vision dimming without redness or pain, cold hands and feet especially below the knees, chronic loose stools or early-morning diarrhea, sore cold lower back and knees, fatigue.
Tongue: Pale, swollen, puffy body with teeth marks, white slippery coating. Pulse: Deep, weak, slow, feeble at both Chi positions and right Guan.
Treatment principle: Warm and tonify Spleen and Kidney Yang.
Note: moxa applicable throughout. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Kidney-and-Spleen-Yang-deficiency slide.
Clinical manifestations: Stabbing fixed pain around the eye or orbit, vision loss following head or eye trauma, dark or purplish complexion and lips, irritability and emotional tension.
Tongue: Dark purple body with stasis spots, distended sublingual veins. Pulse: Wiry and choppy.
Treatment principle: Invigorate Blood and dissolve stasis to restore microcirculation to the optic nerve.
Note: no moxa. Linked to this site's own Liver-Blood-stasis slide via the established discoloration-marker rule.