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1. Qi and Blood Deficiency
Clinical manifestations: Fatigue and weakness, shortness of breath on exertion, dizziness or lightheadedness, poor appetite, pale complexion.
Tongue: Pale body, may be thin or have teeth marks, thin white coating. Pulse: Fine and weak.
Treatment principle: Tonify Qi, nourish Blood, strengthen the Spleen.
Note: moxa applicable on ST-36/BL-20. This site has no combined Qi-and-Blood-deficiency slide, a gap confirmed absent many times over this session — no pattern link is given here; points still link fine individually.
2. Blood Deficiency
Clinical manifestations: Pale thin tongue body, dizziness or lightheadedness, blurred vision, pale lips and nail beds, scanty menstrual flow with pale blood, numbness or tingling in the hands and feet.
Tongue: Pale, thin body with thin white coating. Pulse: Fine, weak or choppy.
Treatment principle: Nourish Blood, regulate menstruation, alleviate pain.
Note: no moxa. This site has no organ-nonspecific Blood-deficiency slide on any deck — no pattern link is given here; points still link fine individually.
Clinical manifestations: Pale puffy tender tongue with teeth marks, white slippery coating, loose stools, feeling cold, dull abdominal pain improved by warmth and pressure, abdominal bloating.
Tongue: Pale, puffy, tender body with teeth marks and a white slippery coating. Pulse: Deep, slow, weak, especially in the right Guan position.
Treatment principle: Warm the Middle Burner, disperse Cold, tonify Qi.
Note: moxa strongly indicated throughout. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Spleen-Yang-deficiency slide.
Clinical manifestations: Feeling cold, cold hands and feet, desire for warmth and warm drinks, fatigue and weakness, pale complexion.
Tongue: Pale, swollen, and moist with teeth marks, white slippery coating. Pulse: Deep, slow, and weak.
Treatment principle: Warm Yang and disperse Cold, tonify Qi, strengthen the Spleen.
Note: moxa strongly indicated throughout. This site has no plain organ-nonspecific Yang-deficiency slide — linked to the closest match, this site's own Kidney-Yang-deficiency slide, since the moxa-heavy treatment approach here (DU-4, REN-4) is identical.
Clinical manifestations: Pale tongue with purplish spots or a dark tinge, fixed stabbing pain worsening with pressure, fatigue and weakness, shortness of breath and reluctance to speak, dark or dusky complexion.
Tongue: Pale base with a dark or purplish tinge, stasis spots or purple dots, possible teeth marks, distended sublingual veins, thin white coat. Pulse: Deep, fine or weak, and choppy.
Treatment principle: Tonify Qi, invigorate Blood and dispel stasis, unblock channels and collaterals.
Note: moxa applicable on ST-36/REN-6. Direct match with this site's own Liver-Blood-stasis slide via the established discoloration-marker rule — this is exactly the Qi-deficiency-causing-stasis variant that rule was written to cover.
Clinical manifestations: Poor appetite, abdominal bloating, loose stools, heavy weak limbs, pale complexion.
Tongue: Pale, slightly puffy body with tooth marks and a thin white coating. Pulse: Weak, soft, and empty, especially at the right middle (Guan) position.
Treatment principle: Tonify Qi, strengthen the Spleen, harmonize the Stomach.
Note: no moxa. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Stomach-and-Spleen-Qi-deficiency slide.