↑ reinforcing ↓ reducing ⊥ even method.
Clinical manifestations: Palpitations worsening with fatigue, pale or sallow complexion, dizziness and light-headedness, insomnia with vivid dreams, easily startled or anxious temperament.
Tongue: Pale body with thin coating. Pulse: Fine and weak, possibly choppy, especially thin at the left Cun position.
Treatment principle: Nourish Heart Blood and anchor the Shen.
Note: moxa applicable on ST-36. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Heart-Blood-deficiency slide.
Clinical manifestations: Palpitations feeling hot or fluttering, worse at night or resting, night sweats, five-palm heat, dry mouth and throat, mental restlessness and agitation.
Tongue: Red especially at the tip, little or no coating, dry surface, possible midline crack. Pulse: Thin and rapid, weak at deep level, especially at the left Cun.
Treatment principle: Nourish Heart Yin and clear empty Heat.
Note: no moxa. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Heart-Yin-deficiency slide.
Clinical manifestations: Palpitations worsening with fatigue, poor appetite and bloating after eating, pale or sallow complexion, fatigue and low energy, loose stools, insomnia with vivid dreams, easily startled or anxious.
Tongue: Pale and tender body with teeth marks along the edges, thin white coating. Pulse: Fine and weak, possibly choppy.
Treatment principle: Strengthen the Spleen to produce Blood, nourish Heart Blood.
Note: moxa applicable on BL-20/ST-36. Matched to this site's own Spleen-and-Heart-Blood-deficiency slide.
Clinical manifestations: Sudden onset palpitations, chest oppression and fullness, copious thick yellow sticky phlegm, mental restlessness and agitation, bitter taste in the mouth, flushed red face and red eyes.
Tongue: Red body, often swollen with a red prickly tip, thick yellow greasy coating. Pulse: Slippery and rapid, left Cun full and overflowing.
Treatment principle: Clear Heart Fire and transform Phlegm.
Note: no moxa. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Phlegm-Fire-harassing-the-Heart slide.
Clinical manifestations: Palpitations worsening with exertion, cold hands and feet, chest stuffiness or mild chest pain, pale or sallow complexion, fatigue and low energy, spontaneous sweating, aversion to cold.
Tongue: Pale and puffy with teeth marks, white slippery coating. Pulse: Deep, weak, slow, may be knotted with irregular pauses.
Treatment principle: Warm and restore Heart Yang to propel circulation.
Note: moxa applicable on REN-4. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Heart-Yang-deficiency slide.
Clinical manifestations: Stabbing or pricking chest pain in a fixed location, cold hands and feet, sensation of suffocation or chest tightness, anxiety or restlessness during pain episodes, purple or dark lips and nails.
Tongue: Purple or dark-red body with stasis spots, distended sublingual veins, thin white coating. Pulse: Choppy or knotted, often irregular with pauses.
Treatment principle: Invigorate Blood circulation, dispel stasis, calm the Heart.
Note: no moxa. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Heart-Blood-stasis slide.
7. Water Qi Intimidating the Heart
Clinical manifestations: Palpitations worse when lying down, swelling of the lower legs or body, cold hands and feet, sensation of something rushing upward from the stomach to the chest, feeling of suffocation, chest oppression and fullness.
Tongue: Pale, swollen, tender body with teeth marks. Pulse: Wiry and slippery, or deep and fine.
Treatment principle: Warm Yang and transform fluid retention, strengthen the Spleen.
Note: no moxa. This site has no Heart-deck slide covering fluid-intimidating-the-Heart, the same gap confirmed on Mitral Valve Prolapse last round — no pattern link is given here; points still link fine individually.