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Clinical manifestations: High fever worse at night; sharp chest pain worse with breathing or lying flat; delirium; cold hands and feet despite fever.
Tongue: Crimson, stiff or shortened, dry yellow coat. Pulse: Fine and rapid.
Treatment principle: Cools the Nutritive level, resolves heat toxin and vents Heat outward.
Note: no moxa. Acute — medical emergency care first.
Clinical manifestations: Oppressive chest pain worse with coughing or movement; unable to lie flat; fullness on one side; cough with white phlegm.
Tongue: Pale, swollen, white slippery or greasy coat. Pulse: Deep and wiry.
Treatment principle: Warms Yang, transforms fluid retention, strengthens the Spleen and resolves Dampness.
Note: moxa is appropriate. Linked to this site's own Phlegm-Fluids-obstructing-the-Lungs slide, the closest match.
Clinical manifestations: Stabbing pain in a fixed location, may radiate to the left shoulder or inner arm; purple lips and dark nails; palpitations with chest tightness; insomnia.
Tongue: Purple or dusky with stasis spots, distended sublingual veins. Pulse: Choppy at the left front position, possibly wiry or knotted.
Treatment principle: Invigorates Blood, dispels stasis, moves Qi and relieves pain.
Note: no moxa.
4. Qi and Yin Deficiency
Clinical manifestations: Dull, mild chest ache; low-grade afternoon fever; palpitations worse with exertion; night sweats; warm palms and soles; dry mouth; fatigue.
Tongue: Red, thin or absent coat, dry. Pulse: Fine, weak, often rapid.
Treatment principle: Nourishes Yin and Blood, tonifies Qi and unblocks Yang.
Note: no moxa (Yin deficiency with heat signs). No combined Qi-and-Yin-deficiency slide exists — no pattern link is given here.
Clinical manifestations: Pale or yellowish complexion; poor appetite with bloating; loose stools; palpitations worse with exertion; insomnia with much dreaming; dizziness; forgetfulness.
Tongue: Pale, puffy, tender, tooth-marked, thin white coat. Pulse: Fine and weak; the left front position especially empty.
Treatment principle: Tonifies Qi, nourishes Blood and strengthens the Spleen.
Note: moxa is appropriate. Linked to the closest slide (Spleen- and Heart-Blood deficiency); it names Blood only, so treat as a partial match.
Clinical manifestations: MEDICAL EMERGENCY. Ice-cold limbs (past the elbows and knees); profuse cold clammy sweating; ashen complexion; blue-purple lips and nails; unable to lie flat; apathy or loss of consciousness.
Tongue: Pale, moist, flaccid, thin white slippery coat. Pulse: Minute, barely perceptible.
Treatment principle: Rescues collapsing Yang, tonifies Qi and arrests sweating.
Note: Call emergency services first; moxa on all points is a supportive measure only. Linked to this site's own Heart-Yang-Collapse slide.