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1. Qi and Blood Deficiency
Clinical manifestations: Pale, dry wound with slow granulation; little or no discharge; deep fatigue; pale complexion; dizziness; poor appetite with spontaneous sweating.
Tongue: Pale, thin or tooth-marked, thin white coat. Pulse: Fine and weak, or empty and soft.
Treatment principle: Tonifies Qi and nourishes Blood to provide the building blocks for repair.
Note: moxa is appropriate away from the wound. No combined Qi-and-Blood-deficiency slide exists on this site's decks — no pattern link is given here.
Clinical manifestations: Pale wound with slow granulation and thin clear exudate; poor appetite with bloating; loose stools; fatigue and heavy limbs; sallow complexion.
Tongue: Pale, puffy, scalloped edges, thin white coat. Pulse: Weak and soft, especially at the right middle position.
Treatment principle: Strengthens Spleen Qi to improve the transformation and production of Qi and Blood.
Note: moxa is appropriate. Linked to this site's own Stomach-and-Spleen-Qi-deficiency slide.
3. Damp-Heat
Clinical manifestations: Red, swollen wound oozing thick yellow pus; heaviness in the body and head; chest and upper abdominal stuffiness; thirst with little desire to drink.
Tongue: Red, thick yellow greasy coat. Pulse: Slippery and rapid.
Treatment principle: Clears Heat and drains Dampness to reduce inflammation and allow the wound to dry.
Note: no moxa. Suspected infection needs medical review. This site's decks have no standalone Damp-Heat-in-the-tissues slide — no pattern link is given here.
4. Damp-Cold
Clinical manifestations: Dull, cold wound pain that eases with warmth; the wound feels cold and oozes thin white or clear fluid; heavy limbs; cold hands and feet; loose stools; poor appetite; no thirst.
Tongue: Pale, swollen, tooth-marked, thick white greasy, excessively moist coat. Pulse: Deep, slow, slippery or soggy.
Treatment principle: Warms the channels, disperses Cold and transforms Dampness to restore local circulation.
Note: moxa is strongly indicated. No matching deck slide — no pattern link is given here.
Clinical manifestations: The wound feels cold to the touch; pale wound bed with little or no exudate; feeling cold all over, worst in the lower back and legs; frequent night-time urination; deep fatigue and low spirits.
Tongue: Pale, puffy, tender, tooth-marked, wet white coat. Pulse: Deep, slow and weak, especially at the rear positions.
Treatment principle: Tonifies Kidney Yang to restore the metabolic fire that drives tissue repair.
Note: moxa is strongly indicated.
6. Exterior-Heat
Clinical manifestations: Fever with slight aversion to cold or wind; mild sweating; thirst or dry mouth; sore or swollen throat; wound redness, dryness and local heat; headache and body aches.
Tongue: Normal or slightly red at the tip and sides, thin white or faintly yellow coat. Pulse: Floating and rapid.
Treatment principle: Disperses exterior Heat and resolves toxin to redirect resources toward wound healing.
Note: no moxa. Fever after surgery needs medical review. No non-Lung external-Heat slide exists — no pattern link is given here.