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1. Qi and Blood Deficiency
Clinical manifestations: Persistent fatigue, a pale complexion, dizziness, palpitations, poor appetite, spontaneous sweating, slow wound healing.
Tongue: Pale, may be thin or have teeth marks, thin white coating. Pulse: Fine and weak.
Treatment principle: Restore depleted Qi and Blood through tonification, strengthening Spleen and Stomach function.
Note: Confirmed absent again: standalone combined Qi-and-Blood-Deficiency has no matching deck slide on this site.
Clinical manifestations: Dry mouth and throat, hunger without appetite, dull burning upper-abdominal pain, dry stools, reduced appetite with dry retching.
Tongue: Red, thin, dry centre, little or no coating, possible cracks. Pulse: Fine and rapid.
Treatment principle: Nourish Stomach-Yin fluids and generate moisture to soothe the digestive lining.
Clinical manifestations: Cold hands and feet especially below the knees, sore lower back and knees, early-morning diarrhea with undigested food, abdominal bloating, leg and ankle swelling.
Tongue: Pale, swollen, puffy with tooth marks, white slippery coating. Pulse: Deep, weak, slow, especially feeble at the rear positions.
Treatment principle: Warm Kidney-Yang and reignite the digestive fire to restore the body's inner warmth.
4. Damp-Heat
Clinical manifestations: A red, swollen, oozing surgical wound; an afternoon fever; a heavy sluggish body sensation; dark scanty urine; sticky or loose stools.
Tongue: Red with a thick yellow greasy coating, difficult to scrape off. Pulse: Soggy-rapid or slippery-rapid.
Treatment principle: Clear Heat and drain Dampness, resolving retained toxins and promoting wound drainage.
Note: Confirmed absent again: this site's own Post-Surgical Recovery with Poor Wound Healing page leaves the identically-named plain Damp-Heat pattern unlinked for the same reason.
Clinical manifestations: Upper abdominal distension radiating to the rib cage that worsens with emotional stress, frequent belching, sour acid reflux, irritability and moodiness.
Tongue: Normal or slightly red with redder sides, thin white coating. Pulse: Wiry.
Treatment principle: Soothe the constrained Liver-Qi, prevent Stomach-Qi rebellion, and redirect the flow downward.