↑ reinforcing ↓ reducing ⊥ even method.
Clinical manifestations: Dizziness; dry eyes; ringing in the ears; night sweats; heat in the palms and soles; lower back soreness; a dry mouth; a red face.
Tongue: Red with cracks, scanty or no coating, dry surface. Pulse: Fine, rapid, wiry, weak at the left rear position.
Treatment principle: Nourishes Kidney and Liver Yin to anchor rising Yang.
Note: no moxa (Yin deficiency with heat signs).
Clinical manifestations: A throbbing headache at the temples or crown; dizziness; irritability; a flushed face with red eyes; tinnitus; a dry mouth and throat.
Tongue: Red with redder sides, thin dry yellow or scanty coat. Pulse: Wiry, possibly fine and rapid.
Treatment principle: Subdues Liver Yang and anchors it downward, nourishing the underlying Yin.
Note: no moxa (gentle technique in pregnancy).
3. Spleen Deficiency with Dampness
Clinical manifestations: Marked swelling of the ankles, feet and hands; abdominal bloating after eating; heaviness in the body and limbs; poor appetite; loose stools; fatigue; scanty urination.
Tongue: Pale, swollen, teeth-marked, white greasy coating, moist. Pulse: Soggy and slow, soft at the right middle position.
Treatment principle: Tonifies Spleen Qi and resolves Dampness.
Note: gentle moxa is appropriate. No standalone Spleen-Deficiency-with-Dampness slide exists on this site's decks — no pattern link is given here.
Clinical manifestations: Fixed, stabbing pain in the lower back or abdomen; dark or dusky lips; dark under-eye circles; pain worse at night or with pressure; restricted fetal growth.
Tongue: Dark purple or dusky with stasis spots, distended dark sublingual veins. Pulse: Choppy or wiry.
Treatment principle: Gently invigorates Blood and removes stasis without harming the pregnancy.
Note: no moxa. Linked to this site's own Liver-Blood-stasis slide per the discoloration-marker rule; gentle technique only in pregnancy.
Clinical manifestations: A severe, throbbing headache at the temples or crown; red, burning eyes; a bitter taste; intense irritability; a flushed face; constipation; dark yellow urine.
Tongue: Red with redder sides, dry yellow coating. Pulse: Wiry, rapid, forceful at the left middle position.
Treatment principle: Drains Liver Fire and cools excess Heat.
Note: no moxa.
6. Phlegm
Clinical manifestations: A heavy, foggy-headed sensation; chest oppression or fullness; nausea or vomiting of sticky fluid.
Tongue: Swollen, pale, teeth-marked, thick white greasy coating, moist. Pulse: Slippery, like rolling beads.
Treatment principle: Dries Dampness and transforms turbid Phlegm, regulating the Middle Burner.
Note: no moxa. This site's decks have no standalone Phlegm slide — no pattern link is given here.