↑ reinforcing ↓ reducing ⊥ even method.
Clinical manifestations: Frequent night-time urination; weak, thin stream; coldness in the lower back and knees; low libido; fatigue.
Tongue: Pale, puffy, tooth-marked, wet white coat. Pulse: Deep, slow and weak.
Treatment principle: Warms and tonifies Kidney Yang to restore the Bladder's transformative fire.
Note: moxa is strongly indicated.
Clinical manifestations: Urine dribbles; incomplete emptying; profound fatigue; poor appetite; loose stools; pale complexion; weak lower back and knees.
Tongue: Pale, swollen, tooth-marked, white moist coat. Pulse: Deep, weak and fine.
Treatment principle: Tonifies Spleen and Kidney Qi to restore lifting and holding power.
Note: moxa is appropriate. Linked to this site's Kidney-and-Spleen-Yang-deficiency slide; it names Yang rather than Qi, so treat as a partial match.
Clinical manifestations: Scanty dark hot urine; dry mouth and throat at night; night sweats; heat in the palms, soles and chest; dizziness; tinnitus; weak sore lower back and knees.
Tongue: Red, thin, dry, little coat. Pulse: Fine and rapid, weak at the left rear position.
Treatment principle: Nourishes Kidney Yin and clears Empty-Heat irritating the urinary tract.
Note: no moxa (Yin deficiency with heat signs).
Clinical manifestations: Burning or stinging urination; frequent, urgent, small-volume urination; cloudy or dark yellow urine; heaviness in the legs; scrotal dampness or itching.
Tongue: Red, slightly swollen, thick yellow greasy coat, thickest at the root. Pulse: Slippery and rapid.
Treatment principle: Clears Heat and drains Dampness from the Lower Burner to relieve obstruction.
Note: no moxa. Linked to this site's own Damp-Heat-in-the-Bladder slide, its established Lower-Burner Damp-Heat convention.
5. Qi and Blood Stagnation
Clinical manifestations: Stabbing, fixed pain in the lower abdomen or perineum, worse with pressure; thin, hesitant, interrupted stream; occasional blood in the urine; irritability.
Tongue: Dark purple with stasis spots, distended sublingual veins. Pulse: Wiry and choppy.
Treatment principle: Moves stagnant Qi and invigorates Blood to restore passage and relieve pain.
Note: no moxa. No combined Qi-and-Blood-stagnation slide exists on this site's decks — no pattern link is given here.