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Clinical manifestations: Distending, cramping pain radiating to the ribs, frequent belching and acid reflux, symptoms worsen with emotional stress, frustration, or irregular eating, irritability and sensation of a lump in the throat.
Tongue: Normal or slightly red body with redder sides, thin white coating. Pulse: Wiry, taut like a guitar string.
Treatment principle: Courses the Liver and resolves constraint, moves Qi and alleviates pain, invigorates Blood.
Note: no moxa. Direct match with this site's own Rebellious-Liver-Qi-invading-the-Stomach slide.
Clinical manifestations: Dull cold pain in the upper belly improved by warmth, vomiting clear watery fluid, cold hands and feet with aversion to cold, poor appetite preferring hot drinks, pain improves with pressure.
Tongue: Pale, puffy, tender with teeth marks, white slippery coating. Pulse: Deep, slow, weak.
Treatment principle: Warms the Middle Burner, disperses Cold, tonifies Qi.
Note: moxa strongly indicated throughout. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Stomach-Deficient-and-Cold slide.
Clinical manifestations: Burning, cramping pain in the upper stomach, thirst desiring cold drinks, bad breath with swollen bleeding gums, vomiting bitter or sour fluid, worsens with spicy food and alcohol.
Tongue: Red body with central prickles, thick dry yellow coat. Pulse: Rapid, slippery, forceful.
Treatment principle: Clears Stomach-Heat, cools the Blood, nourishes Yin.
Note: no moxa. Direct match with this site's own Stomach-Heat-(or-Phlegm-Heat) slide.
4. Phlegm-Dampness in the Middle Burner
Clinical manifestations: Epigastric fullness and distension after eating, nausea with a greasy or sticky taste, heavy sensation in the limbs, no thirst, loose sticky stools, worsens with overeating and greasy foods.
Tongue: Pale, swollen with teeth marks, thick white greasy coating, especially at center. Pulse: Slippery and soggy.
Treatment principle: Directs rebellious Qi downward and stops vomiting, disperses clumping, harmonizes Cold and Heat.
Note: no moxa. This site has no plain Phlegm-Dampness-in-the-Middle-Burner slide on any deck, a gap confirmed absent many times over this session — no pattern link is given here; points still link fine individually.
5. Qi and Blood Deficiency
Clinical manifestations: Dull, chronic upper abdominal cramping, fatigue and general weakness, pale face, lips, and nail beds, poor appetite with bloating after meals, dizziness and heart palpitations.
Tongue: Pale body, possibly thin with teeth marks, thin white coating. Pulse: Fine, weak, empty.
Treatment principle: Tonifies Qi, nourishes Blood, strengthens the Spleen.
Note: moxa applicable throughout. This site has no combined Qi-and-Blood-deficiency slide, a gap confirmed absent many times over this session — no pattern link is given here; points still link fine individually.
Clinical manifestations: Dull, cold upper abdominal pain improved by warmth, heavy sensation in the body and limbs, bloating and fullness after eating, loose or watery stools, worsens with cold, raw, or damp foods.
Tongue: Pale swollen body with teeth marks, thick white greasy, excessively moist coating. Pulse: Soggy or slippery and slow.
Treatment principle: Dries Dampness, strengthens the Spleen, moves Qi.
Note: moxa strongly indicated throughout. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Cold-Dampness-invading-the-Spleen slide.