↑ reinforcing ↓ reducing ⊥ even method.
Clinical manifestations: A crimson red tongue tip with red prickles; mouth or tongue ulcers with raised edges; palpitations; mental restlessness; insomnia; thirst for cold drinks; a bitter taste; dark yellow urine.
Tongue: Red with a distinctly redder tip and prickles, possible midline crack, yellow dry coating. Pulse: Rapid, forceful, overflowing, at the left front position.
Treatment principle: Clears Heart Fire and drains Heat downward via urination.
Note: no moxa.
Clinical manifestations: Red tongue sides; a throbbing temple or crown headache; red, painful, burning eyes; a bitter taste; intense irritability and a short temper; burning rib pain.
Tongue: Red with redder sides, dry yellow coating, possible red prickles on the sides or tip. Pulse: Wiry and rapid, forceful at the left middle position.
Treatment principle: Drains excess Liver and Gallbladder Fire and clears Heat from the Liver channel.
Note: no moxa.
Clinical manifestations: A red tongue tip or sides with little or no coating; night sweats dampening the pillow; a dry mouth and throat worse in the evening; five-palm heat; a malar flush; restlessness and difficulty falling asleep.
Tongue: Red, thin, dry with cracks and little or no coating. Pulse: Fine and rapid, often weak at the left rear position.
Treatment principle: Nourishes Yin and subdues empty Heat without damaging remaining fluids.
Note: no moxa (Yin deficiency with heat signs).
Clinical manifestations: A fever more prominent than chills; a sore, red throat; a distending headache; a yellow phlegm cough; recent onset after wind exposure; nasal congestion with yellow discharge.
Tongue: Red at the tip and edges with thin yellow coating. Pulse: Floating and rapid.
Treatment principle: Disperses Wind-Heat, clears Heat from the upper burner and expels the external pathogen.
Note: no moxa.
Clinical manifestations: Redness concentrated on the tongue sides; irritability and explosive anger; rib-cage distension; a bitter taste; a temple headache.
Tongue: Red with redder sides and yellow coating. Pulse: Wiry and rapid, pronounced at the left middle position.
Treatment principle: Soothes Liver Qi stagnation and clears the generated Heat to allow smooth flow.
Note: no moxa.