↑ reinforcing ↓ reducing ⊥ even method.
Clinical manifestations: Severe mental restlessness and agitation, mouth or tongue ulcers with red edges, palpitations, red flushed face, thirst for cold drinks, insomnia with vivid dreams, irritability and explosive anger.
Tongue: Red body with distinctly redder tip and red prickles, dry yellow coating. Pulse: Rapid and forceful, bounding at the left front position.
Treatment principle: Clear excess Heart Fire and calm the Heart spirit disturbed by blazing Heat.
Note: no moxa. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Heart-Fire-blazing slide.
Clinical manifestations: Irritability and explosive anger, distending or burning pain along the ribs, bitter taste in the mouth, red face and eyes, restlessness tied to stress and frustration, chest tightness.
Tongue: Red body, redder along the sides, yellow coating. Pulse: Wiry and rapid, strongest at the left middle position.
Treatment principle: Spread stagnant Liver-Qi to release constraint and clear the Heat rising to disturb the Heart.
Note: no moxa. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Stagnant-Liver-Qi-turning-into-Heat slide.
Clinical manifestations: Restlessness worsening in the afternoon or evening, night sweats, heat in the palms, soles and chest, dry mouth and throat especially at night, flushed cheekbones, insomnia or dream-disturbed sleep.
Tongue: Red, thin, dry with cracks and little or no coating. Pulse: Fine (thin) and rapid.
Treatment principle: Nourish depleted Yin to anchor floating Yang and cool the empty-Heat disturbing the spirit.
Note: no moxa. Matched to this site's own Kidney-Yin-deficiency-Empty-Heat-blazing slide.
Clinical manifestations: Chest oppression with thick yellow sticky phlegm, rattling/gurgling throat sounds, bitter taste, dizziness and head heaviness, flushed red face and eyes, severely disturbed sleep with vivid dreams, palpitations.
Tongue: Red body, swollen with a red prickly tip, thick yellow greasy coating. Pulse: Slippery and rapid, full at the left Cun (Heart) position.
Treatment principle: Clear Heat and transform Phlegm to open the Heart's orifices and calm the agitated spirit.
Note: no moxa. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Phlegm-Fire-harassing-the-Heart slide.
Clinical manifestations: Soreness and weakness of the lower back and knees, insomnia with difficulty falling asleep or frequent waking, heat in the palms, soles and chest, night sweats, mental restlessness and irritability, dry mouth and throat, palpitations and anxiety.
Tongue: Red, thin body with a redder tip, little or no coating, possible midline crack. Pulse: Fine and rapid, weaker at the rear positions.
Treatment principle: Nourish depleted Kidney Yin to restore the Heart-Kidney connection and anchor flaring Heart Fire.
Note: no moxa. Matched to this site's own Kidneys-and-Heart-not-harmonized slide — a well-established match on this site for the Yin-deficiency-framed version of this pattern name.
6. Exterior Cold Invading With Interior Heat From Stagnation
Clinical manifestations: Simultaneous chills and fever with chills predominating, no sweating despite internal heat and restlessness, generalized body aches with a stiff neck and upper back, thirst for cold drinks, restlessness and irritability, feeling trapped and unable to settle.
Tongue: Red body with red edges, thin white coat turning yellow in patches. Pulse: Floating and tight, with a detectable rapid quality underneath.
Treatment principle: Release exterior Cold to open the pores and vent trapped interior Heat, calming the agitated spirit.
Note: no moxa. This is a combined exterior-Cold/interior-Heat Shanghan-style presentation with no matching slide on any deck of this site — no pattern link is given here; points still link fine individually.