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Clinical manifestations: Fever, cramping abdominal pain with urgent stools, bloody or mucus-filled diarrhea, burning sensation at the anus, thirst with scanty dark urine.
Tongue: C Pulse: l
Treatment principle: red body with thick yellow greasy coating, thickest at the center and root,slippery and rapid
Clinical manifestations: Pain or distension below the ribs (especially right side), bitter taste, jaundice, dark yellow scanty urine, aversion to greasy food.
Tongue: D Pulse: r
Treatment principle: red body (especially the sides) with thick yellow greasy coating,wiry, slippery, and rapid
3. Spleen Deficiency with Dampness
Clinical manifestations: Loose unformed stools without blood or mucus, bloating after eating, heaviness of the body and limbs, poor appetite, fatigue, sticky mouth sensation without thirst.
Tongue: T Pulse: o
Treatment principle: pale swollen body with teeth marks, white greasy coating, moist surface,soggy and slow, soft and weak
Clinical manifestations: Abdominal bloating and fullness after eating, sticky or incomplete stools, rib distension, emotional frustration, heaviness, poor appetite and fatigue.
Tongue: C Pulse: o
Treatment principle: pale swollen body with teeth marks, white greasy coating thicker at the center and root, moist surface, sides may show slight redness,slippery and wiry overall, right middle soggy, left middle wiry
Clinical manifestations: Fixed stabbing abdominal pain worse at night, palpable hard masses (enlarged liver and spleen), abdominal fluid accumulation, dark or purplish lips, nails and complexion, rough dry scaly skin.
Tongue: I Pulse: n
Treatment principle: dark purple body with stasis spots, engorged dark sublingual veins,choppy, rough like scraping bamboo
6. Qi and Blood Deficiency
Clinical manifestations: Sallow or pale complexion, dizziness and heart palpitations, extreme fatigue and shortness of breath, poor appetite with emaciation, numbness or tingling in the limbs.
Tongue: T Pulse: o
Treatment principle: pale body, possibly thin or with teeth marks, thin white coating,fine and weak