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Clinical manifestations: Palpitations worsening with exertion, cold hands and feet with aversion to cold, chest stuffiness or mild pain, pale puffy face, deep weak slow pulse with possible skipped beats.
Tongue: Pale, puffy, tender with teeth marks and white slippery coating. Pulse: Deep, weak, slow, possibly knotted.
Treatment principle: Warm and restore Heart Yang.
Note: moxa applicable throughout (REN-8 with moxa/salt). Direct exact-name match with this site's own Heart-Yang-deficiency slide.
Clinical manifestations: Palpitations with uncomfortable heartbeat awareness, shortness of breath with light activity, spontaneous sweating without exertion, severe fatigue and lack of stamina, pale dull complexion with reluctance to speak.
Tongue: Pale, soft, slightly puffy with thin white coat, possible midline crack. Pulse: Empty — soft and large on light touch but vanishes under pressure, especially weak at the left Cun position.
Treatment principle: Tonify Heart Qi to strengthen the pulse.
Note: moxa applicable on ST-36. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Heart-Qi-deficiency slide.
Clinical manifestations: Palpitations with racing or skipped beats, dizziness especially when standing, pale dull complexion with pale lips, insomnia with vivid dreaming, poor memory and forgetfulness.
Tongue: Pale body, possibly thin, thin white coating. Pulse: Fine and weak, possibly slightly choppy.
Treatment principle: Nourish Heart Blood to provide the material foundation for a steady rhythm.
Note: no moxa. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Heart-Blood-deficiency slide.
4. Spleen Deficiency With Dampness
Clinical manifestations: Heavy oppressive chest sensation, bloating and fullness after eating, loose unformed stools, heaviness of the body and limbs, poor appetite, sticky or greasy taste, drowsiness especially after meals.
Tongue: Pale and swollen with teeth marks, white greasy coating, moist surface. Pulse: Soggy and slow, often with a slippery quality.
Treatment principle: Strengthen the Spleen and dry Dampness to clear Phlegm obstruction.
Note: moxa applicable on ST-36. This site has no combined Spleen-deficiency-with-Dampness slide, a gap confirmed absent many times over — no pattern link is given here; points still link fine individually.
Clinical manifestations: Irritability and explosive anger, bitter taste, distending or burning rib-side pain, red face and eyes, restlessness and agitation.
Tongue: Red body with redder sides, yellow coating. Pulse: Wiry and rapid.
Treatment principle: Disperse stagnant Liver Qi and clear rising Heat.
Note: no moxa. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Stagnant-Liver-Qi-turning-into-Heat slide.
Clinical manifestations: Lower back and knee soreness and weakness, poor memory and mental fogginess, premature greying or hair loss, dizziness and tinnitus, frequent nighttime urination.
Tongue: Pale, thin body with little or no coating, possible fine cracks. Pulse: Fine, deep, especially weak at both rear positions.
Treatment principle: Nourish Kidney Essence to restore the body's deepest reserves.
Note: moxa applicable throughout. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Kidney-Essence-deficiency slide.