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Clinical manifestations: Sudden, forceful muscle spasms, throbbing headache with severe dizziness, tremor of hands or head, irritability and flushed face.
Tongue: Red body, stiff or trembling, possibly deviated, thin yellow or scanty coating. Pulse: Wiry, fine, possibly rapid.
Treatment principle: Calm Liver-Yang, extinguish Wind, clear Heat.
Note: no moxa. Linked to this site's Liver-Yang-rising slide with the source's own added Wind-generating extension flagged, since no deck slide names Liver-Yang-rising as the specific root of Wind.
Clinical manifestations: Fine trembling of hands/feet, numbness and tingling in the limbs, dizziness, pale or sallow complexion, intermittent contractures.
Tongue: Pale, thin, possibly trembling when extended, thin white coating. Pulse: Fine and wiry, especially at the left Guan position.
Treatment principle: Nourish Liver-Blood, extinguish internal Wind, moisten dryness.
Note: moxa applicable on the tonifying points. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Liver-Blood-deficiency-generating-Wind slide.
3. Qi and Blood Deficiency
Clinical manifestations: Muscle weakness with occasional cramps/tightness, worsens after exertion or prolonged standing, pale face/lips/nail beds, dizziness or lightheadedness, numbness or tingling in the limbs.
Tongue: Pale body, may be thin or teeth-marked, thin white coating. Pulse: Fine, weak, especially at the right Guan position.
Treatment principle: Tonify both Qi and Blood to nourish and relax the sinews.
Note: moxa applicable throughout. This is the generic Qi-and-Blood-deficiency picture, already confirmed absent as a standalone slide on this site many times over — no pattern link is given; points still link fine individually.
4. Phlegm in the Channels, Joints and Muscles
Clinical manifestations: Fixed stabbing pain in muscles/joints, joint swelling that feels hard, purplish discoloration around joints, subcutaneous nodules or hard lumps, numbness or heavy sensation in the limbs.
Tongue: Purple body with stasis spots, white greasy coating, distended sublingual veins. Pulse: Wiry and choppy, or wiry and slippery.
Treatment principle: Transform Phlegm, extinguish Wind, unblock channels.
Note: no moxa. This site has no organ-nonspecific Phlegm-in-the-channels slide, a gap confirmed absent many times over (most recently for Weak Shoulder, batch 39) — no pattern link is given; points still link fine individually.
5. Painful Obstruction Due to Damp-Heat in Channels
Clinical manifestations: Joint pain with local redness and heat, swelling that is hot to touch, heavy aching sensation in the limbs, pain relieved by cold, aggravated by warmth.
Tongue: Red body, possibly slightly swollen, yellow greasy coating. Pulse: Slippery and rapid, possibly soggy.
Treatment principle: Clear Damp-Heat from the channels, unblock collaterals.
Note: no moxa. This is a joint-localized Damp-Heat Bi-syndrome with no organ marker (no bitter taste, no dark urine), so it is not forced onto a Liver/Gallbladder or Bladder Damp-Heat slide — no pattern link is given; points still link fine individually.
Clinical manifestations: Soreness and weakness of the lower back and knees, night sweats, heat in palms/soles/chest, dry eyes with blurred vision, dizziness and ringing in the ears, chronic tightness especially in the lower back and knees.
Tongue: Red, thin body with cracks, dry with little or no coating. Pulse: Fine, rapid, often wiry, weak at the left Chi position.
Treatment principle: Nourish Kidney and Liver Yin to restore foundational moisture and lubrication.
Note: no moxa given the Yin deficiency. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Kidney-and-Liver-Yin-deficiency slide.