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Clinical manifestations: Palpitations worse at night or rest, mental restlessness, night sweats, five-palm heat, dry mouth and throat, red tongue tip with scanty coating.
Tongue: Red body (especially tip) with little/no coating, possible midline crack. Pulse: Fine and rapid, often weak when pressed deeply.
Treatment principle: Nourish Heart Yin, clear empty Heat, calm the mind.
Note: no moxa. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Heart-Yin-deficiency slide.
Clinical manifestations: Forceful, rapid heartbeat with chest heat, intense agitation and anxiety, red flushed face, mouth/tongue ulcers, thirst with cold-drink desire, bitter taste.
Tongue: Red body with redder tip, red points on the tip, yellow dry coating. Pulse: Rapid, overflowing, forceful, especially at the left front position.
Treatment principle: Clear excess Heart Fire, calm the mind, stop palpitations.
Note: no moxa. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Heart-Fire-blazing slide.
Clinical manifestations: Palpitations worsening with anger/frustration, throbbing headache at the temples/crown, bitter mouth taste, dry throat, red/painful/burning eyes, intense irritability and short temper.
Tongue: Red body with redder sides, dry yellow coating, possible red prickles. Pulse: Wiry and rapid, full and forceful, especially at the left middle position.
Treatment principle: Clear Liver Fire, drain Damp-Heat, settle the Heart.
Note: no moxa. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Liver-Fire-blazing slide.
Clinical manifestations: Copious thick yellow sticky phlegm, chest oppression and fullness, mental restlessness with disturbed sleep, red flushed face and eyes.
Tongue: Red body (swollen with a red prickly tip), thick yellow greasy coating. Pulse: Slippery and rapid.
Treatment principle: Clear Heart Fire, transform Phlegm, settle the mind.
Note: no moxa. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Phlegm-Fire-harassing-the-Heart slide.
5. Qi and Blood Deficiency
Clinical manifestations: Weak or hollow palpitations (not pounding), worse with exertion and better lying down, pale complexion, pale lips and nail beds, dizziness especially on standing, extreme fatigue and shortness of breath.
Tongue: Pale body (may be thin or show teeth marks), thin white coating. Pulse: Fine/weak, feeling empty.
Treatment principle: Tonify Qi and Blood, strengthen the Spleen, nourish the Heart.
Note: moxa applicable on ST-36/SP-6. This site has no combined Qi-and-Blood-deficiency slide, a gap confirmed absent many times over — no pattern link is given here; points still link fine individually.
Clinical manifestations: Weak or hollow palpitations, shortness of breath worsened by exertion, spontaneous daytime sweating, pale complexion and lips, dizziness on standing, mild anxiety with unease.
Tongue: Pale and puffy with thin white coat, midline crack possible in chronic cases. Pulse: Empty, soft/large on the surface but disappearing under pressure, weakest at the left Cun position.
Treatment principle: Tonify Heart Qi and Blood, calm the spirit, stop palpitations.
Note: moxa applicable on ST-36. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Heart-Qi-deficiency slide.