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Clinical manifestations: Oozing, weeping, crusted lesions with yellow discharge; red, swollen, hot skin with a burning sensation; heaviness in the body and limbs; a sticky mouth sensation; loose, sticky stools.
Tongue: Red, yellow greasy coat difficult to scrape, possibly swollen and tooth-marked. Pulse: Soggy-rapid or slippery-rapid.
Treatment principle: Drains excess Heat, clears Damp-Heat from the Lower Burner and resolves the sticky, turbid condition rising to the skin.
Note: no moxa. Linked to this site's own Damp-Heat-in-the-Bladder slide, its established Lower-Burner Damp-Heat convention.
2. Heat in the Blood
Clinical manifestations: Bright red, hot papules or patches appearing suddenly; intense itching worsened by warmth; internal heat worse at night; thirst for cold drinks; restlessness and irritability.
Tongue: Red with red spots or prickles, thin yellow dry coat. Pulse: Rapid, often wiry, possibly slippery.
Treatment principle: Clears Heat from the Blood level and cools the Blood to reduce redness and burning.
Note: no moxa. This site's decks have no standalone Heat-in-the-Blood slide, confirmed absent many times — no pattern link is given here.
3. Blood Deficiency with External Wind
Clinical manifestations: Dry, flaky, rough skin; intense nighttime itching; rashes appearing and disappearing suddenly; pale complexion; aversion to wind or drafts; dizziness.
Tongue: Pale, thin, thin white slightly dry coat. Pulse: Fine, often wiry at the left middle position, floating at the right front position.
Treatment principle: Nourishes Blood to moisten and protect the skin; dispels external Wind to relieve itching.
Note: no moxa.
4. Spleen Deficiency with Dampness
Clinical manifestations: Dull, oozing lesions that are not intensely red; bloating and loose stools; heaviness of the body and limbs; poor appetite; fatigue.
Tongue: Pale, swollen, tooth-marked, white greasy coat. Pulse: Soggy and slow, soft, lacking force.
Treatment principle: Strengthens Spleen Qi to restore its transformative function and dry excess Dampness.
Note: Mixed Deficiency/Excess. No deck slide combines Spleen deficiency with Dampness — no pattern link is given here.
5. Yin and Blood Deficiency
Clinical manifestations: Chronic red, dry, finely scaling skin; night sweats; warm palms, soles and chest; dry mouth and throat.
Tongue: Pale to pale-red, thin, dry with cracks, scanty or peeled coat. Pulse: Fine and rapid.
Treatment principle: Replenishes Yin and Blood to restore skin nourishment and cools low-grade deficiency Heat.
Note: no moxa (Yin deficiency with heat signs).