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Clinical manifestations: Agitated, loud sleep talking, irritability and mental restlessness, red tongue tip with yellow coating, thirst for cold drinks, bitter taste in the mouth.
Tongue: Red body with distinctly redder tip, red points on tip, yellow dry coating. Pulse: Rapid, forceful, overflowing at the left Cun position, full.
Treatment principle: Clears Heart-Fire and calms the Shen by anchoring the spirit and nourishing Blood.
Note: no moxa. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Heart-Fire-blazing slide.
Clinical manifestations: Loud, angry or agitated sleep talking, bitter taste in the mouth upon waking, throbbing headache at the temples or top of the head, intense irritability and quick temper, red, burning, or painful eyes, disturbing dreams, often nightmares.
Tongue: Red body with redder sides, dry yellow coating, possible red prickles. Pulse: Wiry and rapid, full and forceful.
Treatment principle: Drains Liver-Fire and clears Damp-Heat while calming the agitated Heart-Shen.
Note: no moxa. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Liver-Fire-blazing slide.
Clinical manifestations: Restless, muttering sleep talking, night sweats, five-palm heat (palms, soles, chest), dry mouth and throat especially at night, lower back soreness and weakness, malar flush, mental restlessness and irritability.
Tongue: Red, thin, and dry with little or no coating, possible cracks. Pulse: Fine and rapid, possibly floating-empty, weak at the rear (Chi) position.
Treatment principle: Nourishes Kidney-Yin and clears Empty-Heat to anchor the Mind during sleep.
Note: no moxa. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Kidney-Yin-deficiency-Empty-Heat-blazing slide.
Clinical manifestations: Epigastric bloating and fullness, bitter or sticky taste in the mouth, heavy feeling in the body and limbs, thick yellow greasy tongue coating, incoherent or muttering sleep talking, not loud or angry.
Tongue: Red body, possibly swollen with teeth marks, thick yellow greasy coating especially at the centre and root. Pulse: Soggy and rapid, often slippery.
Treatment principle: Clears Damp-Heat from the Stomach and Spleen while harmonizing the middle burner and calming the Spirit.
Note: no moxa. Linked to this site's own Damp-Heat-invading-the-Spleen slide, its general Stomach-and-Spleen Damp-Heat match.
Clinical manifestations: Soft, low-volume muttering during sleep, daytime fatigue and weakness, pale or sallow complexion, heart palpitations, poor appetite.
Tongue: Pale body, may be thin or have teeth marks, with a thin white coating. Pulse: Fine and weak, especially in the right Guan position.
Treatment principle: Tonifies Qi and nourishes Blood to anchor the Heart-Shen and stabilize sleep.
Note: moxa applicable. This site's decks have no combined Qi-and-Blood-deficiency slide, a gap confirmed absent many times over this session; linked to the Spleen-Qi-deficiency slide for the Qi component, flagged for the Blood component not being isolated there.