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Clinical manifestations: Pale complexion and lips, forgetfulness, poor concentration, fatigue, weak appetite with bloating after meals, palpitations, aimless nocturnal wandering with no memory.
Tongue: Pale, puffy, tender with teeth marks and thin white coating. Pulse: Fine and weak, empty at left Cun, soft at right Guan.
Treatment principle: Strengthen the Spleen, nourish Heart-Blood, and anchor the Shen.
Note: moxa applicable on tonifying points. Direct match with this site's own Spleen-and-Heart-Blood-deficiency slide.
Clinical manifestations: Explosive irritability and anger, bitter taste, distending or burning rib-side pain, headaches at the temples, vivid disturbing dreams, restless agitated sleepwalking driven by inner tension.
Tongue: Red body with redder sides and yellow coating. Pulse: Wiry and rapid, forceful at left middle position.
Treatment principle: Soothe Liver-Qi stagnation and clear Heat to calm the agitated mind.
Note: no moxa. Direct match with this site's own Stagnant-Liver-Qi-turning-into-Heat slide.
Clinical manifestations: Agitated restless sleepwalking, chest oppression with thick sticky yellow phlegm, flushed red face and eyes, bitter taste, sudden automatic walking, confusion during episodes.
Tongue: Red body, swollen with a red prickly tip, thick yellow greasy coating. Pulse: Slippery and rapid, left Cun full and overflowing.
Treatment principle: Clear Heat, transform Phlegm, open the Heart orifices, and calm the mind.
Note: no moxa. Direct match with this site's own Phlegm-Fire-harassing-the-Heart slide.
Clinical manifestations: Lower back and knee soreness, night sweats, heat in palms soles and chest, dry mouth especially at night, insomnia with vivid dreams, sleepwalking accompanied by lower-back soreness.
Tongue: Red, thin, dry with little or no coating, cracks visible. Pulse: Fine and rapid, weak at left Chi.
Treatment principle: Nourish Kidney-Yin to restrain deficiency-Heat and anchor the wandering mind.
Note: no moxa given the Empty-Heat. Direct match with this site's own Kidney-Yin-deficiency slide.
Clinical manifestations: Mental restlessness and irritability, palpitations and vivid disturbing dreams, lower back and knee soreness, night sweats and five-centre heat, insomnia with difficulty falling asleep, unmoored mind causing nocturnal wandering.
Tongue: Red, thin body with a redder tip, little or no coating, possible midline crack. Pulse: Fine and rapid, weaker at rear positions, more perceptible at left front.
Treatment principle: Clear Heart-Fire, nourish Kidney-Yin, and restore Heart-Kidney communication.
Note: no moxa. Direct match with this site's own Kidneys-and-Heart-not-harmonized slide, the Yin-deficiency/Empty-Heat variant established elsewhere on this site.