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1. Damp-Phlegm
Clinical manifestations: Heaviness in the body and limbs; brain fog; easy weight gain; loose, sticky stools; chest stuffiness; thick white greasy tongue coating.
Tongue: Pale, swollen, tooth-marked, thick white greasy coat. Pulse: Slippery, possibly soggy, slightly slow.
Treatment principle: Dries Dampness and transforms Phlegm; regulates Qi and harmonizes the Middle Burner.
Note: moxa is appropriate.
2. Spleen Deficiency with Dampness
Clinical manifestations: Body heaviness; abdominal bloating after eating; loose stools; poor appetite; sticky mouth sensation; drowsiness after meals; a muzzy head.
Tongue: Pale, swollen, tooth-marked, white greasy coat. Pulse: Soggy and slow, soft, lacking force.
Treatment principle: Tonifies Qi, strengthens the Spleen and drains Dampness without excessive drying.
Note: Mixed Deficiency/Excess. No deck slide combines Spleen deficiency with Dampness — no pattern link is given here.
Clinical manifestations: Rib-side distension; frequent sighing; irritability; mood swings; breast tenderness in women; worse with emotional stress.
Tongue: Normal or slightly dark with red sides, thin white coat. Pulse: Wiry, taut like a guitar string.
Treatment principle: Courses the Liver, resolves constraint, nourishes Blood and strengthens the Spleen.
Note: no moxa.
Clinical manifestations: Cold, aching lower back and knees; early-morning diarrhea with undigested food; deep chill worse in cold weather; leg and ankle swelling; frequent, clear, pale urination.
Tongue: Pale, swollen, puffy, tooth-marked, white slippery coat. Pulse: Deep, weak, slow, especially feeble at the rear positions.
Treatment principle: Tonifies Kidney Yang, warms the body and warms the Gate of Life Fire.
Note: moxa is strongly indicated. Linked to this site's own Kidney-and-Spleen-Yang-deficiency slide.
5. Qi and Yin Deficiency
Clinical manifestations: Fatigue worse with mild exertion; dry mouth and throat; night sweats; warmth in the palms, soles and chest; an exhausted yet overheated sensation.
Tongue: Red or pale-red, thin or absent coat, dry, possible cracks. Pulse: Fine, weak, often rapid.
Treatment principle: Tonifies Qi, generates fluids and nourishes Yin to restore energy and moisture.
Note: no moxa (Yin deficiency with heat signs). No combined Qi-and-Yin-deficiency slide exists on this site's decks — no pattern link is given here.
Clinical manifestations: Night sweats with heat in the palms, soles and chest; dizziness; tinnitus; lower-back soreness; dry mouth, worse at night; flushed afternoon cheekbones; insomnia with vivid dreams.
Tongue: Red, thin, cracked, little or no coat, dry. Pulse: Fine, rapid, wiry; weak at the left rear position.
Treatment principle: Nourishes Liver and Kidney Yin and clears deficiency Heat.
Note: no moxa (Yin deficiency with heat signs).
7. Phlegm-Heat
Clinical manifestations: Thick, yellow, sticky tongue coating; bitter taste; heat or a flushed face; restlessness; a heavy, bloated abdomen; thirst for cold drinks; a sticky mouth sensation.
Tongue: Red, swollen, thick yellow greasy coat. Pulse: Slippery and rapid.
Treatment principle: Clears Heat and transforms Phlegm; clears Liver and Gall Bladder Heat and harmonizes the Stomach.
Note: no moxa. This site's decks have no standalone Phlegm-Heat slide separate from the Lung-specific one — no pattern link is given here.