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1. Spleen Deficiency with Dampness
Clinical manifestations: Loose or unformed stools, abdominal bloating worsening after eating, heaviness in the body and limbs, fatigue, sticky/greasy sensation in the mouth, poor appetite, belching.
Tongue: T Pulse: o
Treatment principle: pale, swollen body with teeth marks, white greasy coating, moist surface,soggy and slow, soft and lacking force
Clinical manifestations: Distending pain and bloating along the ribs and flanks, irritability, mood swings, emotional depression, frequent sighing, chest tightness, premenstrual breast tenderness, irregular periods, poor appetite.
Tongue: C Pulse: o
Treatment principle: normal or slightly dark body, red or slightly purple sides, thin white coat,wiry, especially at the left middle position
Clinical manifestations: Dull abdominal pain improving with warmth and pressure, feeling cold easily with cold hands and feet, loose watery stools with undigested food, abdominal bloating after eating, pale puffy face, swollen limbs, profound fatigue and heaviness.
Tongue: W Pulse: a
Treatment principle: pale, puffy and tender with teeth marks and a white slippery coating,deep, slow and weak, especially weak at the right middle position
Clinical manifestations: Distending pain along the ribs, bitter taste, dark yellow urine, body heaviness, aversion to greasy foods, loose or unformed stools, nausea, abdominal bloating.
Tongue: D Pulse: r
Treatment principle: red body with redder sides, yellow greasy coating,wiry, slippery, rapid
Clinical manifestations: Fixed stabbing pain below the ribs, palpable lump or mass in the upper left abdomen, dark menstrual blood with clots, dark purple tongue or spots on the sides, dark/purplish lips and nails.
Tongue: I Pulse: n
Treatment principle: dark purple body, stasis spots on the sides, distended sublingual veins,wiry and choppy, like a knife scraping bamboo