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Clinical manifestations: Bearing-down or dragging sensation in the stomach, abdominal bloating worsening after eating, chronic fatigue and lethargy, dizziness or lightheadedness, poor appetite, shortness of breath and reluctance to speak.
Tongue: Pale, puffy, tender with teeth marks and thin white coating. Pulse: Weak and empty, especially at the right Guan position, may feel deep.
Treatment principle: Tonify Spleen Qi and lift sinking Qi.
Note: moxa applicable throughout. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Spleen-Qi-sinking slide.
Clinical manifestations: Distending pain in the upper abdomen radiating to the ribs, worse with emotional stress or frustration, frequent belching or acid reflux, irritability and moodiness with frequent sighing, sensation of a lump or blockage in the throat.
Tongue: Normal or slightly red body with redder sides and thin white coat. Pulse: Wiry, most pronounced at the left middle position.
Treatment principle: Course the Liver, resolve constraint, harmonize the Stomach.
Note: no moxa. Matched to this site's own Rebellious-Liver-Qi-invading-the-Stomach slide.
Clinical manifestations: Dragging, heavy stomach sensation with cold feeling, sore cold lower back and weak knees, chronic loose stools or early-morning diarrhea, cold hands and feet especially below the knees, abdominal cold pain better with warmth and pressure.
Tongue: Pale, swollen, puffy with teeth marks and white slippery coating. Pulse: Deep, weak, slow, feeble at both Chi positions and right Guan.
Treatment principle: Warm Yang and dispel Cold, tonify Qi and strengthen the Spleen.
Note: moxa applicable throughout. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Kidney-and-Spleen-Yang-deficiency slide.
Clinical manifestations: Sharp stabbing pain fixed in one spot, pain worsens with pressure on the abdomen, dark purplish tongue with stasis spots, pain worse after eating.
Tongue: Purple or dark dusky body with possible purple stasis spots, distended sublingual veins, thin white coat. Pulse: Choppy or wiry.
Treatment principle: Invigorate Blood and dispel stasis, move Qi and alleviate pain.
Note: no moxa. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Stasis-of-Blood-in-the-Stomach slide.
Clinical manifestations: Gnawing, burning stomach discomfort, dry mouth and throat, hungry but no desire to eat, thirst with preference for small sips.
Tongue: Red, especially at the center, with little or no coating and possible cracks. Pulse: Fine and rapid.
Treatment principle: Protect the Stomach, generate fluids, moisten dryness.
Note: no moxa. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Stomach-Yin-deficiency slide.