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Clinical manifestations: Fixed, stabbing head pain, worse at night and with pressure; a dark or dusky complexion; dark, purplish lips and nails.
Tongue: Purple or dusky, stasis spots, distended dark sublingual veins, thin white coat. Pulse: Choppy or wiry.
Treatment principle: Invigorates Blood, dispels stasis, moves Qi and opens the chest.
Note: no moxa. Linked to this site's own Liver-Blood-stasis slide per the discoloration-marker rule.
2. Qi and Blood Stagnation
Clinical manifestations: Fixed, stabbing headache; distending chest and rib pain; irritability; pain worse with pressure; a dark, purplish complexion.
Tongue: Dark purple, stasis spots, distended sublingual veins, thin white coat. Pulse: Wiry and choppy.
Treatment principle: Moves stagnant Qi to restore Blood flow, easing chest distension and calming emotional tension.
Note: no moxa. No combined Qi-and-Blood-stagnation slide exists on this site's decks — no pattern link is given here.
Clinical manifestations: Mental confusion or dullness; dizziness; a heavy head; a thick, greasy tongue coating; rattling or gurgling in the throat.
Tongue: Pale, swollen, thick white greasy coat, stiff movement. Pulse: Slippery.
Treatment principle: Scours Phlegm and opens the orifices; clears Heat and transforms Phlegm.
Note: no moxa. Linked to this site's own Phlegm-misting-the-Mind slide, the closest match.
4. Qi and Blood Deficiency
Clinical manifestations: Persistent fatigue; a pale or sallow complexion; dizziness; palpitations; poor appetite; a mild, dull (not sharp) headache.
Tongue: Pale, thin or tooth-marked, thin white coat. Pulse: Fine and weak.
Treatment principle: Tonifies Qi and Blood to restore nourishment to the brain, gradually resolving lingering stasis.
Note: moxa is appropriate.
5. Yang Deficiency
Clinical manifestations: A dull, persistent headache; severe cold intolerance; cold hands and feet; fatigue; a pale face; mental fogginess; sluggish thinking.
Tongue: Pale, swollen, moist, tooth-marked, white slippery coat. Pulse: Deep, slow, weak.
Treatment principle: Warms Yang and disperses internal Cold, restoring the body's driving force to circulate congealed Blood.
Note: moxa is strongly indicated.
Clinical manifestations: Palpitations; swelling of the lower legs or body; cold extremities; chest fullness; unable to lie flat; breathlessness; dizziness or vertigo.
Tongue: Pale, swollen, tender, tooth-marked, water-slick white coat. Pulse: Wiry-slippery or deep-fine, weak at the left front position.
Treatment principle: Warms Yang, transforms fluid retention, strengthens the Spleen and calms the Heart.
Note: moxa is appropriate. Linked to this site's own Kidney-Yang-deficiency-with-Water-overflowing slide.