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Clinical manifestations: Hot, sticky sweat on the palms and soles, intense thirst craving cold drinks, flushed face, irritability, dry mouth and lips, scanty dark urine.
Tongue: Red body with yellow dry coating, sometimes with early cracks. Pulse: Overflowing and surging, rapid, strongest at the right middle position.
Treatment principle: Clears Stomach-Heat and drains Fire, stopping fluid steaming to the hands and feet.
Note: no moxa. Direct match with this site's own Stomach-Heat-(or-Phlegm-Heat) slide.
Clinical manifestations: Clammy, sticky sweat on the palms and soles, heavy foggy head and limbs, upper abdomen bloating, bitter sticky taste, yellow greasy tongue coating.
Tongue: Red body, possibly swollen with teeth marks, thick yellow greasy coating at the centre and root. Pulse: Soggy and rapid, often slippery.
Treatment principle: Transforms Dampness and clears Heat from the middle burner, addressing the clammy sweating.
Note: no moxa. Linked to this site's own Damp-Heat-invading-the-Spleen slide, its general Stomach-and-Spleen Damp-Heat match.
Clinical manifestations: Warm sweat on the palms and soles, worse at night, dry mouth and throat, heat in the palms, soles, and chest, restlessness and irritability.
Tongue: Red, thin, dry body with cracks, little or no coating. Pulse: Fine and rapid.
Treatment principle: Nourishes Yin, clears Empty-Heat, stops sweating by replenishing cooling fluids.
Note: no moxa. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Kidney-Yin-deficiency-Empty-Heat-blazing slide.
Clinical manifestations: Sweating worse with fatigue or mental strain, fatigue and lack of energy, poor appetite, insomnia with excessive dreaming, pale complexion, palpitations, pale lips and tongue.
Tongue: Pale, puffy, teeth-marked body with thin white coating. Pulse: Fine and weak, especially at the left Cun and right Guan positions.
Treatment principle: Tonifies Heart-Blood and Spleen-Qi, securing sweat by addressing the root deficiency.
Note: moxa applicable. Linked to this site's own Spleen-and-Heart-Blood-deficiency slide, flagged for the same Qi-vs-Blood framing gap noted elsewhere this session.
Clinical manifestations: Spontaneous, clear, thin sweat on the palms and soles, worsening with activity, frequent colds with slow recovery, aversion to wind, fatigue and shortness of breath, pale complexion and weak voice.
Tongue: Pale, puffy body with possible teeth marks and thin white coat. Pulse: Floating, empty, and soggy.
Treatment principle: Strengthens Protective Qi, stabilizes the Exterior, stops spontaneous sweating.
Note: moxa applicable. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Lung-Qi-deficiency slide, Wei-Qi being functionally rooted there on this site's decks.
Clinical manifestations: Cold, clammy sweat on the palms and soles, dull cold upper belly pain easing with warmth, preference for hot drinks and warm foods, cold hands and feet, no thirst or desire for warm drinks only.
Tongue: Pale, puffy, tender body with teeth marks, white slippery coating. Pulse: Deep, slow, weak overall, right Guan position particularly weak.
Treatment principle: Warms the middle burner, dispels Cold, restores the Stomach's ability to manage fluids.
Note: moxa strongly indicated. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Stomach-Deficient-and-Cold slide.