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Clinical manifestations: Sudden redness and swelling of the eyes, sensation of heat and itching in the eyes, mild fever and aversion to wind, sore throat and headache, tearing with thin watery discharge.
Tongue: Red tip and edges with thin yellow coating. Pulse: Floating and rapid.
Treatment principle: Disperse Wind-Heat, clear Heat from the head and eyes, resolve exterior symptoms.
Note: no moxa. Direct match with this site's own Invasion-of-Lungs-by-Wind-Heat slide.
Clinical manifestations: Red, swollen and burning eyes, throbbing headache at the temples, intense irritability and short temper, bitter taste in the mouth, constipation and dark yellow urine.
Tongue: Red body with redder sides, dry yellow coating with possible red prickles. Pulse: Wiry, rapid, forceful, especially at left Guan.
Treatment principle: Drain excess Fire from the Liver and Gallbladder, clear Heat from the Liver channel, subdue rising Yang.
Note: no moxa. Direct match with this site's own Liver-Fire-blazing slide.
3. Damp-Heat in the Liver Channel
Clinical manifestations: Red, swollen eyes with sticky yellow discharge, feeling of heaviness in the eyes and body, bitter taste in the mouth, pain or fullness along the ribs, dark scanty urine.
Tongue: Red body with red sides, yellow greasy coating thicker at centre and root. Pulse: Wiry, slippery and rapid.
Treatment principle: Clear Damp-Heat from the Liver and Gallbladder channels, drain Dampness, clear Heat from the Liver channel.
Note: no moxa. This site's own Damp-Heat-in-the-Liver slide is genital/vaginal-discharge-specific (checked directly), not a match for an eye presentation, so no pattern link is given here.
Clinical manifestations: Puffy eyelids worst in the morning, feeling cold easily, cold hands and feet, loose watery stools or undigested food in stool, fatigue and heavy limbs, abdominal bloating worsening after eating.
Tongue: Pale, puffy, tender body with scalloped edges and white slippery coating. Pulse: Deep, slow, weak, right Guan especially empty.
Treatment principle: Warm Yang and disperse Cold, strengthen the Spleen, move Qi, improve fluid transformation and transport.
Note: moxibustion strongly indicated throughout. Direct match with this site's own Spleen-Yang-deficiency slide.
5. Toxic-Heat
Clinical manifestations: Pus-filled swelling or abscess on the eyelid, high fever, intense throbbing pain, restlessness and irritability, intense thirst for cold drinks, dark scanty urine.
Tongue: Red body with prickly thorns and dry yellow coating. Pulse: Rapid and forceful, often full or overflowing.
Treatment principle: Clear Heat and resolve toxicity, disperse swelling and dissipate nodules, invigorate Blood.
Note: no moxa — seek urgent care alongside treatment. No standalone Toxic-Heat slide exists on this site, a confirmed and recurring absence, so no pattern link is given here.
Clinical manifestations: Puffy eyelids worst on waking, swelling of the legs and ankles, deep cold feeling especially in the lower back and legs, scanty clear urination, sore weak lower back.
Tongue: Pale, puffy, waterlogged with scalloped edges and white slippery coating. Pulse: Deep, slow, weak, Chi position especially faint.
Treatment principle: Warm Yang and disperse Cold, promote urination and drain Dampness, transform water-Dampness.
Note: moxibustion strongly indicated throughout. Direct match with this site's own Kidney-Yang-deficiency-Water-overflowing slide.