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Clinical manifestations: Swollen, hot, painful limb, red or dark red skin over the affected vein, heavy dragging sensation, bitter taste or sticky mouth sensation.
Tongue: Red body with thick yellow greasy coating. Pulse: Slippery and rapid.
Treatment principle: Clear Heat and dry Dampness, strengthen the Spleen.
Note: no moxa. Matched to this site's own Damp-Heat-in-the-Bladder slide via the established Lower-Burner organ-system convention.
Clinical manifestations: Fixed stabbing pain in the vein, dark purplish skin discoloration, sensation of local warmth, pain worse at night and with pressure, restlessness and irritability.
Tongue: Reddish-purple body with stasis spots, distended sublingual veins, thin dry yellow coating. Pulse: Choppy, rapid, often wiry.
Treatment principle: Break Blood and dispel stasis, purge Heat from the lower burner.
Note: no moxa. Linked to this site's own Liver-Blood-stasis slide via the established extension to Blood-stasis-with-Heat variants.
3. Toxic-Heat
Clinical manifestations: Dark red, swollen limb with possible ulceration or pus formation, intense burning pain worse with heat, high fever with restlessness and irritability, intense thirst for cold drinks, dark scanty urine, constipation.
Tongue: Deep red body with prickly thorns, dry yellow or greasy coating. Pulse: Flooding and rapid, forceful.
Treatment principle: Clear Heat and resolve toxicity, invigorate Blood and dispel stasis.
Note: no moxa — this presentation includes fever/pus and needs medical evaluation regardless. This site has no standalone Toxic-Heat slide on any deck, a gap confirmed absent many times over — no pattern link is given here; points still link fine individually.
Clinical manifestations: Morning edema worse upon waking, cold intolerance and cold limbs, sore and cold lower back and knees, chronic loose stools or early-morning diarrhea, tiredness and lack of energy.
Tongue: Pale, swollen, puffy with teeth marks, white slippery coating. Pulse: Deep, weak, slow.
Treatment principle: Warm Yang and disperse Cold, promote urination and drain Dampness.
Note: moxa applicable throughout. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Kidney-and-Spleen-Yang-deficiency slide.
Clinical manifestations: Limb feels heavy, numb, cold to touch, pale or slightly dusky skin without redness or heat, aversion to cold, preference for warmth, pain/stiffness worse in cold damp weather.
Tongue: Pale, swollen with teeth marks, thick white greasy coating, excessively moist. Pulse: Deep, slow, slippery or soggy.
Treatment principle: Warm the channels, promote Yang Qi flow, dry Dampness.
Note: moxa applicable throughout. Matched to this site's own Damp-Cold-in-the-Bladder slide via the established Lower-Burner organ-system convention.
6. Qi and Blood Deficiency
Clinical manifestations: Mild, lingering dull ache, muscle wasting or limb thinning, dry pale skin, persistent fatigue and weakness, dizziness or lightheadedness, poor appetite.
Tongue: Pale body, possibly thin with teeth marks, thin white coating. Pulse: Deep, thready, weak.
Treatment principle: Tonify Qi, nourish Blood, strengthen the Spleen.
Note: moxa applicable throughout. This site has no combined Qi-and-Blood-deficiency slide, a gap confirmed absent many times over — no pattern link is given here; points still link fine individually.