↑ reinforcing ↓ reducing ⊥ even method.
Clinical manifestations: Thin, shrunken, pale tongue body, poor appetite, fatigue, loose stools, weak voice.
Tongue: Pale, thin, teeth-marked, thin white coating. Pulse: Fine and weak, especially at the right Guan position.
Treatment principle: Tonify Spleen and Stomach Qi to restore the tongue's nourishment.
Note: moxa applicable on the tonifying points. Direct match with this site's own Spleen-and-Stomach-Qi-deficiency slide; REN-23 added as the local tongue point, the same even-technique use established on Swollen Tongue.
2. Qi and Blood Deficiency
Clinical manifestations: Thin, pale, wasted tongue, generalized weakness, pale complexion, dizziness, palpitations.
Tongue: Pale, thin, dry. Pulse: Fine and weak throughout.
Treatment principle: Tonify Qi and nourish Blood to rebuild the tongue's substance.
Note: moxa applicable throughout. This is the generic Qi-and-Blood-deficiency picture, already confirmed absent as a standalone slide on this site many times over — no pattern link is given; points still link fine individually.
Clinical manifestations: Thin, red, dry, cracked, shrunken tongue, lower back and knee soreness, dizziness, night sweats, malar flush.
Tongue: Red, thin, dry, little or no coating, possible cracks. Pulse: Thin and rapid.
Treatment principle: Nourish Kidney and Liver Yin, cool the Blood, restore the tongue's moisture.
Note: no moxa given the Yin deficiency and Heat. Linked to this site's Kidney-and-Liver-Yin-deficiency slide with the extra Heat-in-the-Blood component flagged, since the source pattern carries the malar-flush/Blood-Heat detail beyond that slide's own description.
Clinical manifestations: Tongue wasting with a thick greasy coating, scanty dark urine, genital or perineal discomfort, bitter taste, heaviness.
Tongue: Red at the root with a yellow greasy coating. Pulse: Slippery and rapid, especially at the rear positions.
Treatment principle: Clear Damp-Heat from the Lower Burner, restoring the smooth flow that nourishes the tongue.
Note: no moxa. Linked to this site's Damp-Heat-in-the-Lower-Burner slide via the same Lower-Burner organ-system logic used elsewhere on this site, even though the presenting complaint here is the tongue rather than the pelvis.
Clinical manifestations: Tongue wasting with a dusky or purplish tinge, stiffness, difficulty with fine tongue movements, fixed discomfort.
Tongue: Purple or dusky body with stasis spots, distended sublingual veins. Pulse: Choppy or wiry.
Treatment principle: Invigorate Blood, dispel stasis, restore circulation to the tongue.
Note: no moxa. Direct match with this site's own Liver-Blood-stasis slide via the well-established stasis-spot-tongue marker.