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1. Wind-Phlegm
Clinical manifestations: Stiff tongue hard to protrude, may deviate, slurred or difficult speech, copious white frothy sputum, gurgling throat, feeling of heaviness in the body or limbs, clear consciousness without fever or delirium.
Tongue: Normal or slightly pale, swollen with teeth marks, white greasy coating. Pulse: Wiry and slippery.
Treatment principle: Resolves Phlegm, dispels Wind, and opens the tongue collaterals.
Note: no moxa. This site has no plain excess Wind-Phlegm slide on any deck, a gap confirmed absent many times over this session — no pattern link is given here; points still link fine individually.
Clinical manifestations: Throbbing or distending headache at the temples, dizziness or vertigo, irritability and quick temper, flushed face and red eyes, feeling of heat rising to the face, ringing in the ears.
Tongue: Red body with redder sides, thin dry yellow or scanty coat, may tremble slightly. Pulse: Wiry and often rapid, may be fine if Yin deficiency is marked.
Treatment principle: Subdue Liver-Yang, extinguish internal Wind, relieve headache and tongue stiffness.
Note: no moxa. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Liver-Yang-rising slide.
Clinical manifestations: High fever persisting or worsening at night, delirium, incoherent speech, or loss of consciousness, stiff deep red or crimson tongue difficult to protrude, cold hands and feet despite a burning chest.
Tongue: Deep red or crimson, stiff, possibly with prickles on the tip, dry yellow or scanty coating. Pulse: Fine and rapid, may be wiry.
Treatment principle: Clear Heat from the Pericardium, open the orifices, and revive consciousness.
Note: no moxa; a persistent high fever with delirium or loss of consciousness needs emergency care regardless. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Heat-in-the-Pericardium slide.
Clinical manifestations: Stiff, trembling tongue, deep red and dry with little coating, limb tremors or muscle twitching, severe fatigue and wasting, night sweats and malar flush, develops gradually rather than acutely.
Tongue: Deep red or crimson, thin, dry, cracked, with little or no coating (mirror-like appearance). Pulse: Fine, rapid, and weak, possibly wiry at the left Guan position.
Treatment principle: Nourishes Liver and Kidney Yin, subdues Yang, and extinguishes internal Wind.
Note: no moxa. Matched to this site's own Liver-Yang-rising-deriving-from-Liver-and-Kidney-Yin-deficiency slide — the closest of this site's several Liver-Yang-rising variants to this Yin-deficiency-driven Empty-Wind presentation.
Clinical manifestations: Dark purple tongue with stasis spots, persistent tongue stiffness without acute fluctuation, irritability and mood swings, fixed stabbing pain in the chest or ribs, long-standing presentation.
Tongue: Dark purple body with stasis spots, distended sublingual veins, thin white coat. Pulse: Wiry and choppy.
Treatment principle: Invigorate Blood, move Qi, and open the collaterals.
Note: no moxa. Direct match with this site's own Liver-Blood-stasis slide via the established discoloration-marker rule.