↑ reinforcing ↓ reducing ⊥ even method.
Clinical manifestations: Dry cough with scanty sticky phlegm, afternoon tidal heat or low-grade fever, night sweats, dry mouth and throat, flushed cheeks, restlessness, difficulty sleeping.
Tongue: N Pulse: o
Treatment principle: red, thin body with cracks, little or no coating, dry surface,fine and rapid, especially weak in the right forward position
2. Empty-Heat caused by Yin Deficiency
Clinical manifestations: Afternoon low-grade fever, night sweats that may drench bedclothes, dry cough with scanty sticky sputum possibly blood-streaked, flushed cheekbones, heat sensation in the palms, soles and chest.
Tongue: C Pulse: l
Treatment principle: red, thin, and dry with cracks and little to no coating,fine and rapid, weak or hollow on deep pressure, especially at the left rear position
3. Qi and Yin Deficiency
Clinical manifestations: Persistent fatigue and lack of strength, shortness of breath worsened by exertion, spontaneous sweating during the day, night sweats, poor appetite, dry mouth with little desire to drink, weak cough with thin white sputum.
Tongue: T Pulse: o
Treatment principle: red or pale-red body with thin or absent coating, dry and possibly cracked,fine, weak, and possibly rapid, especially forceless at the right middle position
4. Deficiency of both the Kidney Yin and Yang
Clinical manifestations: Alternating chills and hot flushes, cold limbs and icy lower back, hoarseness or loss of voice, extreme emaciation and weakness, edema in the legs, frequent nighttime urination.
Tongue: S Pulse: u
Treatment principle: pale, puffy-tender body with teeth marks and cracks, thin white coat that may be partially peeled,deep, fine, and weak, especially at the rear position