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Clinical manifestations: Sudden laughing or crying triggered by stress, chest and rib-side distension, frequent sighing, irritability and mood swings, feeling of a lump in the throat.
Tongue: Normal or slightly dark body with red sides, thin white coat. Pulse: Wiry.
Treatment principle: Spread Liver-Qi and release emotional constraint.
Note: no moxa. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Liver-Qi-stagnation slide.
Clinical manifestations: Irritability and angry outbursts, bitter taste in the mouth, rib-side or chest distension and pain, red eyes or throbbing headache.
Tongue: Red body with dry yellow coating. Pulse: Wiry and rapid.
Treatment principle: Smooth stagnant Liver-Qi while clearing the Fire that has accumulated.
Note: no moxa. Matched to this site's own Stagnant-Liver-Qi-turning-into-Heat slide — same concept, close naming variant (Fire/Heat).
Clinical manifestations: Spontaneous crying or laughing worse in the evening, dry mouth and throat with thirst for small sips, night sweats, heat in the palms, soles, and chest, flushed cheekbones, restlessness and sleep difficulty.
Tongue: Red, thin, dry body with cracks and little or no coating. Pulse: Fine and rapid.
Treatment principle: Nourish Yin to anchor the spirit and clear deficiency Heat.
Note: no moxa. Matched to this site's own Kidney-Yin-deficiency-Empty-Heat-blazing slide.
Clinical manifestations: Sudden outbursts without clear reason, chest oppression with thick yellow sticky phlegm, flushed red face and eyes, bitter taste and thirst, mental restlessness and agitation.
Tongue: Red body, often swollen with a prickly tip, thick yellow greasy coating. Pulse: Slippery and rapid.
Treatment principle: Clear Heat, transform Phlegm, calm the Heart, open the Mind's orifices.
Note: no moxa. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Phlegm-Fire-harassing-the-Heart slide.
Clinical manifestations: Frequent tearful spells or subdued inappropriate laughter without a trigger, palpitations and easy startling, fatigue and exhaustion, poor appetite with bloating, pale complexion and dull eyes.
Tongue: Pale, tender body with teeth marks, thin white coating. Pulse: Fine, weak, possibly choppy.
Treatment principle: Nourish Heart-Blood and Spleen-Qi to ground the spirit.
Note: moxa applicable on ST-36. Linked to this site's own Spleen-and-Heart-Blood-deficiency slide — the closest match, with the source's mixed Qi-and-Blood framing flagged against that slide's pure-Blood framing.
Clinical manifestations: Mental confusion or dullness, emotional flatness with inappropriate giggling or crying, rattling or gurgling throat sounds, chest stuffiness, slurred or unclear speech.
Tongue: Pale, swollen body with thick white greasy coating. Pulse: Slippery, strongest in the middle position.
Treatment principle: Expel Phlegm, open the Heart's orifices, restore mental clarity.
Note: no moxa. Matched to this site's own Phlegm-misting-the-Mind slide — same concept, Heart/Mind naming variant.