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1. Wind-Phlegm
Clinical manifestations: Severe spinning vertigo with a sensation of falling, head heaviness, distending headache, copious white frothy sputum, chest stuffiness and nausea, numbness or tingling in the limbs.
Tongue: Normal or slightly pale body, swollen with teeth marks, white greasy coating. Pulse: Wiry and slippery.
Treatment principle: Transform Wind-Phlegm, strengthen the Spleen, calm the Liver.
Note: no moxa. This site's three Liver-Wind slides are all Fire- or Blood-deficiency-based — none matches a plain excess Wind-Phlegm presentation, a gap also confirmed on the Apraxia and BPPV pages this project — no pattern link is given here; points still link fine individually.
Clinical manifestations: Sudden, intense spinning vertigo, pounding or distending headache at the temples, red face and bloodshot eyes, irritability and short temper, bitter taste, tinnitus.
Tongue: Red body (especially sides) with thin dry yellow or scanty coat. Pulse: Wiry, forceful in the left middle position, may be fine and rapid if Yin deficiency is marked.
Treatment principle: Calm the Liver, extinguish Wind, subdue Yang, clear Heat.
Note: no moxa. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Liver-Yang-rising slide.
Clinical manifestations: Chronic vertigo with gradual hearing loss and tinnitus, soreness and weakness of the lower back and knees, poor memory, mental fogginess, fatigue.
Tongue: Pale, thin body with little or no coating, possible fine cracks. Pulse: Fine, deep, noticeably weak at both Chi positions.
Treatment principle: Nourish Kidney Yin, benefit Essence, fill the Marrow.
Note: moxa applicable on BL-23. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Kidney-Essence-deficiency slide.
4. Qi and Blood Deficiency
Clinical manifestations: Vertigo worse with fatigue and exertion, pale or sallow complexion, heart palpitations, fatigue and weakness, poor appetite.
Tongue: Pale body, may be thin or show teeth marks, thin white coating. Pulse: Fine and weak, especially at the right Guan position.
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.
Clinical manifestations: Fixed, stabbing headache or ear pain, dark or dusky facial complexion, persistent vertigo worse at night, tinnitus and hearing loss, dark circles under the eyes.
Tongue: Purple or dusky body with stasis spots, distended dark sublingual veins. Pulse: Choppy or wiry.
Treatment principle: Invigorate Blood, dispel stasis, open the orifices, unblock channels.
Note: no moxa. Direct match with this site's own Liver-Blood-stasis slide.
Clinical manifestations: Dizziness worse with standing or exertion, bearing-down or dragging sensation in the abdomen, chronic loose stools, fatigue and weak limbs, poor appetite.
Tongue: Pale, puffy, tender body with teeth marks, thin white coating. Pulse: Weak and deep, especially at the right middle (Guan) position.
Treatment principle: Tonify the middle and augment Qi, raise sunken Yang.
Note: moxa applicable throughout. Direct exact-name match with this site's own Spleen-Qi-sinking slide.