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Clinical manifestations: Vivid dreams with frequent waking, fatigue and lack of energy, poor appetite and bloating, sallow or pale complexion, palpitations.
Tongue: Pale, tender body with teeth marks, thin white coating. Pulse: Fine and weak, may be choppy, weak at left Cun and right Guan.
Treatment principle: Strengthen the Spleen, build Blood, and calm the Heart.
Note: moxa applicable throughout. This site's Spleen- and Heart-Blood deficiency slide is the closest match.
Clinical manifestations: Palpitations or racing heart, pale face/lips/nail beds, poor memory and forgetfulness, easily startled or anxious, dizziness or light-headedness.
Tongue: Pale body, possibly thin, with thin white coating. Pulse: Fine and weak, maybe choppy.
Treatment principle: Nourish Heart Blood to provide the anchor the spirit requires.
Note: moxa applicable. Direct name match with this site's own Heart-Blood deficiency slide, first use of this specific slide.
Clinical manifestations: Angry or violent dreams, bitter taste in mouth, red face and eyes, irritability and short temper, headache at temples.
Tongue: Red body, redder on sides and tip, dry yellow coating. Pulse: Wiry and rapid, most prominent at left middle.
Treatment principle: Clear Liver Fire blazing upward and agitating the Heart's spirit.
Note: no moxa. Matched to this site's Liver-Fire-blazing slide — irritability, red eyes and bitter taste are the same markers named there.
Clinical manifestations: Bizarre, chaotic, or intense dreams, chest oppression with thick yellow sticky phlegm, bitter taste and thirst, flushed red face and red eyes, head heaviness and dizziness.
Tongue: Red body, swollen with red prickly tip, thick yellow greasy coating. Pulse: Slippery and rapid.
Treatment principle: Clear Phlegm-Fire clouding the Heart orifice.
Note: no moxa. Direct name match with this site's own Phlegm-Fire-harassing-the-Heart slide.
Clinical manifestations: Night sweats, heat in palms/soles/chest, sore lower back and knees, mental restlessness and irritability, tinnitus, dry mouth and throat.
Tongue: Red, thin body with redder tip, little or no coating, possible midline crack. Pulse: Fine and rapid, weaker at rear, left Cun may feel floating and rapid.
Treatment principle: Nourish Kidney Yin to restore its cooling capacity so it rises to balance Heart Fire.
Note: no moxa. Direct match with this site's own Kidneys-and-Heart-not-harmonized slide — this is the Yin-deficiency/Empty-Heat version, correctly matched here.
Clinical manifestations: Night sweats, five-palm heat, malar flush, palpitations worse at night.
Tongue: Red body with redder tip, little or no coating, possible midline crack, dry surface. Pulse: Fine and rapid, weak at deep level, especially left Cun.
Treatment principle: Nourish Heart Yin to restore its cooling and nourishing capacity.
Note: no moxa. Direct name match with this site's own Heart-Yin deficiency slide, first use of this specific slide.