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Clinical manifestations: Dry irritated eyes that water easily especially in wind, soreness and weakness of the lower back and knees, night sweats, heat in palms soles and chest, dizziness, tinnitus, dry mouth and throat worse at night.
Tongue: Red, thin body with cracks, little or no coating, dry surface. Pulse: Fine, rapid and wiry, weak at left Chi.
Treatment principle: Nourish Kidney and Liver Yin to restore the moisture that stabilizes the tear mechanism.
Note: no moxa. Direct match, reusing the well-established Kidney-and-Liver-Yin-deficiency slide.
2. Qi and Blood Deficiency
Clinical manifestations: Constant tearing not just in wind, worse with fatigue, pale or sallow complexion, fatigue and heavy eyelids.
Tongue: Pale body, may be thin or teeth-marked, thin white coating. Pulse: Fine and weak, especially at right Guan.
Treatment principle: Tonify Qi and Blood, strengthen the Spleen to secure tears and nourish the eyes.
Note: moxa applicable throughout. No deck on this site combines Qi and Blood deficiency into one slide, so no pattern link is given here.
Clinical manifestations: Tearing triggered by wind or reading, dry gritty sensation in the eyes, blurred or diminished vision, pale dull complexion, brittle dry ridged nails, scanty menstruation with pale blood.
Tongue: Pale body especially the sides, thin and slightly dry with thin white coating. Pulse: Fine and choppy, often wiry at left Guan.
Treatment principle: Nourish Liver-Blood to strengthen the eye orifice and restore nourishment and moisture to the eyes.
Note: moxa applicable on tonifying points. Direct match with this site's own Liver-Blood-deficiency slide.
Clinical manifestations: Sudden onset after wind exposure, itchy mildly red eyes, clear watery discharge from the eyes and nose, aversion to wind or drafts, sneezing and nasal congestion, mild chills or slight fever.
Tongue: Normal body with thin white coat. Pulse: Floating.
Treatment principle: Dispel exterior Wind and release the exterior, allowing Defensive Qi to expel the pathogen through light sweating.
Note: no moxa. This pattern's clear discharge, chills, and aversion to wind read as this site's own Invasion-of-Lungs-by-Wind-Cold slide, so it is linked here.
Clinical manifestations: Yellow and sticky tears, eyes feel burning and red, mild fever with aversion to wind, sore red throat, thirst with desire to drink.
Tongue: Red at the tip and edges with thin yellow or thin white-to-yellow coating. Pulse: Floating and rapid.
Treatment principle: Disperse Wind-Heat and clear Heat to reduce inflammation and cool the upper orifices.
Note: no moxa. Direct match with this site's own Invasion-of-Lungs-by-Wind-Heat slide.
Clinical manifestations: Red painful burning eyes, yellow sticky discharge, intense irritability and short temper, bitter taste in the mouth, throbbing temporal headache, flushed red face.
Tongue: Red body redder on the sides, dry yellow coating, possible red prickles. Pulse: Wiry and rapid, full and forceful, especially at left Guan.
Treatment principle: Drain excess Liver-Fire and cool the Blood to reduce inflammation and stop the overflow of hot tears.
Note: no moxa. Direct match with this site's own Liver-Fire-blazing slide.