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Gums that are patterned by the presence of coagulated blood observed in warm disease when evil causes frenetic movement of the blood and consequence spilling of the blood in the upper body. Distinction is made between purple and yellow petals.

Purple: Petals that are purple in color or as black as lacquer indicate exuberant yáng brightness (yáng míng) heat.

Medicinal therapy: Clear the stomach and engender liquid using White Tiger Decoction (白虎汤 bái hǔ tāng) or Jade Lady Brew (玉女煎 yù nǚ jiān).

Yellow: Petals that are yellow brown in color indicate exhaustion of kidney yīn and ascendant hyperactivity of vacuous yáng.

Medicinal therapy: Rescue the kidney and nourish yīn using Rhinoceros Horn and Rehmannia Decoction (犀角地黄汤 xī jiǎo dì huáng tāng) or Provisioning-Clearing Decoction (清营汤 qīng yíng tāng).

Yellow petals are an unfavorable sign indicating that the disease is difficult to treat.

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