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This pattern describes early-stage intestinal abscess, usually caused by dietary indiscretion—overeating or consuming greasy, raw, or cold foods—which leads to stagnation and obstruction in the Stomach and Intestines. The resulting constraint of qi and blood generates heat, which putrefies and clumps, forming an abscess. Damp-heat accumulation may also contribute.

Symptoms include lower right abdominal pain with rebound tenderness, guarding of the abdominal muscles, possible groin pain relieved by flexing the hip and knee, and occasionally a palpable mass. There may be irregular, intermittent fever with chills and sweating. The tongue is thin, yellow, and greasy, and the pulse is slippery and rapid, reflecting heat and obstruction in the intestines.