Dispelling dampness

Also transforming dampness. Any method of treatment used to eliminate dampness. It includes: transforming dampness (eliminating upper burner dampness), drying dampness (eliminating center burner dampness), and disinhibiting dampness (eliminating lower burner dampness). Dispelling dampness is often combined with treatment to fortify the spleen since the spleen governs movement and transformation of water-damp.

NB: The term transform dampness is used in the general sense equivalent to dispel dampness and in the specific sense of removing dampness from the upper burner.