Fullness of pregnancy

Swelling, distension, panting and fullness in pregnancy. Fullness of pregnancy arises in women normally suffering from spleen-kidney yáng vacuity with internal water-damp evil when in the sixth or seventh month of pregnancy the growing fetus affects the upward and downward bearing of qì dynamic and disturbs movement and transformation so that water-damp gathers and spreads to cause generalized swelling with abdominal distension, panting and fullness.

Medicinal therapy: Warm yáng and fortify the spleen; rectify qì and move water. Use Poria Five Powder (五苓散 wǔ líng sǎn) plus lepidium/descurainiae (Lepidii/Descurainiae Semen, 葶苈子 tíng lì zǐ). Alternatively, use Carp Soup (鲤鱼汤 lǐ yú tāng).