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Heart water

心水 〔心水〕 xīn shuǐ

One of the five waters spoken of in Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Cabinet (金匮要略 jīn guì yào lüè), characterized by generalized swelling and scantness of breath, vexation and agitation with inability to rest, and swelling of the lower yīn.

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