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One of the five waters described in Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Cabinet (金匮要略 jīn guì yào lüè). Water swelling in kidney vacuity; characterized by lumbar pain, difficult urination, abdominal distension and swelling around the umbilicus, water-damp seeping out of the lower yīn, cold lower extremities, and facial and general emaciation. Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Cabinet (金匮要略 jīn guì yào lüè) states, In kidney water, there is enlarged abdomen, lumbar pain, the inability to urinate, dampness of the genitals like the sweaty nose of an ox, counterflow cold of the legs, and thin face.

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