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Accumulation of liquid causing obstruction of qì or obstruction of qì preventing water-rheum from being removed. When phlegm-rheum obstructs the lung, the signs are fullness in the chest, copious phlegm, and rapid panting that prevents the patient from lying down. When water-damp collects in the center burner, affecting the upbearing and downbearing of spleen and stomach qì, there may be distension and fullness in the abdomen and stomach duct, belching, and reduced eating. When water-rheum spills out to the four limbs, the signs are cumbersome heavy swollen limbs.

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