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To free urine by diffusing the lung or by upraising. The lung together with the spleen, kidney, triple burner, and bladder are responsible for water metabolism and keep the waterways free and regulated. The lung governs qì and is the upper source of the waterways. When lung qì is blocked, and depurative downbearing fails, this can cause qì transformation failure in other organs, causing hasty panting, fullness in the chest, inhibited urination, and puffy swelling. This is treated by the method of diffusing the lung and downbearing qì, which is referred to by the metaphor of raising the pot and removing the lid, the pot apparently having a hole in its bottom from which water drains only when the lid is removed.

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