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A method of treating phlegm-rheum, water swelling, impediment (bì) patterns and cold-damp leg qì arising when vacuous yáng fails to transform water and dampness forms with cold. Warming and transforming water-damp uses hot acrid medicinals that warm and free yáng qì, such as cinnamon twig (Cinnamomi Ramulus, 桂枝 guì zhī) and aconite (Aconiti Radix Lateralis Praeparata, 附子 fù zǐ), combined with an appropriate amount of dampness-disinhibiting medicinals such as poria (Poria, 茯苓 fú líng) and white atractylodes (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma, 白朮 bái zhú) to eliminate water-damp.

Representative formulas include Fish Poison Yam Clear-Turbid Separation Beverage (萆薢分清饮 bì xiè fēn qīng yǐn), Poria, Cinnamon Twig, White Atractylodes, and Licorice Decoction (苓桂朮甘汤 líng guì zhú gān tāng), Licorice, Dried Ginger, Poria, and White Atractylodes Decoction (甘草干姜茯苓白朮汤 gān cǎo gān jiāng fú líng bái zhú tāng), Spleen-Firming Beverage (实脾饮 shí pí yǐn), and True Warrior Decoction (真武汤 zhēn wǔ tāng).

Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment mainly on CV and back transport points. Select CV-9 (Water Divide, 水分 shuǐ fēn), CV-6 (Sea of Qì, 气海 qì hǎi), BL-20 (Spleen Transport, 脾俞 pí shù), BL-23 (Kidney Transport, 肾俞 shèn shù), ST-36 (Leg Three Lǐ, 足三里 zú sān lǐ), SP-6 (Three Yīn Intersection, 三阴交 sān yīn jiāo), and BL-39 (Bend Yáng, 委阳 wěi yáng); needle with drainage and add moxa. Compare warming yáng and disinhibiting dampness.

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