Water failing to moisten wood

Kidney yīn vacuity (water) causing insufficiency of liver yīn (wood). In the five phases, the kidney belongs to water and the liver belongs to wood. Water failing to moisten wood manifests as low fever, dizziness, tinnitus, deafness, aching lumbus, seminal emission, and dry throat. When insufficiency of liver yīn stirs internal wind, there may also be wriggling of the extremities or even jerking. See enriching water to moisten wood.