Water failing to transform into qì

A disturbance of normal distribution and discharge of water in the body characterized by inhibited urination and water swelling. Normally, water (fluid in the body) is subject to qì transformation, in which the lung, spleen, and kidney are involved. When the transformative action of qì is impaired, and especially when kidney yáng is vacuous, free flow through the waterways of the triple burner is jeopardized and water fails to turn into steam (transform into qì) and spread around the body. See qì transformation.