Water mounting

Painful swelling and periodic sweating of the scrotum attributed to water-damp pouring downward or to contraction of wind, cold, and damp evils. In some cases, the scrotum is greatly enlarged and translucent; sometimes there is itching and discharge of yellow fluid; sometimes pressing the abdomen produces a sound of water. Confucian Filiality (儒门事亲 rú mén shì qīn) describes it as follows: Water mounting manifests in painful swelling of the kidney sac [i.e., scrotum] periodic genital sweating, possibly a swollen sac that looks like crystal, or itchy dry sac exuding yellow water, or the sound of water in the abdomen when pressed.

Biomedical correspondence: scrotal hydrocele.

Medicinal therapy: Expel water and move qì using variations of Poria Five Powder (五苓散 wǔ líng sǎn) for mild cases, and Water Controller Yu Powder (禹功散 yǔ gōng sǎn) for severe cases.

Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment mainly on LR, ST, and SP. Select LR-8 (Spring at the Bend, 曲泉 qū quán), ST-28 (Waterway, 水道 shuǐ dào), SP-9 (Yīn Mound Spring, 阴陵泉 yīn líng quán), CV-3 (Central Pole, 中极 zhōng jí), LR-4 (Mound Center, 中封 zhōng fēng), and LR-1 (Large Pile, 大敦 dà dūn); needle with drainage. Add moxa for cold patterns.