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The body's Jin-Ye (Body Fluids) are to humans what rain and dew are to the sky, or tides are to the sea. If the sky lacks rain and dew, there is drought; if the sea lacks tides, it dries up; if a person lacks Jin-Ye (Body Fluids), they become thirsty, and in severe cases, may suffer from complications after smallpox/varioloid (Dou-Zheng) leading to death. However, if there is heat in the Heart and Stomach causing Fire to flare upwards, resulting in deficient Jin-Ye (Body Fluids), one will inevitably suffer from irritability, panting, and thirst. If there is heat in the Zang-Fu organs causing Fire to intensify downwards, resulting in deficient Jin-Ye (Body Fluids), one will inevitably suffer from manic shouting and obstruction/closure. If the Spleen has heat and Jin-Ye (Body Fluids) are deficient, there will be thirst and diarrhea; if the Lungs have heat and Jin-Ye (Body Fluids) are deficient, there will be coughing; if the Liver has heat and Jin-Ye (Body Fluids) are deficient, there will be photophobia (aversion to light); if Wind-Heat attacks the throat and Jin-Ye (Body Fluids) are deficient, hoarseness will occur; if excessive use of diaphoretic or ascending drugs leads to deficient Jin-Ye (Body Fluids), chaotic disarray will result; if the flesh and bones are deficient and Jin-Ye (Body Fluids) are lacking, muscle twitching and tendon contraction, along with joint pain, will occur. Treatment values distinguishing deficiency and excess, but generally does not go beyond clearing heat and generating fluids. Furthermore, there is the case where there is no fire under the cauldron (Kidney Yang Deficiency), causing the lid to dry out (failure of fluid vaporization); in this case, the method of "supplementing fire within water" should be used, which is the true source of generating Jin-Ye (Body Fluids).

All conditions involving dryness disturbing the spirit and manic hyperactivity belong to Fire. However, there are two types of manic shouting and panting after smallpox/varioloid (Dou-Zheng): one is due to residual Heat-Toxin that cannot be vented. Treatment should employ cooling and detoxifying methods, or follow the pathogenic trend to vent it. The other is due to heat-dryness in the Zang-Fu organs and lack of Jin-Ye (Body Fluids). Treatment should mildly employ diuretic methods to guide Heart-Heat downward, for when Heart-Fire descends, Kidney-Water is generated, and various heats recede naturally; at this time, heat-clearing and Yin-nourishing herbs should also be used. If water is purely and strongly drained, although water volume increases, dryness-heat will worsen.

After smallpox/varioloid (Dou-Zheng), when the scabs are tender and not yet solidified, and the Qi of the Intestines and Stomach is weak and not yet strong, one should carefully avoid Wind-Cold externally and regulate diet internally. Violating these precautions initially causes symptoms as slight as an autumn hair tip, but once illness sets in, it becomes heavy as a mountain. Even following correct treatment principles, timing should not be too early or too late. Too early makes tender scabs susceptible to Wind; too late causes skin dryness and sores. Therefore, one must wait over a month before bathing with decoctions of Schizonepeta (Jing-Jie), Elm (Yu), Locust Tree (Huai), Willow (Liu), and Mugwort (Ai) leaves. Decoctions containing Ephedra (Sheng-Ma - *Note: Shengma is Cimicifuga, often grouped with ascending herbs*), Atractodes (Hou-Po), and Rhubarb (Da-Huang) that ascend or purge should be avoided. Foods such as honey water, watermelon, persimmon, pear, chestnut, orange, mandarin, ginkgo, wine lees, mustard greens, green onion, leek, Welsh onion, garlic, muntjac, rabbit, chicken, goose, sheep, cow, fresh fish, and raw/cold foods should be avoided. Suitable foods include pork kidney, pork meat, longan, walnut, lotus seed, red date, light salted vegetables, and dried vegetables. Sweet foods should not be consumed excessively, lest they cause mouth ulcers (Kou-Gan).