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Source of Disease: The five zang organs and six fu organs all possess Jin Ye (Body Fluids). If the zang or fu organs generate Heat due to deficiency or excess, the internal Heat will cause the depletion and reduction of Jin Ye, resulting in thirst. Individuals who frequently drink water are likely to experience dizziness; if accompanied by coldness in the back and vomiting, it is due to weakness caused by excessive diuresis. Upon pulse diagnosis, a heart pulse that is slippery and excessive indicates a predisposition to severe thirst. If this condition persists and changes, it may develop into Yong Ju (abscesses and sores) or Shui Bing (water disease/edema). (From Volume 5)

Formula for Recent Effectiveness: A prescription for treating thirst followed by frequent drinking, leading to vomiting, regurgitation, emaciation, and weakness, with the fear of developing abscesses or water disease.
Fuling (Poria, 5 fen) Gualua (Trichosanthes Fruit, 6 fen) Shengma (Cimicifugae Rhizoma, 4 fen) Maimendong (Ophiopogonis Radix, 6 fen, heart removed) Sanggenbaipi (Morus Alba Root Bark, 8 fen) Jupi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium, 3 fen)
Crush the above six herbs into a powder. Take one fangcun bi (a square-inch measure) with clear water, twice daily. Avoid vinegar products.

Another Formula:
Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma, 3 fen) Zhuling (Polyporus, 3 fen) Tongcao (Tetrapanacis Medulla, 5 fen) Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma, 6 fen) Maimendong (Ophiopogonis Radix, 8 fen, heart removed) Gualua (Trichosanthes Fruit, 8 fen)
Crush the above six herbs into a powder. Take one fangcun bi with Jiangshui (fermented rice liquid), twice daily. Continue until recovery. Avoid pork, cold water, and raw/cold foods.

Furthermore, for cases where one already feels the depletion of Jin Ye, bodily swelling, and breath resembling that of a water disease patient:
Han Fangji (Stephaniae Tetrandrae Radix, 6 fen) Zhuling (Polyporus, 6 fen) Gualua (Trichosanthes Fruit, 8 fen) Fuling (Poria, 4 fen) Sanggenbaipi (Morus Alba Root Bark, 12 fen) Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma, 3 fen) Xingren (Pruni Semen, 6 fen, skin and tips removed, roasted) Yuliren (Prunus Semen, 6 fen) Tinglizi (Descurainiae Semen seu Lepidii Semen, 12 fen, roasted until purple)
Sift the above nine herbs. Mix with honey to form pills the size of wutong seeds. Take thirty pills on an empty stomach with Jiangshui, once daily. Stop when swelling subsides and urination becomes smooth. Avoid vinegar, plums, peaches, and sparrow meat.

Another: Tingli Wan. For treating Xiao Ke (Wasting and Thirsting Syndrome) transforming into Shui Bing causing edema.
Tian Tingli (Descurainiae Semen seu Lepidii Semen, stir-fried between papers) Gualou Ren (Trichosanthis Semen) Xingren (Pruni Semen, skin and tips removed, double-kernel, stir-fried with bran until yellow) Han Fangji (Stephaniae Tetrandrae Radix) (each 1 liang)
Grind the above four herbs into powder. Mix with honey to form pills, pounding two or three hundred times, shaping them like wutong seeds. Take thirty pills before meals, delivered with decoction of Fuling (Poria), three to four times daily.

Another: Qumai Tang. For treating Xiao Ke (Wasting and Thirsting Syndrome) about to become Shui Qi (Water Qi), causing edema of the face, eyes, and lower legs, with difficult urination.
Qumai Sui (Herba Dianthi Spike) Zexie (Alismatis Rhizoma) Huashi (Talcum) (each 1.5 liang) Fangji (Stephaniae Tetrandrae Radix, 3 fen) Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix) Dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma) (each 1 fen) Sangpiaoxiao (Ovi Mantidis, stir-fried, 14 pieces)
Cut the above seven herbs. For each dose, take three qianbi measures, add three sheng of water, boil down to one sheng. Strain the dregs. Take warm on an empty stomach, and repeat after some time.