劳伤则血气虚，使阴阳不和，互有胜弱故也。阳胜则热，阴胜则寒，阴阳相乘，故发寒
此由劳损血气，阴阳断隔，冷热不通，上焦生热，令口干燥也。其汤熨针石，别有正方
。补养宣导，今附于后。
《养生方·导引法》云∶东向坐，仰头不息五通，以舌撩口中，漱满二七，咽。愈口干
。若引肾水发醴泉，来至咽喉。醴泉甘美，能除口苦，恒香洁，食甘味和正。久行不已，味
如甘露，无有饥渴。
又云∶东向坐，仰头不息五通，以舌撩口，漱满二七，咽。治口苦干燥。
夫蒸病有五∶一曰骨蒸，其根在肾，旦起体凉，日晚即热，烦躁，寝不能安，食无味，
小便赤黄，忽忽烦乱，细喘无力，腰疼，两足逆冷，手心常热。蒸盛过，伤内则变为疳，食
人五脏。二曰脉蒸，其根在心，日增烦闷，掷手出足，翕翕思水，口唾白沫，睡即浪言；或
惊恐不定，脉数。若蒸盛之时，或变为疳，脐下闷；或暴利不止。三曰皮蒸，其根在肺，必
大喘鼻干，口中无水，舌上白，小便赤如血。蒸盛之时，胸满，或自称得注热，两胁下胀，
大嗽，口内唾血。四曰肉蒸，其根在脾，体热如火，
烦躁无汗，心腹鼓胀，食即欲呕，小便如血，大便秘涩。蒸盛之时，身肿目赤，寝卧不安。
五曰内蒸，亦名血蒸。所以名内蒸者，必外寒而内热，把手附骨而内热甚，其根在五脏六腑
。其人必因患后得之，骨肉自消，饭食无味，或皮燥而无光泽。蒸盛之时，四肢渐细，足趺
肿起。
又有二十三蒸∶一胞蒸，小便黄赤；二玉房蒸，男则遗沥漏精，女则月候不调；三脑蒸
，头眩闷热；四髓蒸，髓沸热；五骨蒸，齿黑；六筋蒸，甲焦；七血蒸，发焦；八脉蒸，脉
不调；九肝蒸，眼黑；十心蒸，舌干；十一脾蒸，唇焦；十二肺蒸，鼻干；十三肾蒸，两耳
焦；十四膀胱蒸，右耳偏焦；十五胆蒸，眼白失色；十六胃蒸，舌下痛；十七小肠蒸，下唇
焦；十八大肠蒸，鼻右孔干痛；十九三焦蒸，亦杂病乍寒乍热；二十肉蒸；二十一肤蒸；二
十二皮蒸；二十三气蒸，遍身热。
凡诸蒸患，多因热病患愈后，食牛羊肉及肥腻，或酒或房，触犯而成此疾。久蒸不除，
多变成疳，必须先防下部，不得轻妄治也。
Labor and injury lead to the deficiency of blood and qi, causing an imbalance between yin and yang, resulting in mutual excess and weakness. When yang is in excess, heat occurs; when yin is in excess, cold occurs. The mutual invasion of yin and yang thus causes chills.
This condition arises from labor-induced damage to blood and qi, leading to a severance and blockage between yin and yang, preventing the smooth flow of cold and hot energies. Heat generated in the Upper Jiao (Upper Burner) causes dryness of the mouth. For such conditions, decoctions, moxibustion/warming therapies, acupuncture, and stone needles have specific prescriptions. Methods for tonification, nourishment, and guidance/exercise are attached below.
The "Health Preservation Formulas · Guidance Methods" states: Sit facing east, tilt the head back and hold the breath five times. Move the tongue within the mouth, rinse with saliva fourteen times (two sets of seven), and then swallow. This cures dry mouth. If one can guide kidney water to rise and transform into "Liquor Spring" (sweet saliva) reaching the throat, the Liquor Spring will be sweet and delicious, eliminating bitter taste in the mouth, keeping it fragrant and clean, and harmonizing the taste of food. Long-term practice makes the taste like sweet dew, eliminating hunger and thirst.
It also states: Sit facing east, tilt the head back and hold the breath five times. Move the tongue within the mouth, rinse with saliva fourteen times, and then swallow. This treats bitter taste and dryness of the mouth.
There are five types of steaming disorders:
1. Bone Steaming (Gu Zheng): Its root is in the Kidney. The body is cool upon waking but becomes hot in the evening. There is irritability, restless sleep, loss of appetite, dark yellow urine, mental confusion, shortness of breath with weakness, lower back pain, cold feet, and hot palms. If the steaming heat becomes excessive and damages the interior, it transforms into Infantile Malnutrition (Gan Syndrome), consuming the five Zang organs.
2. Vessel Steaming (Mai Zheng): Its root is in the Heart. Irritation and oppression increase daily. The patient throws hands and kicks feet, desires water slightly, produces white froth in the mouth, and speaks incoherently during sleep. Or there is fear and instability, with a rapid pulse. During severe steaming, it may transform into Gan Syndrome, causing oppression below the navel or severe diarrhea that does not stop.
3. Skin Steaming (Pi Zheng): Its root is in the Lung. There must be severe panting, dry nose, lack of moisture in the mouth, white coating on the tongue, and urine as red as blood. During severe steaming, there is chest fullness, or the patient claims to have contracted "Injection Heat," distension under both hypochondria, severe cough, and spitting of blood.
4. Flesh Steaming (Rou Zheng): Its root is in the Spleen. The body feels hot like fire, with irritability and no sweat. There is abdominal distension, nausea after eating, urine resembling blood, and constipation. During severe steaming, the body swells, eyes become red, and sleep is restless.
5. Interior Steaming (Nei Zheng), also called Blood Steaming. It is named so because there is external cold but internal heat, with intense heat felt when touching the bones. Its root lies in the Five Zang and Six Fu organs. This condition usually follows an illness, leading to emaciation of flesh and bone, loss of appetite, or dry, lusterless skin. During severe steaming, limbs gradually thin, and the dorsum of the foot swells.
There are also twenty-three types of steaming disorders:
1. Bladder Steaming: Yellow-red urine.
2. Jade Chamber Steaming: In men, seminal emission and leakage; in women, irregular menstruation.
3. Brain Steaming: Dizziness and muggy heat.
4. Marrow Steaming: Boiling heat in the marrow.
5. Bone Steaming: Blackening of teeth.
6. Tendon Steaming: Dryness of nails.
7. Blood Steaming: Dryness of hair.
8. Vessel Steaming: Irregular pulse.
9. Liver Steaming: Dark vision.
10. Heart Steaming: Dry tongue.
11. Spleen Steaming: Chapped lips.
12. Lung Steaming: Dry nose.
13. Kidney Steaming: Dryness of both ears.
14. Bladder Steaming: Dryness of the right ear.
15. Gallbladder Steaming: Loss of color in the whites of the eyes.
16. Stomach Steaming: Pain under the tongue.
17. Small Intestine Steaming: Dryness of the lower lip.
18. Large Intestine Steaming: Dryness and pain in the right nostril.
19. Sanjiao Steaming: Alternating chills and fever in miscellaneous diseases.
20. Flesh Steaming.
21. Skin Steaming.
22. Epidermis Steaming.
23. Qi Steaming: Generalized body heat.
All various steaming disorders mostly occur after the recovery from febrile diseases, triggered by consuming beef, mutton, fatty/greasy foods, alcohol, or sexual activity. If long-term steaming is not eliminated, it often transforms into Gan Syndrome. One must first prevent pathology in the lower part and must not treat lightly or recklessly.