急流性速堪通便，宣吐回澜水（即逆流水。）最宜。百沸气腾能取汗，甘澜劳水意同
之。（流水杓扬万遍，名甘澜水，又名劳水。）黄齑水吐痰和食，霍乱阴阳水可医。（见霍乱。）新汲无
根皆取井，（将旦首汲曰井华水，无时首汲曰新汲水，出 未放曰无根水。）除烦去热补阴施。地
浆解毒兼清暑，（掘墙阴黄土，以水入坎中，搅取浆，澄清用。）腊雪寒冰治疫奇。更有一般蒸汗
水，（如蒸酒法蒸水，以管接取，倒汗用之。）奇功千古少人知。功堪汗吐何须说，滋水清金理更
微。（肺热而肾涸，清金则津液下泽，此气化为水，天气下为雨也。肾涸而肺热，滋阴则津液上升，此水化为气，
地气上为云也。蒸水使水化为气，气复化水，有循环相生之妙，用之最精。）
急流且速度快的水最适合用来通便，以及用于催吐以平息逆乱之气（即逆流的水）。经过剧烈沸腾、蒸汽升腾的水能够促使发汗，其用意与甘澜水相同。（将流水用勺子反复扬洒万遍，称为甘澜水，又称劳水。）腌芥菜的水可以催吐痰涎并调和饮食，霍乱的阴阳水可以治疗。（参见霍乱条。）新汲取的无根水都取自井水，（清晨第一次汲取的叫井华水，任何时间第一次汲取的叫新汲水，未接触地面的叫无根水。）它们能清除烦热、滋补阴液。地浆具有解毒和清解暑热的功效，（挖掘墙根背阴处的黄土，向坑中注水，搅拌后取浆液，澄清后使用。）腊月的雪和寒冰治疗疫病有奇效。还有一种蒸汗水，（如蒸馏酒的方法蒸取水，用管子接取，倒出的汗状水使用。）其千古奇功鲜为人知。其功效在于发汗和催吐，这就不必多说了，它滋补肾水、清润肺金的道理更为精微。（肺热而肾阴枯竭，清润肺金则津液下润，这是气化生为水，天气下降成为雨。肾阴枯竭而肺热，滋阴则津液上升，这是水生化为气，地气上升成为云。蒸汗水使水转化为气，气又复化为水，具有循环相生的奥妙，使用最为精当。）
Swift-flowing and rapid water is best for promoting bowel movements, and for inducing vomiting to reverse turbulent qi (i.e., counterflowing water). Water that has been vigorously boiled with rising steam can induce sweating; its intention is the same as that of Ganlan Shui (Sweet Ripple Water). (Water from a flowing stream stirred ten thousand times with a ladle is called Ganlan Shui, also known as Lao Shui.) Pickled mustard water induces vomiting of phlegm and harmonizes food; Huoluan Yin Yang Shui (Huo Luan Yin-Yang Water) can treat cholera-like disorders. (See Cholera-like Disorders.) Freshly drawn rootless water all comes from wells. (The first drawing at dawn is called Jinghua Shui (Well Flower Water); the first drawing at any time is called Xinji Shui (Freshly Drawn Water); water not yet touching the ground is called Wugen Shui (Rootless Water).) These remove irritability, clear heat, and nourish Yin. Dip soil slurry (Di Jiang) detoxifies and clears summerheat. (Dig yellow earth from the shaded side of a wall, pour water into the pit, stir to obtain the slurry, clarify it, and use it.) Snow from the twelfth lunar month and ice are miraculous in treating epidemics. Furthermore, there is generally Steamed Sweat Water. (Such as steaming water like distilling wine, collecting it with a tube, and using the inverted sweat-like water.) Its miraculous merit has rarely been known throughout history. Its efficacy in inducing sweating and vomiting needs no further explanation; the principle of nourishing Kidney Water and clearing Lung Metal is even more subtle. (When Lung Heat causes Kidney Dryness, clearing Lung Metal allows fluids to descend and moisten; this is Qi transforming into Water, where Heavenly Qi descends as Rain. When Kidney Dryness causes Lung Heat, nourishing Yin allows fluids to ascend; this is Water transforming into Qi, where Earthly Qi ascends as Clouds. Steamed Sweat Water transforms Water into Qi, and Qi back into Water, possessing the wonder of cyclic generation. It is used with utmost precision.)