Phlegm-yin disease can be divided into broad sense and narrow sense. Phlegm-drinking diseases in a broad sense can be divided into phlegm-drinking, hanging drinking, overflowing drinking and supporting drinking. In a narrow sense, drinking phlegm refers to the pathological changes in the stomach caused by drinking water. Suspension of drinking means that water stops under threat, overflow drinking means that water stops the muscles of limbs, and drinking means that water stops the chest and diaphragm. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that turbid water and body fluid are phlegm, while turbid water and body fluid are drinking. The disease is caused by the decline of yang, and water and body fluids stop gathering in local viscera and meridians. The principle of treatment is "those who drink alcohol with phlegm should use warm medicine". The main prescriptions are Gui Ling Zhugan Decoction, Wuling Powder, Xiaobanxia Decoction, Ji Jiao Li Huang Pill and Alisma Decoction.
Water diseases, namely edema diseases, can be divided into geomantic omen, skin water, yang water, Shi Shui and yellow sweat. Feng shui is characterized by bad wind, joint pain, bad wind and floating pulse; Skin water is characterized by ankle swelling, no finger pressure, abdominal bulge, bad wind, no thirst and floating pulse; Positive water shows abdominal distension, wheezing and delayed pulse; Shi Shui's performance is that his abdomen is hard and full of stones, he doesn't breathe, and his pulse is heavy; Yellow sweat is characterized by fever, chest fullness, swelling of head and face of limbs, long course of disease and delayed pulse. The disease is caused by wind, water, humidity and heat. The pathogenesis is Yang Qi's decline and water stagnation; The treatment principle is sweating, diuresis, eliminating water evil and warming Yang Qi. Prescription is flexible and changeable according to the principle of treatment.