Diseases above the diaphragm, with phlegm fullness, panting, coughing, and vomiting, when they flare up, there will be chills and fever, back pain, lumbar pain, tears flowing out spontaneously, and the person will have severe trembling and body twitching, there must be recurrent fluid retention.

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The disease of retained drinking, lingering without dispersing, is called persistent fluid retention; lying latent and difficult to attack, is called recurrent fluid retention. Recurrent fluid retention is when the retained fluid stays above the diaphragm, lying latent without emerging, and flares up at certain times. That is, nowadays, either encountering autumn cold or feeling spring wind, when it flares up, there will inevitably be panting, fullness, coughing, vomiting with copious phlegm, chills and fever, back pain, lumbar pain, when coughing is severe, tears will flow out, when coughing is extreme, there will be trembling and body shaking, what is commonly called the wheezing syndrome.

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• Cheng Lin said: When phlegm-fluid retention stays in the diaphragm, it causes panting, coughing, and vomiting; when it flares externally, it causes chills and fever, back pain, and lumbar pain; when coughing is severe, the lung lobes rise, and tears flow out; when panting is severe, the breathing shakes the shoulders, and the body trembles and twitches. When it is this severe, there must be recurrent fluid retention.