祖国医学文献中有关水肿的記載,首見于黄帝內经,如:灵枢水胀篇说“水始起也,目窼上微肿,如新臥起之状,其颈脉动时咳,阴股间寒,足胫肿,腹乃大,其水已成矣,以手按其腹,随手而起,如囊水之状,此其候也”。从这些症状来看,与現代的腎脏 Medical records on the motherland edema records, first seen in the Yellow Emperor’s Canon, such as: Lingshuoduan articles that "the water begins to rise, head and neck slightly swollen, as the new lying up like the carotid artery when the cough, Yin Feather between the cold, foot tibia, abdomen is large, the water has become men, according to their abdomen, readily rise, such as the shape of the capsule of water, this time also. Judging from these symptoms, with the modern kidney