A patient with bilateral lower extremity edema was treated in the Fangcun clinic. There were deep depressed pits on one press and the edema was very severe, while the upper extremities and the whole body were not swollen. The patient was over 70 years old, suffering from cerebral infarction, hypertension, liver cirrhosis and pneumonia. He was discharged from the hospital at the provincial traditional Chinese medicine hospital only 1 week ago and was still taking diuretics tachyphylaxis, spironolactone and some cough suppressants; his blood pressure was 80/52 at the time of arrival and he was hemiplegic on the right side. His tongue was thin and almost moss-free. He came to the clinic 1 week later, his blood pressure was 130/56, and he reported that he could walk a little and his water had basically disappeared. He reported that he could walk a little and the water had basically disappeared. His mental health improved significantly and he urinated a lot. He was advised to stop tachyphylaxis and continue spironolactone, and to monitor his blood pressure and take antihypertensive drugs when it is high. Continued Zechu Tang. He Jinyang, Liver Disease Specialist, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine