1. Dietary Balance
Therefore, those with an overly strong water element should consume foods that belong to the earth and wood elements. Foods belonging to the earth element include: beef, mutton, dog meat, potatoes, sweet potatoes, lean meat, taro, figs, pomegranates, cinnamon bark, chestnuts, pineapples, mangoes, etc. Foods belonging to the wood element include: soft-shelled turtle, pig liver, pig feet, wood ear mushrooms, chicken liver, pistachios, tea, and Chinese cabbage.
2. Social Balance
People with an overly strong water element can use the principle of generation and overcoming in the eight characters to reduce the excessive water element in their fate. In the five elements, water generates wood. If the person has an excess of water, they can appropriately increase the presence of the wood element around them, which will help improve their fortune. It is beneficial for people with a water element to make friends with those who belong to the wood element or wear deep green clothes, as this helps relieve the excessive five elements.

Year of Bing Zi: Water of the Stream (1936, 1996) Year of Ding Chou: Water of the Stream (1937, 1997)
Year of Jia Shen: Water of the Spring (1944, 2004) Year of Yi You: Water of the Spring (1945, 2005)
Year of Ren Chen: Flowing Water (1952, 2012) Year of Gui Si: Flowing Water (1953, 2013)
Year of Bing Wu: Heavenly Water (1966, 2026) Year of Ding Wei: Heavenly Water (1967, 2027)
Year of Jia Yin: Large River Water (1974, 2034) Year of Yi Mao: Large River Water (1975, 2035)
Year of Ren Xu: Great Sea Water (1982, 2042) Year of Gui Hai: Great Sea Water (1983, 2043)