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204Therapeutics - Method of TreatmentCode Term Chinese Definition/Description4.0.0 THERAPEUTICS 治 療 學4.1.0therapeuticprinciple治 則a general rule that should be followed in treatingdisease4.1.1 treat the root 治 本 ; 本 治 法 treat the primary aspect of a disease4.1.2 treat the tip 治 標 ; 標 治 法 treat the secondary aspect of a disease4.1.3 routine treatment 正 治 ; 正 治 法4.1.4 treat cold with heat 寒 者 熱 之use of medicines opposite in nature to the disease,e.g., treating heat syndrome with medicines cold innaturetreat cold conditions with warming or heatingmethod4.1.5 treat heat with cold 熱 者 寒 之 treat heat conditions with cold or cooling method4.1.6treat deficiency bytonification虛 則 補 之treat deficiency conditions by supplementation ortonification4.1.7treat excess bypurgation實 則 瀉 之treat excess conditions by purgation or reduction4.1.8 paradoxical treatment 反 治 ; 反 治 法 use of medicines similar in nature to the disease4.1.9 treating cold with cold 寒 因 寒 用treating pseudo-cold symptoms with medicines coolor cold in nature4.1.10treating heat withheat熱 因 熱 用treating pseudo-heat symptoms with medicines warmor hot in nature4.1.11treating theunstopped byunstopping通 因 通 用applying unstopping method to unstopped conditions, e.g., using purgation to treat diarrhea caused byfood stagnation4.1.12treating the stoppedby stopping塞 因 塞 用applying stopping method to stopped conditions ,e.g., using tonification to treat constipation due to qideficiency4.1.13reinforce the healthyqi and eliminate thepathogenic factors扶 正 祛 邪two general principles of treatment — to reinforce thepatient’s healthy qi and to eliminating the invadingpathogenic factors, which can be applied separatelyor in combination according to the particular conditionof the case