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224Therapeutics - Method of TreatmentCode Term Chinese Definition/Description4.2.245nourish the blood andemolliate the liver養 血 柔 肝a therapeutic method to treat liver blood deficiencywith exuberant wind yang by using blood-tonifyingand liver-emolliating medicinals4.2.246enrich water tomoisten wood滋 水 涵 木a therapeutic method to treat liver yin deficiency(pertaining to wood) by nourishing kidney yin(pertaining to water)4.2.247form yin with the sourand sweet酸 甘 化 陰a therapeutic method of replenishing yin blood bycombined use of sour-tasted medicinals and sweettastedones4.2.248form yang with thepungent and sweet辛 甘 化 陽a therapeutic method of reinforcing yang qi bycombined use of pungent-tasted medicinals andsweet-tasted ones4.2.249conduct fire back toits origin引 火 歸 原 ;引 火 下 行a therapeutic principle for the ascending of asthenicfire, by adding drugs for tonifying the kidney yangto those for nourishing the kidney yin to lead theascending deficiency fire back down to the kidney, thesame as to conduct fire downward4.2.250warm the kidney topromote qi absorption溫 腎 納 氣a therapeutic method to treat kidney failing to receiveqi from the lung4.2.251securing andastringing method固 澁 法a general term for therapeutic methods of usingstyptic or astringent medicinals to treat spontaneoussweating, seminal emission, chronic diarrhea, orhemorrhage4.2.252astringe the intestinesand check diarrhea澁 腸 止 瀉a therapeutic method to treat chronic diarrhea withastringents4.2.253 secure essence 固 精a therapeutic method to treat seminal emission dueto kidney consumption by using kidney-tonifying andastringent medicinals4.2.254secure essence andreduce urination固 精 縮 尿a therapeutic method to treat seminal emission,spermatorrhea, enuresis or incontinence of urine dueto kidney qi insecurity and bladder retention failure4.2.255stem floodingand check vaginaldischarge固 崩 止 帶a therapeutic method to treat abnormal uterinebleeding or excessive leukorrhea by using astringentmedicinals