4. 2.2 Reinforcing healthy qi and expelling pathogenic factors Acupuncture-Point Cataract Colitis Constipation [TCM Discovery Net]

4. 2.2 Reinforcing healthy qi and expelling pathogenic factors

The occurrence and development of a disease is the result of pathogenic factors that impair the human body and healthy qi that fails to control pathogenic factors. Therefore strengthening healthy qi and eliminating patho-genic factors is the basic therapeutic principle of acupunc-ture and moxibustion therapy. The basic method is to re-inforce asthenia and reduce sthenia. Asthenia syndrome due to deficiency of healthy qi should be treated by strengthening healthy qi while sthenia syndrome due to excess of pathogenic factors should be treated by reducing therapy. The syndromes complicated with both asthenia and sthenia should be treated with beth the reinforcing and reducing methods with modification according to the pathological conditions.

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