By treatment aining at the root cause of a disease is meant treating a disease on the basis of its root cause. It is not until the fundamental cause of a disease is found out that it is possible to get to the essence of the problem and to make a proper treatment. Basic Questions points out , "In treating search for the its root cause of & discase of a disease in treatment." When treatment aiming at the root cause of a disease is used clinically, routine treatment or contrary treatment and treating the primary (ben) and or treating the secondary (biao) must be dealt with correctly.

Routine treatment includes the following methods: treating cold syndrome with hot natured drug, treating heat syudrome with cold natured drug, treating deficiency syndrome by replenishment, treating excess syndrome by purgation, etc.

Contrary treatment bas the following methods: treating pseudo-heat syndrome with hot-natured drụg, treating pseudo-cold syndrome with cold-natured drugs, treating obstruction-syndrome with tonification and treating diarrhea with purgation.

Treatment of the primary and the secondary includes the following methods: treating the secondary for emergency, treating the primary for chronic cases and treating both the primary and the secondary aspects.

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