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Capítulo 25 de 81
黄帝内经·灵枢
Holistic paraphrase
Parts of the original text contain a few copyist errors. For example, in the phrase "治其本民先泄", the character "民" is a redundant interpolation, and "小大便" should be "大小便." The following is reasonably edited according to the meaning.
Illnesses have sequence and the distinction between biaoben — root/cause (根本原因, the underlying cause; called ben) and branch/manifestation (继发表现或急症, secondary manifestation or acute symptom; called biao). If a certain illness comes first and is later followed by counterflow (气机逆乱, disruption of qi movement), one should treat the root. If there is first a disorder of qi movement and then the illness arises, one should also treat the root. If cold pathogen invades first and is followed by illness, treat the root. If there is first illness and then a cold manifestation appears, treat the root. If first there is a heat manifestation and then illness arises, treat the root. If first there is a cold sensation and then heat appears, treat the root. If first there is diarrhea and then another illness develops, treat the root. One must first regulate the root, and only then deal with the other illnesses.
However, if there is illness first and then mid-abdominal distention and obstruction appears (中满, full and blocked in the abdomen), one must first treat the branch. If there is illness first and then diarrhea, treat the root. If there is mid-abdominal distention first and then vexation of the heart appears, treat the root. One must differentiate whether the pathogenic qi is externally invading (keqi, 客气/external pathogen) or internal (tongqi, 同气/ internally generated pathogen). If urination and defecation are not free-flowing, first treat the branch. If urination and defecation are free-flowing, treat the root. When a disease attack presents with excess (有余, sthenia pattern), one may first treat the root and then the branch. When upright qi is deficient (不足, asthenia pattern), one may first treat the branch and then the root. One must carefully examine the severity and urgency of the condition and regulate with attentive intention. If the condition is slight and superficial, treat root and branch together. If the condition is severe and deep, one must treat either branch or root alone. If urination and defecation are impaired first, and only afterward other illnesses emerge, treat the root.
This passage systematically lays out the treatment principle of assessing root/branch and urgency, with the following key points:
These principles are not mechanical rules but emphasize "regulating by attentive intention"— demonstrating the flexibility inherent in Chinese medical pattern differentiation.
Modern medicine likewise always distinguishes between etiologic treatment (treating causes) and symptomatic treatment (treating symptoms). For infectious fever, addressing the cause is anti-infection; addressing symptoms may be giving an antipyretic. When critical symptoms like high fever with convulsions or shock occur, clinicians usually stabilize vital signs first— a concept analogous to "treating the branch in urgent conditions." The advantage of Chinese medicine's root-and-branch theory lies in regarding disease as integrated within the whole and its dynamics rather than symptom presentation in isolation. However, this theory summarizes judgment standards rather generally; modern intervention calls for synthetic judgment with clinical diagnostics, not simple rules.
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