Paradoxical Treatment
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CORE DEFINITION
Also known as 'reverse treatment'. Treating by following the false appearance of the disease. For example, 'treating heat with heat' (using hot-natured drugs for true cold with false heat) and 'treating cold with cold' (using cold-natured drugs for true heat with false cold).
SCAFFOLDING EFFECT
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Trojan horse. When the pathogenic factor is extremely strong and causes rejection (e.g., vomiting after taking cold medicine), do not attack forcefully. Disguise the hot-natured drug (the real army) as a cold-natured one (wearing the disguise of a cold drink), deceive the body's defense system, and then exert its effect once inside.
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Paradoxical/reverse treatment targets the rejection in 'true cold with false heat' and 'true heat with false cold': when the body and the drug's nature are incompatible (e.g., vomiting after taking cold medicine), follow the false appearance to 'deceive' the defense, allowing the drug to enter and exert true treatment. The essence is to use appearances to bypass systemic resistance.
MINIMUM ACTION
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- en.wikipedia.orghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradoxical_reactionverified
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