MENTAL MODEL · M0892

Reducing Method

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Version 1.0.0 · Updated 2026-07-30

CORE DEFINITION

Using medications that promote digestion, remove stagnation, soften hardness, and dissipate masses to gradually eliminate tangible accumulations in the body (such as food stagnation, fibroids, and stones).

SCAFFOLDING EFFECT

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Dripping water wears through stone. For hard masses, one cannot attack forcefully (purgation method); instead, use the 'Reducing Method' to gradually erode. Just like using vinegar to soak limescale, gently make it smaller and disappear.

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One of the eight methods in traditional Chinese medicine: using formulas that promote digestion, remove blood stasis, soften hardness, and resolve phlegm to gradually dissipate tangible pathogenic factors (food stagnation, blood stasis, phlegm coagulation, abdominal masses, and lumps). It is a slow and gradual dissipation, not a fierce attack or rapid purgation.

MINIMUM ACTION

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Practice this model in one real situation:

Identify the nature of the pathogenic factor (food, blood stasis, phlegm, or mass)
select methods such as promoting digestion and removing stagnation, activating blood and resolving stasis, softening hardness and dissipating masses
stop when the pathogen is eliminated and protect the vital qi
combine with supplementation methods to achieve simultaneous reduction and supplementation.

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