MENTAL MODEL · M1908

Three Worms

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INTRODUCTION

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CORE DEFINITION

An old Chinese medical category covering the roundworm, the tapeworm and the pinworm, and also the material counterpart of the Daoist three corpses. Its proposition is that a set of vague signs, including a sallow complexion, teeth grinding and craving for odd substances, points to a discrete agent that can be located and physically removed with anthelmintic drugs such as Wumei Wan. The qualification is that this is a hypothesis about a removable cause, not a substitute for modern microbiology.

SCAFFOLDING EFFECT

psychology

Reduce cognitive load

- Entity hunting: convert a diffuse malaise into a specific cause you can name and remove. - Targeted purge: act on the identified source rather than tonifying everything at once. - Cut the supply: close the route of reinfection once the agent is cleared.

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Anchor fast decisions

Attributing symptoms to a single removable entity replaces a vague corrective programme with a bounded, verifiable action. Because the cause is localised, success or failure is immediately observable, and treatment stops when the entity is gone instead of drifting into indefinite tonification.

MINIMUM ACTION

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Practice this model in one real situation:

Collect the specific signals that point to a discrete cause, such as odd cravings, teeth grinding or a sallow complexion. 2. Identify which kind of agent the pattern corresponds to. 3. Remove it with a targeted measure rather than general tonification. 4. Cut off the source through diet and hygiene so that it cannot return.

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