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what are the 6 kinds of therapuetic methods?
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reinforcing, reducing, warming, clearing, ascending and descending.
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when would you use the reinforciing method?
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when you want to strengthen the body's resistance and the zangfu organs & replenish yin,yang,qi and blood. it is indicated w/ deficiency.
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reinforcing kidney qi
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ki3 taixi,ub 23 shenshu, cv 4 guanyuan
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reinforcing kidney yin
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ki6 zhouhai, ub 52
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reinforcing kidney yang
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cv 4 guanyuan, du4 mingmen--moxa to tonify yang.
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reinforcing qi of the spleen and stomach
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cv12, cv6 qihai, st36 zusanli
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qi and blood deficiency
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ub20 pishu, ub17 geshu,st36, sp6sanyinjiao
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lung qi deficiency
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lu1,lu2,cv17
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when should the reinforcing method not be used?
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when pathogenic factors are strong and excessive, or if the pathogenic factor is not completely eliminated or if def syndrome is associated with excess and strong pathogenic factor
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when would you use the reducing method?
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when you need to dispel the pathogenic factors and remove stagnation in order to restore the bodys resistance. in cases of excess.
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