Methods of TCM Treatment:an introduction of the Tonification.

Methods of Treatment:Tonification.

  Introduction:The Tonification is also known as tonic therapy, a general term for the methods of treating various deficiency syndromes by using tonics, one of the eight principal therapeutic methods.

 

Introduction of Tonification.

  Introduction: The Tonification is also known as tonic therapy, a general term for the methods of treating various deficiency syndromes by using tonics, one of the eight principal therapeutic methods.

 Common types: The common methods of the Tonification are introduced:tonification or tonic therapy, tonifying Qi or replenish Qi, replenishing Qi to strengthen superficies, reinforcing heart Qi, tonifying the heart and replenishing Qi, invigorate the spleen, reinforcing the spleen, activating the spleen, enlivening the spleen, invigorating the spleen and harmonizing the stomach, invigorating the spleen to promote digestion, invigorating the spleen to resolve dampness, invigorating the spleen and removing dampness through diuresis, invigorating the spleen and removing edema through diuresis, invigorating the spleen to resolve phlegm, invigorating the spleen to stop diarrhea, invigorating the spleen and tonifying the lung, invigorating the spleen and replenishing Qi, tonifying the spleen and replenishing Qi, replenishing the middle Qi, warming and tonifying the spleen and stomach, invigorating the stomach, improving appetite, invigorating the stomach to stop vomiting, elevating the middle Qi, elevating Yang to cure drooping, tonifying the spleen to replenish the lung, banking up earth to check wood, tonifying the lung, replenishing lung Qi, tonifying the blood, tonifying Qi and generating blood, nourishing heart blood, tonifying the heart and spleen, tonifying Qi and blood, tonifying Yin, transformation of sour-sweet into Yin, tonifying liver Yin, nourishing the liver and kidney, nourishing heart Yin, replenishing stomach Yin, nourishing the stomach to produce fluid, replenishing lung yin, replenishing yin to moisten the lung, nourishing the lung and kidney, tonifying the kidney, replenishing kidney Qi, replenishing kidney Yin, tonifying the kidney to stop emission, nourishing Yin and tonifying the blood, replenishing Yin to moisten dryness, nourishing Yin and promoting diuresis, nourishing Yin and clearing heat, nourishing Yin and reducing fire, nourishing Yin and cooling blood, nourishing Yin to suppress Yang, nourishing yin to moisten dryness, nourishing blood to moisten dryness, tonifying Yang, Invigorating Yang, supplementing fire and invigorating Yang, tonifying the kidney and supporting yang, warming and tonifying the life gate, conducting fire back to its origin, tonifying the kidney to improve inspiration, reinforcing fire to produce earth, tonifying the kidney to strengthen the bones, strengthening the muscles and bones, strengthing the kidney, strengthening the kidney to stop emission, strengthening the kidney to reduce urination, replenishing Qi to calm the mind, replenishing the kidney to calm the mind, tonifying the kidney to calm the mind, nourishing the heart to calm the mind,etc.

 ✵Tonification: also known as tonic therapy, a general term for the methods of treating various deficiency syndromes by using tonics, one of the eight principal therapeutic methods.

 ✵Tonifying Qi: also known as replenish Qi, therapy for Qi deficiency, also known as replenishing Qi.

 ✵Replenishing Qi to strengthen superficies:  a method used in treating spontaneous sweating and aversion to wind due to superficial Qi deficiency.

 ✵Reinforcing heart Qi: method for treating deficiency of heart Qi.

 ✵Tonifying the heart and replenishing Qi: same as reinforcing heart Qi.

 ✵Invigorate the spleen: method of invigorating the transporting and transforming functions of the spleen.

 ✵Reinforcing the spleen: a method for treating diminished functional activities of the spleen by administering tonics, also known as banking up earth.

 ✵Activating the spleen: method chiefly involving administering herbs to dispel dampness together with tonics for activating functioning of the spleen to treat accumulation of dampness in the spleen marked by indigestion with nausea, abdominal distention, diarrhea, white greasy coating of the tongue, and soft pulse.

 ✵Enlivening the spleen: method by using tonics to treat dyspepsia due to diminished function of the spleen marked by anorexia, dull abdominal pain, loose bowels, pale tongue, and feeble pulse.

 ✵Invigorating the spleen and harmonizing the stomach: method of treating the diminished function of the spleen and stomach by administering tonics and stomachics.

 ✵Invigorating the spleen to promote digestion: method of treating indigestion due to spleen insufficiency.

 ✵Invigorating the spleen to resolve dampness: method chiefly involving using tonics to treat stagnancy of dampness due to spleen insufficiency.

 ✵Invigorating the spleen and removing dampness through diuresis: method of using spleen tonics with diuretics to treat spleen insufficiency with damp retention or damp disturbance of the spleen.

 ✵Invigorating the spleen and removing edema through diuresis: combined use of spleen Qi tonics and diuretics for trea