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Evacuating vacuity and replenishing repletion

虚虚实实 〔虛虛實實〕xū xū shí shí

Exacerbation of vacuity and exacerbation of repletion, as through inappropriate treatment. Two basic principles of treatment are vacuity is treated by supplementing and repletion is treated by draining. If vacuity and repletion are misidentified and the opposite principle of treatment is applied, the result is evacuation of vacuity or replenishment of repletion, in either case an exacerbation of the condition.

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