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Eight Principles

Four Examinations (list):

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Eight Principles

Four Examinations (list):
Looking
Feeling
Asking
Listening-smelling
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Eight Principles

Four Pairs (List):

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Eight Principles

Four Pairs (List):
Yin; Yang
Interior; Exterior
Deficiency; Excess
Cold; Heat
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Eight Principles

Use in clinic:

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Eight Principles

Use in clinic: eight patterns are not specific enough to be used alone clinically

Does not include organs, channels, evils, substances

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Exterior-interior

Skin:

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Exterior-interior

Skin: exterior

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Exterior-interior

Flesh:

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Exterior-interior

Flesh: exterior

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Exterior-interior

Yang organs:

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Exterior-interior

Yang organs: interior

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Exterior-interior

Yin organs:

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Exterior-interior

Yin organs: interior

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Interior

Means:

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Interior

Means: organs, bones, etc.

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Interior

Interior excess:

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Interior

Interior excess: means an evil is present

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Interior

Interior deficiency:

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Interior

Interior deficiency: means insufficient qi, blood, fluid, yin, yang (right qi)

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Interior

Interior patterns may include:

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Interior

Interior patterns may include:
Sensation of heat or heat conditions (fever) or sensation of cold or cold conditions (chills), but not both simultaneously

If fever and chills are simultaneous, it means it is an exterior pattern

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Interior Excess Heat
Yang Excess - Too Much Yang Heat

Treatment principle:

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Interior Excess Heat
Yang Excess - Too Much Yang Heat

Treatment principle: clear heat or drain

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Interior Excess Heat
Yang Excess - Too Much Yang Heat

Heat evils; possible symptoms of yang excess:

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Interior Excess Heat
Yang Excess - Too Much Yang Heat

Heat evils; possible symptoms of yang excess:
Feverish feeling, no chills
Sweating
Thirst
Full rapid pulse
Red face, red tongue with yellow coat
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Interior Deficiency Heat
Yin Deficiency - Insufficient Cooling

Yin deficiency is called:

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Interior Deficiency Heat
Yin Deficiency - Insufficient Cooling

Yin deficiency is called:
Yin deficiency heat or
Deficiency heat

There is heat due to deficiency of yin

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Deficiency versus Excess

In excess, the symptoms…

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Deficiency versus Excess

In excess, the symptoms show all over the whole body because there is an overflow of one aspect

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Deficiency versus Excess

In deficiency, the symptoms…

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Deficiency versus Excess

In deficiency, the symptoms poke out in a few places but cannot show everywhere because it is due to a lack, not an overflow

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Interior Deficiency Heat
Yin Deficiency - Insufficient Cooling

Possible symptoms of yin deficiency:

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Interior Deficiency Heat
Yin Deficiency - Insufficient Cooling

Possible symptoms of yin deficiency:
Feeling of heat in the palms, soles, and chest
Dry mouth and throat, dark urine, dry stool
Afternoon fever, night sweating
Fine rapid pulse
Malar flush, red peeled tongue
Emaciation

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Interior Deficiency Heat
Yin Deficiency - Insufficient Cooling

Treatment principle:

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Interior Deficiency Heat
Yin Deficiency - Insufficient Cooling

Treatment principle:
Nourish yin and clear heat

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Interior Excess Cold
Yin Excess - Too Much Yin Cold

Cold evil; possible symptoms of yin excess:

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Interior Excess Cold
Yin Excess - Too Much Yin Cold

Cold evil; possible symptoms of yin excess:
Chilliness, cold limbs
No thirst, clear abundant urine
Desires warm drinks
Deep full tight pulse
Pale face, pale tongue with think coat
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Interior Excess Cold
Yin Excess - Too Much Yin Cold

Treatment principle:

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Interior Excess Cold
Yin Excess - Too Much Yin Cold

Treatment principle:
Dissipate cold evil and warm coldness

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Interior Deficiency Cold
Yang Deficiency - Insufficient Warming

Yang deficiency is called:

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Interior Deficiency Cold
Yang Deficiency - Insufficient Warming

Yang deficiency is called:
Yang deficiency cold or
Deficiency cold

There is cold due to deficiency of yang

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Interior Deficiency Cold
Yang Deficiency - Insufficient Warming

Possible symptoms of yang being insufficient:

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Interior Deficiency Cold
Yang Deficiency - Insufficient Warming

Possible symptoms of yang being insufficient:
Chilliness, cold limbs
No thirst
Listlessness
Spontaneous sweating, loose stools, clear abundant urine
Deep slow weak pulse
Dull-pale face, pale tongue, thin white coat

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Interior Deficiency Cold
Yang Deficiency - Insufficient Warming

Treatment Principle:

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Interior Deficiency Cold
Yang Deficiency - Insufficient Warming

Treatment Principle:
Fortify yang and warm coldness

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Exterior

Exterior (meaning):

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Exterior

Exterior (meaning):
the skin, flesh, channels, defense qi, sometimes the lungs as they manage the exterior

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Exterior Most exterior of organs...
Exterior Most exterior of organs are the lungs as they manage the defense qi and skin
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Exterior Most skin problems are...
Exterior Most skin problems are actually interior
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Exterior Two types of exterior problems:
Exterior Two types of exterior problems: External invasion Channel problems
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Exterior External Invasion (definition):
Exterior ``` External Invasion (definition): wind invades through the skin and pores and carries other evils with it ```
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Exterior Channel Problems (definition):
Exterior ``` Channel Problems (definition): The channels are still quite exterior when compared to the organs ```
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External Invasion; Wind Attack Symptoms:
External Invasion; Wind Attack ``` Symptoms: Acute onset, short duration Simultaneous fever and chills Floating pulse the rest of the symptoms vary depending on cold or hot, excess alone, or excess and deficiency combined ```
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Simultaneous Fever and Chills Chinese Term (for simultaneous fever and chills):
Simultaneous Fever and Chills ``` Chinese Term (for simultaneous fever and chills): Han Re (simply means heat and cold) ```
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Simultaneous Fever and Chills Fever (why/what cause):
Simultaneous Fever and Chills Fever (why/what cause): Fever comes from the defense qi fighting against the evil invader. The battle is hot
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Simultaneous Fever and Chills Chills (why/what cause):
Simultaneous Fever and Chills Chills (why/what cause): While defense is fighting the evil, it cannot take care of its other function of warming the surface. In addition, the patient feels vulnerable to attach, so he wants to stay covered up
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Floating Pulse Floating Pulse (describe):
Floating Pulse ``` Floating Pulse (describe): In a floating pulse, all the qi moves to the surface of the pulse because in the body, the battle is happening on the surface (the exterior) ```
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External Invasion Symptoms (general):
External Invasion Symptoms (general): Sweating or not (no sweating in cold, sweating in heat or deficiency of defense) The pulse (besides being floating, rapid means heat, tight means cold) The severity of body aches (cold has more body aches than heat)
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External Invasion Exterior Cold (symptoms):
External Invasion ``` Exterior Cold (symptoms): Slight fever, severe chills (cold is predominant) No thirst No sweating Thin white tongue coat Floating tight pulse Headache, muscle aches ```
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External Invasion Exterior Heat (symptoms):
External Invasion ``` Exterior Heat (symptoms): More fever, slight chills (heat is predominant) Thirst Thin yellow (or white) tongue coat Floating, rapid pulse Sore throat Sweating ```
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External Invasion | ``` Exterior Excess (definition): not combined with deficiency ```
External Invasion ``` Exterior Excess (definition): (not combined with deficiency) ``` Same as exterior cold or exterior heat
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External Invasion Exterior Deficiency (types):
External Invasion ``` Exterior Deficiency (types): Deficiency of defense qi but no invasion at this time (pure deficiency) Deficiency of defense qi with wind evils invading (combined deficiency of defense and excess of wind evils) ```
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External Invasion Deficiency of defense qi but no invasion at this time (symptoms):
External Invasion Deficiency of defense qi but no invasion at this time (symptoms): Easy to catch cold Sweats easily even when cold
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External Invasion Deficiency of defense qi with wind evils invading (symptoms):
External Invasion ``` Deficiency of defense qi with wind evils invading (symptoms): Slight or no fever Aversion to wind Slight body aches Floating pulse, thin tongue coat ```
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Channel Problems Bi-obstruction (definition):
Channel Problems Bi-obstruction (definition): Obstruction of the flow of qi-blood in the channels and the joints by an evil, causing pain
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Channel Problems Wind (symptoms):
Channel Problems Wind (symptoms): Pain moves from place to place
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Channel Problems Cold (symptoms):
Channel Problems Cold (symptoms): Severe fixed pain, better with heat
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Channel Problems Dampness (symptoms):
Channel Problems Dampness (symptoms): Lingering, swelling, heaviness, ache
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Channel Problems Heat (symptoms):
Channel Problems Heat (symptoms): Swollen, hot, red
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Channel Problems Fever and Chills:
Channel Problems Fever and Chills: There are often no fever or chills because the evil bypasses the defense exterior of the body
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Deficiency Deficiency (definition):
Deficiency Deficiency (definition): Some aspect of the body --yin, yang, qi, blood, fluids, etc.-- is weak. There is no evil (unless it is a combined pattern)
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Deficiency Deficiency (symptoms):
Deficiency Deficiency (symptoms): Weakness, listlessness, curling up, quietness, weak breathing, weak pulse, chronic condition, dull lingering pain which is better with pressure, slight sweating
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Yang Deficiency Yang Deficiency (symptoms):
Yang Deficiency ``` Yang Deficiency (symptoms): Symptoms of qi deficiency plus coldness and copious fluids There is insufficient yang to warm and activate the body ``` Symptoms are worse in the daytime, especially the morning
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Yin Deficiency Yin Deficiency (symptoms):
Yin Deficiency ``` Yin Deficiency (symptoms): There is insufficient yin to cool and nourish the body ``` Symptoms are worse in the afternoon, evening, or night
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Excess Excess (symptoms):
Excess Excess (symptoms): Acute conditions, strong pain worse with pressure. If the face is red, it is red all over; if sweating, it is profuse, course breathing, strong voice, thick tongue coat, strong pulse. Yin evils damage yang; yang evils damage yin The bodies right qi is still strong
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Heat-Cold The Nature of Disease Heat (definition):
Heat-Cold The Nature of Disease Heat (definition): Yang excess or yin deficiency
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Heat-Cold The Nature of Disease Cold (definition):
Heat-Cold The Nature of Disease Cold (definition): Yin excess or yang deficiency
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Heat-Cold Affect on the body:
Heat-Cold Affect on the body: A person can have both heat and cold at the same time, for example: Cold on the interior and heat on the interior (or vice versa) Heat above and cold below
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True Cold-False Heat or True Heat-False Cold Describe:
True Cold-False Heat or True Heat-False Cold Describe: Contradictory signs and symptoms in extreme conditions; contradictory symptoms arise because the weaker aspect has deserted to the exterior. Since it is on the exterior, it is visible
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True Cold-False Heat or True Heat-False Cold Treatment Principle:
True Cold-False Heat or True Heat-False Cold Treatment Principle: You should always treat what is true and avoid being misled by what is false
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True Cold-False Heat True Cold-False Heat (definition):
True Cold-False Heat True Cold-False Heat (definition): The interior is so cold that all the yang (heat) is pushed to the exterior
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True Heat-False Cold True Heat-False Cold (definition):
True Heat-False Cold True Heat-False Cold (definition): The interior is so hot that all the yin (cold) is pushed to the exterior
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True Cold-False Heat or True Heat-False Cold How to diagnose:
True Cold-False Heat or True Heat-False Cold How to diagnose: Careful examination, especially tongue and pulse are key. This condition only happens in critical cases
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Straight Treatment and Paradoxical Treatment Straight Treatment (definition):
Straight Treatment and Paradoxical Treatment ``` Straight Treatment (definition): The principle of treatment whereby the mature and pathomechanism are addressed directly ```
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Straight Treatment and Paradoxical Treatment Paradoxical Treatment (definition):
Straight Treatment and Paradoxical Treatment ``` Paradoxical Treatment (definition): The non-routine principle of treating false signs with medicinals of the same nature ```
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Yin-Yang Yin Patterns (describe):
Yin-Yang ``` Yin Patterns (describe): Pattern of disease has more yin than yang ``` Excess of yin Deficiency of yang A predominance of coldness, deficiency, or interior conditions
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Yin-Yang Yang Patterns (describe):
Yin-Yang ``` Yang Patterns (describe): Pattern of disease has more yang than yin ``` Excess of yang Deficiency of yin A predominance of heat, excess, or exterior condition
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Yin-Yang Collapse of Yin (definition):
Yin-Yang Collapse of Yin (definition): An acute critical form of yin deficiency. Excessive yang pushes out the last remaining bit of yin, like a pot boiling dry.
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Yin-Yang Collapse of Yin (symptoms):
Yin-Yang ``` Collapse of Yin (symptoms): Abundant perspiration No loss of urine or stool Hot skin, hot limbs Floating deficient rapid pulse Red peeled short dry tongue ```
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Yin-Yang Collapse of Yang (definition):
Yin-Yang Collapse of Yang (definition): An acute form of yang deficiency. Excessive yin pushes out the last remaining bit of yang, like rising flood waters carry away things in its pass
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Ying-Yang Collapse of Yang (symptoms):
Ying-Yang ``` Collapse of Yang (symptoms): Chilliness, cold limbs Weak breathing Profuse, but cold sweating No thirst, frequent profuse urination or incontinence, loose stool or incontinence Minute deep pulse Pale wet swollen tongue ```
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Yin-Yang Collapse of Yin and Collapse of Yang and Death:
Yin-Yang Collapse of Yin and Collapse of Yang and Death: Both of these conditions are getting close to separation of yin and yang
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From Diagnosis to Treatment Four Examinations (list):
From Diagnosis to Treatment ``` Four Examinations (list): Asking Looking Feeling Listening and smelling ```
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From Diagnosis to Treatment Diagnosis (phrase/structure):
From Diagnosis to Treatment Diagnosis (phrase/structure): Eight principles plus organs and/or substances or evils, etc.
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From Diagnosis to Treatment Treatment Principle (describe):
From Diagnosis to Treatment ``` Treatment Principle (describe): Statement that includes what steps must be taken to rectify the pattern ```
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From Diagnosis to Treatment Treatment Principle and Diagnosis:
From Diagnosis to Treatment Treatment Principle and Diagnosis: Treatment almost always opposes the diagnosis. This is called, "straight treatment" Unlike a "disease," naming the pattern (diagnosis) implies what we must do to correct it, and therefore the treatment
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From Diagnosis to Treatment Steps to treatment (list):
From Diagnosis to Treatment Steps to treatment (list): Diagnosis Treatment Principle Treatment
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From Diagnosis to Treatment Determine the Treatment (key items):
From Diagnosis to Treatment Determine the Treatment (key items): We must take care of every part of the treatment principle, and cannoe have any action that is not part of the treatment principle The herbal formula or point formula must treat all aspects. In addition, we should not include herbs or points that do other things
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From Diagnosis to Treatment Validity of Treatment:
From Diagnosis to Treatment Validity of Treatment: The treatment tests the validity of the diagnosis. If correct, the patient will improve. Without proper pattern diagnosis, the treatment principle and therefore the treatment will be wrong
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TCM Methodology TCM Methodology (list):
TCM Methodology TCM Methodology (list): Four examinations Pattern Identification (Chinese diagnosis) Treatment Principle Formulation of treatment plan Periodic assessment of results Modification of treatment plan as the patients condition changes

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