Usage patterns 療りょう 法ほう を 受う ける to receive treatment/therapy
He decided to receive a new form of treatment.
療法を試すりょうほうをこころみる to try out a treatment/therapy
The doctor tried several different treatments.
療りょう 法ほう が 効き く for a treatment to be effective
This treatment is proving effective for many patients.
新あたら しい 療りょう 法ほう を 開かい 発はつ する to develop a new treatment
Researchers developed a new treatment for cancer.
療りょう 法ほう を 続つづ ける to continue a treatment
She has continued that treatment for several years.
Related words 治療 refers to medical treatment in general, while 療法 specifies a particular method or system used to treat a condition.
セラピー is a loanword mainly used for psychological or relaxation-based therapies, whereas 療法 covers medical and physical treatments as well.
療法 refers to a specific therapy or treatment technique (e.g. 自然療法 ), while 治療方法 is the broader term for the overall method or strategy of treatment.
療法 is a broader term for therapy that appears in compounds like 食事療法 , whereas 治療法 specifically denotes a medical treatment method.
Don't confuse with 治療法 specifically means 'a method of medical treatment' and is nearly synonymous with 療法 , but 療法 is the more general, standalone term while 治療法 often appears when specifying a cure for a particular disease.
Word family· 91 symptomatic treatment; allopathy · makeshift solution; stopgap measure; temporary expedient
psychotherapy
light therapy; phototherapy
aftercare; after-treatment
treatment method; cure; remedy
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Etymology Compound of 療 (りょう , 'heal') and 法 (ほう , 'method'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the kanji combination directly conveys 'healing method'.
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