補ほ瀉しゃ温おん涼りょう

noun

supplementation, purgation, warming, and cooling

Refers to the four main therapeutic methods in traditional Chinese medicine: supplementing deficiency, draining excess, warming cold patterns, and cooling heat patterns. Rare, technical term.

• 漢かん方ぽうでは、補ほ瀉しゃ温おん涼りょうの四よっつの治ち法ほうが基き本ほんとされる。

  In Kampo medicine, the four treatment methods of supplementation, purgation, warming, and cooling are considered fundamental.