2008年8月31日 · Biao and ben are contrasting concepts used to indicate the primary and secondary relationships of contradictory sides in various kinds of diseases and syndromes in TCM. For example, body anti-pathogenic factors are considered ben (root) while pathogenic factors are biao (branch); etiology is...

Ancient literatures on traditional Chinese medicine were retrieved, and theory of Biao (Branch) and Ben (Root) of meridians was studied from the aspect of acupuncture based on tracing of Weiqi (defensive qi). It was found that Biao and Ben were related with the gathering and dispersing of Weiqi (def …

2016年5月16日 · Ben is the root of the illness; biao is the symptoms the patient is experiencing. It is often compared to a tree. The branches and trunk of a tree are the symptoms, while the tree’s roots, which are embedded underground where you cannot see them, are the cause of the illness that needs to be addressed.

2023年1月1日 · BEN in Chinese means the root of a tree, underground and not easy to see; BIAO means the branches and leaves of a tree, above the ground and easy to see. Therefore, the real treatment of Chinese medicine (TCM) is to treat the Ben of diseases, or the root of the disease.

The principle of biao and ben is used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat the symptoms at the acute stage and to treat the root of disease at the chronic stage. If biao and ben have the same severity, treatment should then be applies to both ben (root cause) and biao (symptoms).

In the expression "concentrating treatment on the root cause", "ben" emphasizes the cause of disease while "biao" refers to the clinical manifestations. Concentrating treatment on the root cause means to find the root cause of a disease and focus the treatment on it because the root cause is responsible for the emergence of syndrome.

Top of the list would be what we could call “the theory of qi transformation”, which takes the theories of six qi (liu qi), six stages (liu jing), and branch and root (biao ben)1 as a guide for six stage pattern identification and treatment.

2022年1月25日 · Objective: To observe the effect of electroacupuncture (EA) of "Biao-Ben acupoints" (Biao indicates pathogenic factors of disease; Ben refers to body constitution) on renal function, hemorheology and endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) level in patients with early diabetic kidney disease (DKD), so as to explore its mechanism underlying ...

2022年9月25日 · EA of ST36-ST40 and CV4-CV12, "Biao-Ben" acupoints combination, can alleviate oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction in DN rats, which may be associated with its functions in up-regulating SIRT1/PGC-1α signaling, and decreasing renal fibrosis.

BEN in Chinese means the root of a tree, underground and not easy to see; BIAO means the branches and leaves of a tree, above the ground and easy to see. Therefore, the real treatment of Chinese medicine (TCM) is to treat the Ben of diseases, or the root of the disease.