Causal therapy

Japanese: causal therapy(英語表記)causaltherapy
Causal therapy

...treatment to relieve symptoms of illness and reduce pain. It is distinguished from causal therapy, which aims to remove the cause of the illness. For example, cold medicine is a symptomatic treatment to improve symptoms such as fever, headache, runny nose, and cough, and is not a causal treatment to suppress the activity of the virus that causes the cold.

*Some explanations of terms that refer to "causal therapy" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…病気の症状を和らげ,苦痛を軽減するための治療。病気の原因除去を目的とした原因療法causal therapyと区別される。たとえば,風邪薬は発熱,頭痛,鼻水,咳などの症状を改善させるための対症療法であって,風邪の原因であるウイルスの活動を抑える原因療法ではない。…

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