A headache cures the head, but a foot cures the foot(tóu tòng yī tóu，jiǎo tòng yī jiǎo)

A headache cures the head, but a foot cures the foot

Headache doctor head, foot pain doctor foot refers to only the treatment of pain parts, do not investigate the root of the disease. This is a metaphor for dealing with problems not from the perspective of the overall situation, where there are problems, they should be solved and dealt with temporarily.

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[source] in Zhu Xi's Zhuzi Yu Lei · Zhuzi Xi of Song Dynasty, it is said that "nowadays scholars come to seek the root of the disease. Some people say to him that headache moxibustion on the head and foot pain moxibustion on the foot. The disease lies in this. We can only treat it in this way, let alone seek the root of the disease." According to Zhang Juzheng's "plan with Zhang Xinzhai not to take money from the East", it is said that "headache can cure the head, and foot pain can cure the foot." Today's recipe for disaster is in Liao Dynasty. Liao Dynasty takes one town as a whole. The disease is just in time. If we don't treat it urgently, we will be worried about it. " Mao Dun's "before and after the Qingming Festival" five acts: "you should not focus on today, either. It's not the way to cure a headache or a sore foot. You should look far away and have a look at tomorrow! Tomorrow is our hope

Examples

[example] Ba Jin's capriccio, June 1: "a doctor who only knows how to cure a headache is not a good doctor. As for me, I still insist on my opinion: if everyone knows the goods, fake goods will not appear in the market. " Xiehouyu: take stop gap measures; adptsporadicandpiece mealsteps as the physical who REATs the head when the heads, and treat the foot

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