When Do You Use Symptom Elimination Techniques?

The idea of mindfulness is how all the different interacting systems throughout history have led us to the present moment symptoms that we experience. Instead of just applying the ointment of mindfulness on top of these discomforts and distressing experiences, how do we go deeper i the root causes of this? So two reflection questions for you, when do you use symptom alleviation techniques? And is there a way for you to ask a few why questions to see what might be a deeper root cause.