Traditional Chinese Medicine
as a part of healing practice
Dietetics in Traditional Chinese Medicine
Dietetics in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is not only about nutrition or diet. It is much more about how I deal with my potential (energy), how I eat to stay healthy as long as possible or to become healthier. The umbrella term of dietetics is life care.
Indications:
- Exhaustion/fatigue
- Asthma
- Colds,flu effects and coughs
- Hypertension
- Anemia
- Sleep disorders
- constipation, diarrhea or other digestive disorders
- Allergies
- Gastrointestinal disorders
- Food intolerance
- High blood pressure
- Aftercare heart attack
- Hypothyroidism / Hyperthyroidism
Tuina Anmo
Tui stands for push, press. Na stands for grasp, pull.
Tuina is a Chinese manual therapy form. It consists of massage techniques, manual therapy, acupressure and Chinese chiropractic.
The goal is to improve pain, dysfunction, qi and blood flow.
Indications:
- Headaches and migraines
- Pregnancy complaints (nausea, vertebral/ ISG blockages/ birth preparation)
- Dizziness
- Tinitus
- Pain reduction
- Muscle and joint complaints
- Back pain / herniated disc / vertebral blockages
- Epicondylitis
- Impingement syndrome
Acupuncture
Acupuncture is part of traditional Chinese medicine and looks back on a history of more than 3000 years. It is based on the body’s life energy (Qi), which circulates along defined pathways or meridians and has a controlling influence on all body functions. A disturbed energy flow is held responsible for diseases.
Acupuncture points located on the meridians are used to correct the disturbance in the flow of Qi. Acupressure has the same therapeutic goal, in which blunt pressure is applied to the acupuncture points.
Indications:
- Exhaustion / fatigue
- Asthma
- Colds, flu effects and coughs
- Headache and migraine
- Sleep disorders
- Constipation, diarrhea or other digestive disorders
- Allergies
- Menstrual problems (pain, cycle disorders)
- Menopausal symptoms
- Pregnancy complaints (nausea, vertebral/ ISG blockages/ birth preparation)
- Cardiac arrhythmias
- High blood pressure
- Dizziness
- Tinitus
- Pain reduction
- Muscle and joint complaints
- Back problems / herniated disc / vertebral blockages
- Epicondylitis
- Impingement syndrome
Pharmaceutical therapy in Traditional Chinese Medicine
This is the most important form of therapy in TCM.
Up to 80% of the diseases are treated with the help of plant parts such as roots, stems, flowers, leaves and barks, as well as from minerals and a few animal products.
Each patient is given an individual herbal formula that is tailored to him and his clinical picture.
Indications:
- Exhaustion / fatigue
- Asthma
- colds, flu effects and coughs
- Hypertension
- Anemia
- Headaches and migraines
- Sleep disorders
- Constipation, diarrhea or other digestive disorders
- Allergies
- Susceptibility to infections
- Menstrual cramps (pain, cycle disorders)
- Flour vaginalis (discharge)
- Menopausal symptoms
- Pregnancy complaints (nausea, vertebral/ ISG blockages/ birth preparation)
- Fertility complaints
- Chronic gastrointestinal complaints
- Food intolerance
- Cardiac arrhythmias
- High blood pressure
- Anemia
- Dizziness
- Aftercare heart attack
- Tinitus
- Hypothyroidism / Hyperthyroidism
Cupping:
Cupping therapy can be used to influence internal organs through skin areas. It is used as a draining procedure to relieve or stimulate the organism.
When targeted cupping therapy is performed, many specific ailments often disappear.
Mode of action of cupping:
Nerve fibers originate at the spinal segments, which not only draw to individual organs, but also to certain skin areas (Head’s zones). About the treatment of these skin zones, can also be achieved feedback effects on the linked organs.
Indications:
- Exhaustion / fatigue
- Asthma
- Colds, flu effects and coughs
- Headache and migraine
- Menstrual cramps (pain, cycle disorders)
- Menopausal symptoms
- Pregnancy complaints (nausea, vertebral/ ISG blockages/ birth preparation)
- Dizziness
- Tinitus
- Pain reduction
- Muscle and joint complaints
- Back pain / herniated disc / vertebral blockages
- Epicondylitis
- Impingement syndrome
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