Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)
Seeing the human being holistically has been the endeavour of TCM for over two millennia. The focus is on the human being, the individual with all their personal characteristics and history - in other words, on ourselves.
My work combines the three pillars of TCM
Tuina massage
Qigong
Nutritional counselling according to the 5 elements
The holistic view
Traditional Chinese medicine does not start from isolated problems, but connects patterns and contexts. This means that questions like these are of central importance for developing a treatment plan:
What are your life circumstances?
What previous illnesses have you had?
What are your current "construction sites", such as stress or sleep behaviour?
Your answers combined with a pulse-tongue diagnosis form the starting point for creating a holistic, individual treatment plan.
Qi - the energy of life
The life energy Qi is the basis of TCM. Qi is everywhere in the body, it circulates, is directed and flows through our body in energy pathways, the so-called meridians.
We all know YIN and YANG (Chinese: 陰陽) – constant transition, never absolute, interdependence, transformation, constantly changing balance.
Chinese medicine assumes that illness results from a disturbed balance between Yin and Yang. In order to restore this balance or to prevent development of an imbalance, I use tuina, qigong and nutritional advice from TCM.
Let me explain what is 'what' on the following pages:
