When a diagnosis is made in TCM, it is always followed by an immediate therapeutic step.
Fünf-Elemente-Lehre
In contrast to Western medicine, where we often have beautiful and interesting diagnoses but no accompanying therapy, in Chinese medicine every diagnosis is followed by instructions for healing: Where there is cold, it must be warmed, where there is too much heat, it must be cooled. Dampness must be dried and dryness must be moisturised. A damaging wind (draught!) that has taken up residence in the body and is causing rheumatic complaints must be expelled. If the wind lodges in the element wood, migraine or high blood pressure, stroke or similar events are more likely to occur, because the liver and gall bladder correspond to this element. If the wind nests in the lungs, asthma and bronchitis are more likely to occur. There are many ways to expel wind. For example, you can strengthen the body's defences to expel the wind by pricking the appropriate acupuncture points or selecting the appropriate herbs or choosing a diet that enables the body to cope with it. There are also Chinese massage techniques that can help or the exercises taught in Tai Qi or Qi Gong, which are suitable for getting your own healthy Qi flowing again by concentrating on the relevant elements.
Chinese medicine is a holistic medicine. It works with the following methods:
Often better known in the West than TCM drug therapy, acupuncture cannot harmonise the flow of Qi = 'energy', too much in one place and too little in another, and thus strengthen bodily functions, but TCM medicinal herbs are often also needed to introduce the necessary substances.
The most important pillar of TCM, as it can be used to supply the body with pharmacologically active substances that it lacks or that have a regulating effect on bodily functions.
Appropriate nutrition is crucial for the recovery process or the maintenance of health. The transition from food to medicine (medicinal herbs) is fluid. Gentle prevention is better than harsh intervention. Plants that are commonly used in the kitchen (ginger, cardamom, star anise, goji berries, yam, cinnamon...) make up a considerable proportion of 'medicinal herbs'.
Chinese massage techniques are often equated with good acupuncture or combined with it. They follow the same rules, require knowledge of the energy channels (meridians) and follow the general principles of TCM.
These also aim to harmonise the body's energy system. Naturally, both physical and mental functions are the focus of these methods.
Please pronounce it like this: Fung Schwei, then you are closer to the correct pronunciation. To put it somewhat loosely, this is the design of the living environment, e.g. furnishing a home, a workplace, orientation according to geographical conditions that are perceived with all the senses (smell, texture, colour, etc.), right through to seasonal rhythms and astronomical contexts.
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