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Acupuncture,
Tuina
and nutrition coaching
For an acupuncture treatment
very fine needles are put into the skin and
connective tissue and left there for around 5-30
minutes, depending on the patient and the treatment
strategy. Only sterile single-use needles made of
stainless steel are used. You might feel a slight
pricking but nothing comparable to an
injection. I try to use as few needles as
possible but never more than 8 in adults or three in
children.
Moxibustion is the art of gently warming
acupuncture points. There are several techniques,
which can complement or in some cases replace
acupuncture.
For cupping cups of a diameter of 2-8 cm are
put on painful area and than a vacuum is produced
below. That way stagnation e.g. in form of a
stiff neck shall be dissolved.
Gua Sha means scrape or rub and actually the
skin is scraped with a Gua-Sha spoon with
comfortably round edges.
Tuina (full name: Tuina-Anmo) is the
massage technique of the Traditional Chinese
Medicine. It combines strengthening, activating and
relaxing methods and includes several techniques as
massage of soft tissue, acupressure and gentle
chiropractic techniques. During the treatment the
patient stays fully clothed and is covered with a
thin cotton towel.
Tuina is as well as acupuncture valuable in the
treatment of a huge variety of diseases and can be
applied in combination with acupuncture or instead
of acupuncture.
Food therapy: Nutrition
and
dietetics traditionally have a high value in any
treatment course in Chinese Medicine. Food is
categorized not solely in “healthy” or “unhealthy”
but into categories like hot, warm, neutral, cool
and cold, its taste and affinity to certain organs
and/or meridians. Therefore can a nutritional plan be individually adapted to the
patients unique situation. Dietetic therapy should
be applied expecially during any chronic disease. A
european modification of the nutrition therapy
of traditional Chinese Medicine is often known as "5
Element Nutrition". In my practice patients are
trained to understand the idea behind the nutrition
therapy of Chinese Medicine as well as to experience
its benefit physically so that later on they
instinctly choose what is good for them according to
their life situation and season.
Please read more about the therapies on the website
of the oldest association for Chinese medicine and
acupuncture in Germany: AGTCM e.V.
Any TCM-therapy influences the human’s qi
This is the base for the physical, emotional and /
or rational condition of a person. Qi usually
is translated as “energy” but due to the fact that
neither the German nor the English language provides
a word for a really correct translation, qi is best
explained by its functions, which are:
- To transform: e.g. metabolism,
digestion
- To move: strength of the limbs,
flexibility, circulation
- To protect: e.g. immune system
- To warm: e.g. thermal sensitivity,
warm limbs, hands, feet
TCM distinguishes in diagnosis as well as in
treatment between the roots and the symptoms of a
disease.
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