CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINE - AN ALTERNATIVE?

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is a system of holistic healing which has proven successful for thousands of years in the treatment and prevention of disease.

What TCM is different from other therapies?

TCM integrates the functions of the body, tissues, organs sensory, emotional, spiritual and mental aspects and environmental influences into a unified functional and can not be the burden of diagnostic procedures (interview, tongue and pulse diagnosis, etc.) detect disharmonies.

Disharmony may arise, for example by the lack of substance or energy, impaired circulation or by the presence of pathogenic factors such as moisture or water accumulation of toxins.

Holistic approach of TCM can be well described by the example of the metal element. Relevant organs of the lungs, skin and bowel are responsible for defining the inner world of man to the outside world.

Borders must be closed to open to the lucrative and dangerous. In the physical world there is a disadvantage of metallic element which usually manifests as infections, allergies and skin diseases. At a deeper level, these elements give us the ability to maintain the boundaries of a clear emotional and mental. This includes the one hand, self-restriction-skills and take the other positive things in themselves can. Problems arise, for example by the inability to accept or recognition by an excessive sensitivity to the subtle energies of other living creatures. Media skills since it also relates to a metal element.

The ability to "let go" is part of the metal element. Here should be mentioned in particular the past and emotional grief. In addition to the lung is the major intestine excretion of waste products. Chronic constipation can be a symptom of non-beneficial holding in feelings or thoughts that are not healthy.

The soft, the same proven in thousands of TCM therapies and enable the disharmonies, restoring balance in the range of physical, mental and emotional, self-healing organism.

Herbal medicine in China, in contrast to the situation in Europe, the most commonly used therapy in the form of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). TCM clinics in China 70-80% of patients with and herbal decoctions  preparation treated.