Praxis für Akupunktur und Tuina (Basel)

was the forerunner of Chinese medicine in Europe; only in the second half of the 20th century were sources on drug therapy also translated into European languages. Today, Chinese medicine is a widely accepted medical healing method in most European countries.

The influences body functions specifically through specific points on the surface of the body. The insertion of needles to varying depths at the more than 360 acupuncture points balances qi circulation and regulates specific organ systems. The insertion of the needles rarely causes pain. Patients feel a slight tugging or a subtle electrical sensation when the targeted area is reached.

This is based on the idea that the auricle reflects a fetus lying on its head. In the so-called auriculodiagnostics, a special device is used to search the ear for points with altered skin resistance. By inserting needles into the points and zones found on the ear, the diseased organs or body areas can be positively influenced.

JAPANESE (Manaka, Toyahari, Yamamoto)

The Japanese one is called a very gentle and at the same time extraordinarily precise and effective healing method. Here finer / thinner needles are used and these are more superficial than the pricked. This makes the Japanese method almost completely painless.

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The warms the acupuncture points by burning dried leaves of Artemisia vulgaris (mugwort), also called moxa wool. Mugwort is a medicinal plant native to both Asia and Europe. A spot can also be heated with so-called moxa cigars, which are sticks twisted from mugwort leaves.

The meridians are stimulated with cupping glasses. Cupping therapy is especially suitable for the treatment of the outer layers such as muscles and skin.