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Traditional Chinese Medicine is a holistic medicine that includes the human being as a whole (body, soul and spirit) in the treatment.

In Traditional Chinese Medicine, not only the symptoms of a clinical picture, but the cause of the respective complaints are looked at and treated.

Cupping is the term used to describe a therapeutic procedure in which cupping heads (usually glass balls) are used for therapy. By heating, the air in the cupping head is removed and a negative pressure i.e. a vacuum is created. This causes an irritation on the cupped body part and strongly promotes blood circulation.

Cupping is a method of healing and prevention and is also mostly used together with acupuncture.

Areas of application:

• Rheumatic diseases
• cold, flu, cough
• abdominal pain, stomach ailments, indigestion
• Vomiting, diarrhea
• Headache
• High blood pressure
• neck, back and joint pain
• menstrual cramps
• Relief from pain

In moxibustion, dried and pressed plant parts of the*mugwort (Artemisia Vulgaris) are used and burned.

The burned herb produces great heat and stimulates the flow of blood and qi. Moxa therapy is often combined with acupuncture and also applied to acupuncture points.

Causes of illness such as dampness or cold are expelled from the body with this therapy method and the resulting disturbed flow of vital energy Qi in the organs and meridians is balanced or strengthened.

Tai Chi is an ancient Chinese art of movement with a meditative character and philosophical background, which was originally developed as a martial art.

Tai Chi is health gymnastics, concentration exercise and self-defense in one. Since the figures should be executed as accurately as possible, it trains the ability to observe and promotes concentration.

By Tuina massage, Traditional Chinese Medicine understands a manual, physical form of therapy, which has been known as a healing method in China for at least 2000 years.

The Chinese believe that the universe and every living thing is permeated by a life force called Qi. Qi is everywhere in the body, but it runs primarily along specific energy pathways or meridians through which it nourishes and warms organs and body parts and harmonizes their activities. In TCM, the meridians are considered part of a whole system and are connected to an internal organ. Disturbances of the organ project on the surface of the body in the area of the corresponding guidance pathway and, conversely, we can influence the organ through certain points on its assigned guidance pathway - this happens, for example, during acupuncture and Tuina massage.