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Chinese medicine can help with many common diseases
Chinese medicine is also gaining more and more importance and influence in Germany. Above all, acupuncture has its permanent place in the health sector. However, Chinese medicine develops its full potential only through the use of naturopathic drug therapy. Far Eastern medical theory is based on a holistic approach. She does not know a rigid therapy scheme. Patients with the same condition may be subject to very different causes. But there are explanatory models for diseases that apply to most patients. Dr. Christian Schmincke, TCM expert and head of the clinic at Steigerwald, presents the major common diseases with a Chinese look:
Back pain: From the point of view of Chinese medicine, in addition to abnormal stress, it is above all circulation disorders or slagging that may be considered as possible causes of back pain. Because of a disturbed supply and disposal of muscles and connective tissue, the tissue loses its strength, elasticity and adaptability. Even unhealed colds can cause persistent back pain. Here, especially the Chinese drug therapy helps to initiate important diversion processes. For example, medicines that also contain broom fungus and the roots of the Chinese tree are responsible for the release of inflammatory substances. In addition, TCM experts additionally prescribe pain-relieving methods such as acupuncture. It dissolves states of tension and revives the muscle tone.
TCM remedies: Image: Syda Productions - fotolia Headaches & Migraines: Headaches often have multiple causes. Therefore, a comprehensive history and diagnostics is the focus first. These help to recognize triggering factors and small body signals. Chinese medicine, for example, has a causal connection with headaches in unfavorable tension processing or disturbed abdominal and lower abdominal processes. If TCM experts want to release blockages between the head and the abdomen in the acute phase, they use bamboo as part of Chinese drug formulations. Other important pillars include acupuncture and moxibustion - the stimulation of acupuncture points by means of warming. They help especially with attacks of pain, which often occur during the withdrawal phase of migraine-related drugs.
High blood pressure: The most famous pillar of Chinese medicine is acupuncture. Also in hypertension studies confirm positive effects. Depending on the patient, acupuncture can be used to select exculpatory and tension-regulating points that achieve success in individual cases. However, to achieve greater regeneration and vibration capability of the blood pressure system, Chinese drug therapy is used. Gentle body therapies and Qi-Gong release tension and strengthen the body's ability to clarify, improving blood circulation. Even a careful selection of foods prevents hypertension. An excess of animal protein should be avoided.
diabetesDiabetes type 1 shows how well Chinese medicine and conventional medicine complement one another. Without the pharmacologically produced insulin, these patients have died in former times. So insulin is a blessing for every insulin-dependent diabetic. With appropriate living arrangements, patients have a good prognosis for a long life. Nevertheless, they too can reduce the daily insulin requirement with the help of Chinese medicine. In Type 2 diabetes, the responsiveness of cells to insulin is disturbed. To compensate for this, the islet cells produce more and more insulin and become depleted in the long run.
If the islet cells of the pancreas have not yet given up their insulin production, a treatment according to Chinese principles will enable the discontinuation of antidiabetics. Even though diabetes 2 has become insulin-dependent, some improvements can even be achieved by abstaining from insulin administration while at the same time smoothing blood sugar profiles. From the point of view of Chinese medicine, diabetes is often overwhelmed by food, feelings and information, and there is a traffic jam that above all obstructs the supply and disposal routes. The blood sugar derailment is therefore the result of a more general disorder that beats both body and soul. In diabetes, TCM physicians seek to strengthen the body's clarifying functions with tools such as Chinese medicinal herbs, acupuncture, body therapies, and Qi Gong. However, a change in diet is indispensable for the sustainability of success.
bloating. In the stomach sits, according to Chinese thinking, the so-called middle organ. It is the sorting station of the body. In addition to the place of digestion, the abdomen is also a kind of transhipment point for information and feelings. In times of constant overstrain by the abundance of the offer, the center reacts more and more often with constipation, diarrhea or painful flatulence. To correct energy and material derailment, TCM experts rely on drug formulations that strengthen the natural clarifying functions of the organism. For example, midsummer plant sprouts or Fiederweißdornbeere as a formula component can promote digestive power. To permanently avoid gastrointestinal discomfort, it is important to consider certain principles of Chinese dietetics. For example, those affected by the irritable bowel, the colon irritable, report successes in treating their disease with vegetable-based diet, with as little animal protein as possible.