TCM burnout syndrome also manifests itself in the physical

Chinese medicine involves both body and soul
Burnout, emotional exhaustion and reduced performance - these attributes often equate burnout syndrome. Causes see doctors in occupational or private overload in coping with life. But those who are more concerned with the disease quickly come to the conclusion that there is also a physical component of the disease. For Chinese medicine - as a naturopathic method per se with a holistic approach - the physical causes are as much the focus of therapy as the mental ones. From the point of view of alternative medicine, successful recovery is only possible if it also prepares the patient for the necessary reorientation in the professional environment.

"In addition to the latent feeling of exhaustion, concomitant or often marked physical symptoms appear during burnout," explains dr. Christian Schmincke, general practitioner, TCM expert and head of the Clinic at the Steigerwald. "Functional gastrointestinal complaints, back and headaches, sleep disorders, problems with temperature regulation such as increased sweating or permanent freezing are common." Earlier diseases such as eczema, infections, arthralgia or toothache often recur. Chinese medicine, together with psycho-vegetative fatigue, classifies these complaint developments into a comprehensive disorder pattern that is accessible to Chinese therapy methods. For example, special forms of massage such as Tuina or Shiatsu, but also acupuncture sessions help to dissolve energy blockages, which are often expressed by back pain or neck tension and insomnia. "In addition, Chinese medicine puts the body back in the position to a fundamental regeneration," describes Dr. med. Schmincke.

In the second step, it is all about strengthening the middle organ of the body, the abdomen. From the point of view of Chinese medicine, he not only processes food but also feelings and social challenges. "After a detailed anamnesis, we almost always find that the burn-out patients are overburdened with the sorting and clarifying function of the middle organ," explains Drs. Schmincke. Chinese medicines that decoys patients strengthen the organism so that they can re-live the vital rhythm of exhaustion and recovery. "When, under Chinese medicinal therapy, the spirits of life awake, so to speak, man also gains enough distance from the phase of life marked by burnout" Schmincke his observations. "It becomes clear to patients what has gone wrong in the past months and years." These insights are worked up in the then necessary therapy-accompanying discussions and the regular psychotherapy sessions and made fruitful for future changes and decisions. "A treatment would stop halfway if it does not prepare a reorientation of people in their professional environment," Dr. Schmincke. (Pm)