Acupuncture
Qi (often translated as energy) is everywhere, is everything.
There are in the (human) body certain energy pathways, called meridians in the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), where the Qi can be manipulated. You can compare ‘meridians’ to the fasciae pathways, where science is looking more and more deeply into: “Fasciae can be considered any tissue that can respond to mechanical stimuli. The three-dimensional fascia continuum arises from a perfect synergy between the different tissues with all their solid and liquid substances that run throughout the body, dividing, connecting, and nourishing it – from the superficial layer of skin to deep into the bones. These include, for example, muscle and nerve membranes, joint capsules, ligaments, tendons and blood and lymph vessels with the fluids circulating therein.”(Bordoni und Myers 2020; Bordoni et al. 2019; Bordoni et al. 2018).
When the energy is in balance, we feel healthy, energetic, and our thinking is clear.
Yin and yang in balance ensures a healthy body and a healthy mind. In TCM, people are seen as a whole: physical and psychological complaints are two sides of the same coin.
Our emotions and our lifestyle (diet, exercise, etc.) are also very important factors that can create either balance or imbalance. So here too –Food & Lifestyle– attention is paid to and tailor-made advice is given. I advise, knowing that one only follows advice when it resonates with one’s inner truth.
By inserting very thin sterile needles into the (meridian) acupuncture points we facilitate the self-healing ability of the body to restore the physical and mental balance. To support this, a TDP lamp (also called moxa lamp) and sometimes cupping are used.
Each treatment is further tailored to the individual because the different manifestations of imbalance (head, back, or stomach pain, insomnia, IBS, fatigue, etc.) can have different dynamics between the organ systems in everyone.
In this way a general mental and physical balance is created/restored, a relaxation… from where the body is again able to regulate itself.
In this Universal Intelligence that resides in each of us I trust!
Auricular acupuncture
I use some ear points as complement of the body acupuncture.
For stopping smoking and to (general) unstress I use a selection of ear points that proved to be extremely effective in the treatment of addictions, known as the NADA protocol.
For drug or alcohol abuse I only perform this protocol in settings where there is a whole curriculum of other therapies designed to treat addiction.
