Allergies
Itchy eyes, runny nose, irritating coughs
and violent sneezing fits – allergy sufferers know these symptoms only too well. Whether birch pollen, grass or wheat: from January to December, a variety of allergens cause suffering.
Chinese medicine offers effective help! Acupuncture, herbal therapy and targeted nutritional tips have proven their worth many times over – also as a preventative measure. If you start early, you can experience the allergy season in a more relaxed way.
Patients report less antihistamines and a noticeably better quality of life.
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Allergies from the perspective of Chinese medicine
Allergies from the perspective
of Chinese medicine
Itchy eyes, scratchy throat, runny nose – in spring, pollen and flowers intensify allergic symptoms. However, the root of the problem often lies in an internal imbalance.
According to Chinese medicine, this is caused by a so-called kidney yang deficiency, caused by coldness inside the body – for example through raw food, cold drinks, irregular meals and stress. This weakness impedes the flow of energy and weakens the internal organs.
The result: “false heat” rises to the top, similar to an overheated engine. In spring, the blossoming nature intensifies this heat and triggers typical allergic symptoms.
Chinese healing methods such as acupuncture, herbal therapy and a warmer, balanced diet help to regulate this imbalance and noticeably alleviate the symptoms.
Cause & solution
Our irregular and stressful everyday life is the cause of kidney weakness. But the habits of our affluent society also play a significant role. These include, for example, air-conditioned rooms, which prevent our bodies from adapting to the climatic conditions by sweating and thus escaping physical heat. The higher the level of development, the more everything is cooled – also for hygienic reasons. This applies to a large extent to our food and drink. Added to this are predominantly sedentary professional activities in front of screens, combined with inadequate or no exercise, which cools the body down all the more and in turn creates false heat.
Chinese medicine offers a good therapeutic approach through acupuncture, herbal recipes and nutritional advice.
Indigestion and flatulence
In the case of flatulence and indigestion, the stomach and intestinal wall are literally “stuck” and “stagnant”. From the perspective of Chinese medicine, this is referred to as stagnation of the stomach qi or spleen qi. The food gets stuck and is no longer digested properly. This not only causes an unpleasant feeling of fullness, but often also heartburn, stomach pressure or flatulence. The circulation of Qi is disturbed and this causes pain and dysfunction in the localized area. Anatomically, these conditions of indigestion are easy to understand. Both the stomach and the intestinal walls consist of soft tissue and muscles. They are therefore more susceptible to cramping and overstretching than the skeletal musculature. This is also due to the fact that the proportion of sensory nerves that send sensations to the central nervous system and thus to our consciousness are only very sparsely represented in the intestinal structure compared to the dense colonization in the skeletal muscles. The body is therefore not informed that a muscle in the stomach or intestine is “pulled”. Instead, the feeling is “as if something has got stuck”. Flatulence, on the other hand, is when food only gets “stuck” for a short time. The stomach and intestinal walls are not quite as strained, but are still restricted in their contraction function (contraction of the muscles to transport the food further).
From the perspective of Chinese medicine
In gastrointestinal diseases, the so-called center (stomach and spleen meridian) is disturbed. This is referred to as stagnation of the stomach qi and/or spleen qi. Food gets stuck and is no longer digested properly. This not only causes an unpleasant feeling of fullness, but often also heartburn, stomach pressure or flatulence. Pain is caused by disturbed circulation of the Qi and dysfunction of the localized area.
Therapeutic approach
There is one important basic rule for releasing this congestion – relaxation! It is comparable to the treatment of tense shoulder or neck muscles. Relaxation through rest, warmth and stretching for your intestines through heat therapy and acupuncture supplemented with herbs.
Burnout
Do you feel permanently tired, drained and exhausted? Your battery is empty because you feel obliged to go above and beyond the call of duty at work or in your daily life without receiving any praise or recognition?
What makes burnout dangerous is its gradual progression. Only after years of exhaustion do you realize that your battery is empty. Similar to a virus that slowly but steadily settles in the body and spreads. Until at some point the strength to live is lacking. Body, mind and psyche fail. You just function. Burnout not only affects managers and politicians, but also people in care professions, carers, teachers, sportspeople and pastoral workers are at risk.
Added to this is the lack of balance between the problems of everyday life and the necessary free time.
Signs of burnout:
- listlessness, irritability
- Sleep disorders
- Memory and concentration disorders
- Fear of failure
- Permanent tiredness, fatigue
- Lack of strength, exhaustion
- Feeling of inner emptiness
From the perspective of Chinese medicine
This is an infection that has become “stuck” in the body. The cause is usually dampness and the accumulation of moisture. Waste products are produced. In addition to overwork, the reason for the build-up of moisture is an irregular diet and the consumption of foods with a lot of sugar, white flour and dairy products. The waste products are found exclusively in the connective tissue and lead to a variety of symptoms depending on where in the body the slagging starts. If the connective tissue of the muscles is affected, a feeling of heaviness in the muscles, pulling, numbness, dull to stabbing, wandering or localized muscle pain can occur. It then appears to the person affected that the discomfort is caused by changes in the bones or muscles. However, these processes actually take place in the connective tissue of the respective organs.
Therapeutic approach
Burnout occurs when the pressure of deadlines at work or the tasks are constantly increasing and the pressure to perform overwhelms those affected. They no longer feel able to cope with the demands and feel increasingly alienated. This is often exacerbated by a poor and inadequate diet. Phases in which few symptoms occur alternate with more acute phases. It is important to adapt the therapy accordingly. It is particularly important to get help quickly when symptoms change or acute complaints occur in order to relieve the situation. The waste products are found exclusively in the connective tissue and lead to a variety of symptoms depending on where in the body the slagging starts. If the connective tissue of the muscles is affected, a feeling of heaviness in the muscles, pulling, numbness, dull to stabbing, wandering or localized muscle pain can occur. It then appears to the person affected that the discomfort is caused by changes in the bones or muscles. However, these processes actually take place in the connective tissue of the respective organs.
Other chronic diseases
According to an official list of the WHO (World Health Organization), the following selection of diseases is part of the indications that can be treated with Chinese medicine:
Skin diseases:
- Acne vulgaris
- Allergic contact eczema
- Herpes Simplex
- Itching
- Neurodermatitis
- Psoriasis
Cardiovascular diseases:
- Hypertension – high blood pressure
- Circulatory disorders
- functional heart problems
- Cardiac arrhythmia
- Hypotension – low blood pressure
Hypotension - low blood pressure
- Adipositas
- Depressive moods
- Facial paralysis
- Shingles
- Hemiplegia
- Neuralgia
- Phantom pain
- Trigeminal neuralgia
- Sleep disorders
- Restlessness
Addiction problems:
- Alcohol cessation
- Quit smoking
- Overweight/underweight regulation
Urological diseases:
- Acute and chronic cystitis
- Urinary incontinence
- Potency problems
- Prostatitis
- Irritable bladder
