Vitality TCM Cao (Stäfa)

The TCM treatment methods in our practice are as follows:

TCM diagnosis

• Observation (tongue, skin color, behavior, constitution etc.)

• Hearing / smelling (speech, smell, breathing, respiration etc.)

• Questioning (history, family and social situation)

• Palpation (skin, pulse etc.)

• Acupuncture

It regulates the function of internal organs, improves the autoimmune system in the body and strengthens the body and its ability to regenerate. It eliminates pathological factors.

• Electro-acupuncture

Weak electrical impulses conducted through the needles enhance the effect of acupuncture.

• Ohacupuncture

In ear acupuncture, body parts and organs are assigned to specific points on the outer auricle. By stimulating these points, the affected body parts are activated via the brain.

• Tuina Massage

Massages against headaches free the mind and calm down, which relieves the patient and releases the pain. This also helps against muscle tension. Massaging acupuncture points eliminates pathological factors and strengthens the body.

• Cupping

Cupping warms the meridians and makes them open. Wetness and cold are expelled and the Qi and blood are set in motion. The pain is eliminated.

• Moxibustion

The improved heat in the body contributes to the improvement and the disease is fought. To this day, moxa is made from mugwort herbs. It is used for chronic diseases such as respiratory diseases and diarrhea.

• Heat Therapy

A special heat lamp supports the effect of the needles.

• Herbal therapy
• Nutritional counseling

Traditional Chinese Medicine treatments

• Pain conditions

Back pain, cervical spine, lumbar spine and sciatica, herniated disc, fibromyalgia, joint pain and osteoarthritis, shoulder-arm syndrome, tennis elbow, acute and chron. Achilles tendonitis, rheumatism and rheumatoid arthritis, carpal tunnel syndrome, Sudeck's disease

• Neurological / psychosomatic diseases**.

Depressive moods, fatigue, sleep disorders, stroke, facial paralysis, hemiplegia, shingles and sequelae, migraine, headaches, neuralgia, phantom limb pain, stump pain, polyneuropathy, paresthesia, vertigo, trigeminal neuralgia, Meniere's disease, vegetative dysfunction, restlessness, obesity.

• Respiratory diseases.

bronchitis, hyperreactive bronchial system, bronchial asthma, sinusitis, hay fever, allergic rhinitis, recurrent infections

• Cardiovascular diseases.

Functional heart complaints, cardiac arrhythmias, coronary heart disease, angina pectoris, hypertension, hypotension, circulatory disturbances

• Stomach and intestinal diseases

Functional gastrointestinal disorders, acute and chron. Gastritis, irritable bowel syndrome, constipation, diarrhea, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease

• Skin diseases

Neurodermatitis, psoriasis, allergic contact eczema, pruritus, acne vulgaris, inflammatory skin diseases, leg ulcers, poorly healing wounds, herpes simplex. Gynecological diseases: Painful menstruation, abnormal menstruation, menopausal symptoms, menstrual cycle disorders, infertility (in case of desire to have children)

• Urological diseases

Cystitis, prostatitis, pyelonephritis, functional disorders of the genitourinary tract, irritable bladder, urinary incontinence, impotence.

• Sensory organ diseases

Rhinitis, sinusitis, tonsillitis, hearing loss, hearing loss, tinnitus, olfactory disorders, taste disorders, voice disorder, glaucoma, conjunctivitis, retinitis, chron. conjunctivitis Immune system strengthening companion

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