Merkle Dubois Praxis für Chinesische Medizin (Basel)

TCM and acupuncture are not simply two/three thousand years old. It is much more decisive that Chinese medicine has been systematically practiced, researched, taught, developed and written down for certainly two thousand years. Around 200 B.C., "The Yellow Emperor" was written, the medical classic and the fundamental work par excellence. Around 200 AD, the first comprehensive treatise on infectious diseases was written. Around 400 AD, specialties such as pediatrics, internal diseases, gynecology, etc. were formed. By 800 AD, in the Tang Dynasty, there was already a Ministry of Health and state medical education. Around 1000 AD, Chinese medicine was enriched by Arabic, Tibetan and Mongolian medicine via the Silk Road. In the 19th century, the influence of the West on China increased greatly. It came to the two opium wars and a ban on Chinese medicine by the English. In 1949, Chinese medicine was reintroduced in the People's Republic of China in a reduced form as Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM).

Today, different "styles" are practiced. Be it TCM, classical Chinese, Japanese, or Korean. But all have the same basic principles of Yin and Yang, Qi and blood, the meridians, organs and points. All want to achieve a balance of physical and mental functions so that we become and remain healthy. In modern medicine, this principle of balanced equilibrium corresponds to, for example, normal metabolic functions (e.g. diabetes, obesity, hormonal disorders, digestive disorders, incorrect blood values), normal organ functions (e.g. heart attack, cough or diarrhea, ...) a normal immune system (e.g. allergies, skin rashes, constant colds, ...) or normal mental/spiritual functions (e.g. burn-out, restlessness, insomnia, ...). Simply a healthy, inconspicuous condition.

In Asia today, if one can manage it, one uses both systems, the eastern and the western medicine. In the same way, both are studied and researched together. This is probably the future of medicine.