Chinese medicine is a several thousand-year-old set of treatment methods which includes acupuncture, acupressure, exercise, dietetics, herbal treatment & massage. Diagnosis is based on the observation of tongue, pulse & the overall evaluation of other body manifestations such as skin, hair, eyes & attitudes. The therapist asks targeted questions during the initial examination including the state of body fluids, digestion & excretion. Chinese medicine looks at the person as a whole, taking into account any mental & emotional problems or manifestations. The goal of the therapy is to bring the body & mind back into balance, to stimulate the Chi energy, to purify the meridians through which the energy flows
All the 12 basic meridians are named by the organs with which they are linked to. These chanels have their course in the tendon muscle area, & each have their internal branches & interconnections. Each meridian has active points on the surface of the body. If we stimulate these points, then the irritation is transmitted right through these channels to the places we want to influence by the therapy. I like to use acupressure, Gua sha method, cupping or warming with wormwood cigarette, so-called moxibustion.
Chinese Numerology
Numerology works with a system of five elements. It’s Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal & Water. These elements are interconnected & interact. These five elements of life are the five elements from which everything around us is composed. It concerns the universe, nature, the cardinal points, parts of the day, year, constellations, sounds, the circulation of human life, organs in the body & their ascents, & all the emotions associated with them. Most often they appear interconnected in a circle or as a five-pointed star. Linking them clockwise is called the birth cycle as in how the mother gives birth & then supports her child. For example, Water promotes Wood, as water is watering the trees to grow. The wood then, when it is set on fire, forms the fire, the ash is the basis for the earth. Earth creates Metal in its bowels. A control cycle runs between the elements counterclockwise. & between the elements there is also a mutilation. For example, Water extinguishes Fire, Fire then melts Metal.
The Chinese calendar is derived from moon movements, so it is lunar calendar. The Chinese New Year starts at the turn of January & February. It has 12 months & has assigned 12 animals – mouse, buffalo, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, hen, dog & pig. These animals regularly rotate. In a combination with the five elements, it creates a sixty-year cycle. Each Chinese lunar year is then characterized by the animal, the element, & the “charge” of yin or yang. The same can be found from the date of birth & we can work further with this information. According to the Taoist horoscope, it is then possible to judge which elements the client may have a surplus of or indeed lack, therefore it is possible to make a suitable diet, or to advise on how to influence the prevailing emotions.