Yin and Yang
Yin and Yang are concepts of dualism used to describe how apparently opposite or contrary forces are actually complementary and interconnected in the natural world. Yin and yang are always opposite and equal qualities. Everything has both yin and yang aspects (for instance shadow cannot exist without light). Whenever one quality reaches its peak, it will naturally […]
Tongue diagnosis
The normal tongue in Traditional Chinese Medicine has a light red or pinkish body with a thin white coating. When examining the tongue, Jacqueline looks at the color of the tongue body, its size and shape, the color and thickness of its coating or fur, locations of abnormalities and moistness or dryness of the tongue […]
Scientific perspective of herbal medicine
In herbal medicine a mixture of many substances in one plant are leading to a therapeutic effect, whereas in researches, only single synthesized substances are observed. This entails difficulties, since the synthesized substances are taken out of context. Those scientific studies can’t show what the real effects of the interaction of the plant’s substances are […]
RAC explanatory model
Pathological acupuncture points on the ear have a changed electrical skin resistance. A sympathetic reflex is triggered in the body when pathological acupuncture points are stimulated with an electrical voltage (for example through residual stress of a metal or battery voltage ) or a color stimulus ( black, white). This will conclude in peripheral arterio-venous Shunts and briefly lead to an […]
Pulse diagnosis
The pulse diagnosis in Chinese medicine plays a key role and is much more complex than in Western Medicine. 28 different pulse qualities can be detected which give information on the state of balance of the body as a whole, for example the state of ‘’Qi’’, Yin and Yang and even the constitution. the state of individual Organs […]
NADA protocol
(NADA = National Acupuncture Detoxification Association) If you have decided to quit smoking, alcohol or other take in addictive substances and are interested in using a safe, chemical free and scientifically proven method, you should definitely look into the NADA protocol. For years, the NADA Protocol has been successfully used globally in many hospitals to treat […]
Meridians
Meridians can be compared to channels which conduct “Qi”, a kind of energy, throughout the body. Our body has many different physical systems – immune, endocrine, lymphatic, cardiovascular, etc., and, in Chinese medicine, the meridians, an energetic system. The Chinese discovered and identified twelve meridians along which energy travels in the human body. Like copper traces on an […]
Mechanisms of auricular acupuncture
The mode of action of ear acupuncture are not fully understood. Segmental interconnections and modulations on different levels of the central nervous system are discussed. Furthermore, the release of neurotransmitters (chemical messengers from nerve cells) are considered. The neural innovation of the pinna is scientiffically assumed: auricular nerve (cervical plexus), auricular nerve (vagus nerve), Auriculotemporal nerve […]
Indications for Scalp Acupuncture
Acute and Chronic Pain facial palsy Functional disorders Neurological disorders
Head zones
Zones of hyperalgesia of skin, associated with visceral disease. Due to referred sensation from the viscera, e.g. shoulder tip pain with gall bladder disease. In collateral irritation the organ disease causes a hyperaesthesia or pain in the skin areas whose nerves emanate from the same segment of the spinal marrow. Through moxa, a certain region […]