In addition to the well-known needles, acupuncture includes many other effective techniques that are either a specific style of acupuncture treatment or a complementary method.

Research on TCM, particularly on acupuncture as a medical treatment, has grown exponentially over the last 20 years, growing twice as fast as research on conventional biomedicine.

Acupuncture consists of acupuncture and various complementary methods such as moxibustion, electroacupuncture, Gua Sha, cupping, etc.

Chinese Medicine is an experiential and holistic medicine that has developed over several millennia in East Asia. Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine are probably the oldest medical practices that have been handed down so well that they have survived to this day.

In the early 1980s, Traditional Chinese Medicine was still considered an exotic form of therapy. Today, it is impossible to imagine the entire western world without it.

Chronic mental and physical fatigue and exhaustion are unfortunately common and widespread symptoms in our society. The causes can be diverse and a consequence of physical and/or mental overload or illnesses and treatments.

The five phases of change or elements, which also correlate with the seasons, play a major role in Chinese medicine. It is an elementary and versatile model that can be applied to almost all aspects of life.