Linda explains what energy is according to Eastern medicine
Linda MyrbergPart 1 of Linda's Holistic Mini Course
What is energy?
TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) comes from Asia and has been around for thousands of years. It consists of different types of treatments such as; acupressure, acupuncture and herbal medicine . The doctrine if acupuncture has existed in China for over 5,000 years and the first the book if acupuncture is written for almost 2,000 years ago.
TCM is a system with many principles and concepts.
The most important of all concepts is the holistic view, which means that the whole person is taken into account: body and psyche, and the individual's surrounding environment and health history. This affects a person's condition and health. Health problems and pain are perceived as imbalances and blockages of the energy flow in the body's energy pathways, the so-called meridians. Through needles, acupressure and diet, the body's balance is restored.
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Pain, depression, swelling and other unpleasant symptoms are the body's way of signaling that it is in a stressful situation.
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If you only treat symptoms, you don't get to the underlying causes of the imbalance.
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Acupuncture is clinically documented and used by professional practitioners and in hospitals. In Sweden, one in three practicing doctors uses acupuncture today.
Energy flows through our body through a conduction system called meridians, which have a deep course through the 12 internal organs and an external one between the skin and muscles.
Each organ has its own meridian. 6 yin and 6 yang meridians.
Along the meridians there are points with extra high energetic density - this is where you treat with needles or pressure. There are 361 meridian points in total.
Here you can find out more about how I explain which energy comes from where and in the next blog post you will learn practical points so that you can treat stress, headaches, hormonal imbalances and pain yourself.
