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According to Chinese philosophy, illness occurs when the Yin and Yang energies in the human body are out of balance. Depending on the person's general state of health, this imbalance manifests itself in different ways. The same cause can therefore generate various symptoms and, conversely, the same symptoms can have different causes.
For this reason, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) does not limit itself to treating the manifestation of the illness, but seeks to determine its physical and energetic cause in order to restore overall balance.
To do this, Chinese medicine bases its diagnosis on the patient's physical and energetic state, while also taking into account their lifestyle habits. The goal of TCM is to restore the balance of Yin and Yang energies by acting on the direct cause of the disease and harmonizing all the organs.
A good physical and energetic balance requires a balance of the basic needs of a human being:

food, breathing, movement

To this end, TCM therapists use a variety of methods:

Acupuncture: Using extremely fine and flexible needles, the therapist acts on energy points by dispersing, toning, or harmonizing forces.

Moxibustion: Moxa is a cigar made of specific medicinal herbs that burns slowly. With this stick, the therapist treats acupuncture points by inducing heat.

Auriculotherapy: The ear shell is shaped like an inverted fetus and consists of reflex zones that reproduce the entire body. By analogy, there are corresponding acupuncture points that can be used for acupuncture therapies.

Phytotherapy: All forces and elements are found in nature. Plant therapy is the basis of any treatment that aims to be effective in the long term, as it strengthens our immune system by providing the natural elements that are lacking in our diet and by acting gently but constantly on the transformation of energies.

Dietetics: "Let food be thy medicine," Hippocrates once said. It is from the food we eat that our organs must dilute good and bad energies. Food is therefore the basis of energy balance. The purer and richer in essential elements the food is, the better our organs can draw the energies essential to our balance from it.