Training for TCM | Traditional Chinese Medicine – Does it really help?

Training for TCM

In Germany, anyone who is authorized to practice medicine can take part in the training to become a TCM therapist. These are usually doctors and alternative practitioners. The training is offered by different institutes and takes varying lengths of time. There is a basic training in TCM and a variety of advanced training courses. The individual pillars of TCM can be deepened individually and there are other branches and branches of TCM whose techniques can be learned.

Summary

Traditional Chinese medicine is a treatment concept that has been developed over several thousand years, which sees the organism as a whole. Disease prevention is particularly important. Disease is (roughly speaking) the imbalance of the Qi.

Through the 5 pillars of TCM (acupuncture, dietetics, Qi Gong, Tuina and drug therapy) the flow of Qi can be influenced and a balance can be restored in the best case. TCM is becoming increasingly important in the western health care system. The best is the scientific situation regarding acupuncture, which is subsidized or even covered by many health insurance companies. TCM can be practiced in Germany by doctors or alternative practitioners with appropriate training.