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TCM prevention

Maintenance is better than repair

In almost all areas of life, we take proactive care for granted in order to avoid breakdowns. However, when it comes to our own health, we often tend to ignore the first warning signs and only intervene when symptoms are already restricting our everyday lives.

In my practice in Winterthur, I change this approach together with you. With TCM prevention at Fly-TCM, I offer you professional preventive care that looks deeper. I recognize and correct subtle energy imbalances long before they manifest themselves as illness. This ensures your long-term vitality and avoids unnecessary downtime.

What is TCM prevention? (Yang Sheng)

The Chinese call it "Yang Sheng " - nurturing life. The idea is simple: a strong energy system wards off illness. A balanced mind does not burn out.

Unlike the Western check-up, which often only sounds the alarm when blood values fall out of the norm, TCM diagnostics (tongue/pulse) recognize much earlier when "clouds are gathering on the horizon" - for example, if you sleep less well, are more irritable or become more sensitive to cold.

My strategy: seasonal maintenance

I work cyclically, adapted to nature and your phase of life:

  • The seasonal check: I prepare you for the coming season. In autumn I strengthen the lungs (immune system), in spring I soothe the liver (allergies/stress).
  • Constitutional analysis: Are you more of a "hot" type or a "frost bag"? I'll show you how to adapt your lifestyle to your basic energy in order to live without wear and tear.

Areas of application: What I protect you from

Prevention is invisible - you notice it when nothing happens. It is particularly effective for:

1. immune system & susceptibility to infections

The goal: to become "winter-proof". I use acupuncture, moxa and medicinal mushrooms to build up your Wei-Qi (defensive energy) so that viruses bounce off you and infections are much milder.

2. burnout prevention & stress

Long before the breakdown occurs, the body sends signals (tinnitus, stiff neck, circling thoughts). I intercept you in this "yellow phase", fill up the kidney battery and prevent the crash.

3. allergy prophylaxis

The clever gardener builds the dam before the flood comes. Ideally, I treat hay fever in winter (November-January) so that the immune system remains relaxed in spring.

4. medical class 1 (for pilots)

I will help you to keep your blood pressure, blood sugar and eyesight stable so that the annual visit to the aviation doctor is not a nail-biter.

Who is this check-up for?

For people who see health as an asset. It's for you when:

  • You are self-employed and cannot afford to be absent due to illness.
  • you work shifts as crew and want to make your body "weatherproof".
  • You are a parent and need energy for your family.

Security & supplementation

TCM prevention does not replace cancer screening or a check-up with a cardiologist. It is the perfect complement. While conventional medicine rules out organic damage, I optimize the energetic function.

Procedure & costs in Winterthur

A prevention appointment runs like a normal treatment: detailed diagnosis and subsequent regulation (needles/Moxa). Many patients come for this every 4 to 6 weeks ("maintenance interval").

The costs are charged according to tariff 590. As I always find and treat a "disharmony" (e.g. energy deficiency) in the TCM system, most supplementary insurances (EMR) cover the costs even if you do not yet have a "serious illness".

At a glance: TCM prevention

  • ⏱ Interval: Recommended every 4-8 weeks (seasonal).
  • 🛡 Goal: Stabilization before symptoms develop.
  • 🧘 Philosophy: Yang Sheng (Nurturing life).
  • 📍 Location: Fly-TCM practice Winterthur.
  • 🎯 Perfect for: High performers, allergy sufferers & before winter.

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Frequently asked questions

Because health is more than the absence of pain. In TCM, there are many precursors to illness (so-called “sub-health” conditions), such as tiredness, poor sleep or tension. If I correct these now, we prevent them from turning into a slipped disc or chronic gastritis in five years’ time.

It depends on your stress level. In acute phases, perhaps weekly. But as pure prevention, the rhythm of the seasons has proven its worth: Come 4 times a year (at the change of season) to adjust your system to the new “weather”. Or monthly to keep the stress level constantly low.

That’s the beauty of TCM diagnostics: I almost always find an imbalance (e.g. “liver qi stagnation” due to stress), even if you “only” feel tired. This imbalance is a diagnosis in the sense of TCM. This is why supplementary insurances usually cover the treatment without any problems.

There is never a 100% guarantee. But I often see that patients who undergo regular preventive treatment (“moxing” in the fall) fall ill much less often. And if they do get sick, they are fit again after 3 days instead of 2 weeks.

Yang Sheng (prevention) happens 80% of the time in your own home. During the sessions, I will give you tips on nutrition, sleep and small exercises (Qi Gong) that exactly match your constitutional type. In this way, you become an expert in your own health.