Treatment and Counselling Methods

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Nutritional counseling according to the 5 phases of transformation

('5 Elements') (TCM)
 

Dietetics according to the 5 phases of transformation (often referred to as 'nutrition according to the 5 elements') classifies all foods according to the Chinese medical philosophical model of Wu xing, the 'five phases of transformation'.

The five phases namely are 'fire', 'earth', 'metal', 'water' and 'wood', each of which is associated with specific organ systems within the human organism.
These in turn are linked to particular tissues, times of day and year, psycho-emotional aspects, constitutional variables, etc.
On the basis of this model which is an integral part of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), an individual diagnosis is generated, which in turn forms the basis for the subsequentl individual nutrition plan.

Nutritional consultation according to the 5 transformation phases does take into account your individual constitutional characteristics.