New year, new luck! While the new year started for us on January 1st, the turn of the year is still imminent in China. On January 25, 2020 the new year will begin – and it will be celebrated with festivities all over the country until the Lantern Festival. This New Year, also known as […]
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If your skin could choose a comfortable climate, then it would probably opt for the warm, humid climate of the rainforest, because the conditions are ideal there: it can absorb enough water and produce sebum, making it radiantly beautiful and supple. In our region, the weather unfortunately cannot serve with skin-care properties – especially not […]
Strength, power and warmth – hardly any other color is associated with as many positive properties as the color red. This color has a special status in the realm of the rising sun, because here the radiance of the red tones is deeply connected with the history and the cultural way of life. Red is […]
Its color is reminiscent of honey, its consistency is viscous and its scent woody with a spicy touch: cedarwood oil, or cedar oil for short, is a versatile oil with a long tradition. The precious essential oil is obtained by steam distillation from the wood of cedar. The Moroccan evergreen conifer can reach a height […]
The mouth is for us humans a kind of entrance gate in our body. This is teeming with bacteria, which in turn form a biofilm. If the oral flora becomes unbalanced, it can affect our entire body and even our psyche. Some traditional healing arts, including TCM, restore this balance through, among other things, the […]
Our entire universe, our world, the nature around us and also our human organism can be assigned to the five elements from the perspective of Traditional Chinese Medicine. The five elements or phases of transformation are wood, fire, earth, metal and water. They are directly dependent on each other: The wood nourishes the fire so […]
On the 5th of February, China has started a new lunar year. The new calendar year, which lasts until January 24, 2020, is under the sign of the Earth Pig. Chinese astrology assigns one animal and one of the five elements each year. After the Earth Dog, who ruled last year, it’s the turn of […]
When it comes to hair care, there has been a great deal of rethinking in recent years. Maybe you’re one of the people who always take a look at the ingredients before they buy a product. That’s right, because even substances that we use for external application can enter our bodies through the skin and […]
When nature slowly wakes up again from its hibernation and suddenly sprouts the green from every little crack, it is finally here: the spring. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, spring is the change phase of wood, which begins in February and lasts until the end of April. Just as nature draws new life energy, we too […]
Finally the asparagus season starts again. The supermarkets are already well stocked with the white and green barbecues and we look forward to conjuring up delicious and healthy creations. The asparagus is appreciated by many people not only because of its good taste, but also because of its intrinsic values: With only 20 kilocalories per […]